Vintage Cigarette Ads

[Papa Lazarou]

I found this collection of old tobacco advertising while browsing through Flickr. Vintage Cigarette Ads - a set on Flickr

It really is unbelievable what they used to be able to get away with!! Some great ones in there, I particularly like the "Marlboro baby" ads like this:

Anyone else like this sort of thing and found any good ones?

 

[frogbmth]

How about these

But my favourite is.................

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Haha, thanks. Had not seen the "Gay Boy" one before! That IS a cigarette ad right?

 

[ShimmyPrincess]

someone send Santa an e-cig ASAP....lucky strikes, ewwww

 

[ShimmyPrincess]

 

[frogbmth]

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Love the slogan "reach for a Lucky instead of a sweet". Reinforcing negative body image AND promoting an addictive drug as an alternative You gotta love 'em.

 

[DaveB]

How about the Flinstones for Winston.
Can you imagine the Simpson's pushing Marlboro

YouTube - Flinstones Winston cigarettes commercial

 

[Elendil]

 

[lee929]

 

[Oldnamenomore]

wtf is toasted?

 

[Northern Bob]

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[Northern Bob]

Here's an old one:

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[Northern Bob]

Here's one for the toasted crowd.

I can keep this up all night folks....

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[ISAWHIM]

Toasted = left in field to dry before storing in the barn.
Also, it refers to closed-vein drying, while hanging at noon hours.

There are two types of tobacco growing... open filed (Tall lengthy plants used for cigs.), and shade tobacco... netted fields (Short leafy plants for cigars and chew.)

Similar to sativa v.s. indica. One is stronger with more flavor, one is faster growing with higher yield per square foot.

 

[ISAWHIM]

LOL, they removed the "Harmful corrosive acrids", but forgot the...

Benzene (petrol additive)
A colourless cyclic hydrocarbon obtained from coal and petroleum, used as a solvent in fuel and in chemical manufacture - and contained in cigarette smoke. It is a known carcinogen and is associated with leukaemia.

Formaldehyde (embalming fluid)
A colourless liquid, highly poisonous, used to preserve dead bodies - also found in cigarette smoke. Known to cause cancer, respiratory, skin and gastrointestinal problems.

Ammonia (toilet cleaner)
Used as a flavouring, frees nicotine from tobacco turning it into a gas, found in dry cleaning fluids.

Acetone (nail polish remover)
Fragrant volatile liquid ketone, used as a solvent, for example, nail polish remover - found in cigarette smoke.

Tar (Plant-oils)
Particulate matter drawn into lungs when you inhale on a lighted cigarette. Once inhaled, smoke condenses and about 70 per cent of the tar in the smoke is deposited in the smoker's lungs.

Nicotine (insecticide/addictive drug)
One of the most addictive substances known to man, a powerful and fast-acting medical and non-medical poison. This is the chemical which causes addiction.

Carbon Monoxide (CO) (car exhaust fumes)
An odourless, tasteless and poisonous gas, rapidly fatal in large amounts - it's the same gas that comes out of car exhausts and is the main gas in cigarette smoke, formed when the cigarette is lit.

Arsenic (rat poison)

Hydrogen Cyanide (gas chamber poison)

 

[Northern Bob]

Yep. they forgot those additives. Here's one showing that celebrities played the game too:

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