Vintage Cigarette Commercials
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jujube
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One of the many Chesterfield commercials from the mid 1920's that dared to hint that women just might want to smoke. It was considered pretty disgraceful up until then.
tbeltrans
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Now here's an ad (cigarette related) that's sure to raise the ire in a few!
The first thought that came to my mind when I saw this post was that it reminds me of how the wearing of masks and other pronouncements surrounding COVID-19 are being handled today. In other words, some things never change.
Tony
And that's the truth.The first thought that came to my mind when I saw this post was that it reminds me of how the wearing of masks and other pronouncements surrounding COVID-19 are being handled today. In other words, some things never change.
Tony
Pappy
Living the Dream
I should have stayed with these.
Phoenix
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The Marlboro man was hot.
Me, too, Pappy! LOL!
Phoenix
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My boyfriend who died of cancer at the age of 45 smoked Marlboro Menthol. He looked like the Marlboro man.
How heartbreaking.
Phoenix
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Thanks for your understanding. I was with him when he died. It was one of the most intimate experiences I've ever shared with anyone. It was both excruciating and beautiful.How heartbreaking.
Nothing could be anymore right.
hollydolly
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Phoenix
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- Oregon, U S
In the church I grew up in, it was considered a sin to smoke. A person could not officially join the church, become an elder or a deacon if they smoked. Same with drinking. Of course it was also a sin to wear lipstick....
My goodness, thank the heavens above for progressive change.
Phoenix
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- Oregon, U S
Some of the more fundamentalist churches still have a lot of prohibitions.
Yes, we know of people who don't drink, don't smoke, don't swear, and donate a percentage of their monies each month to the church they are involved in.
My opinion is, if that's religion, then the whole idea behind religion and attending a church has been lost.
Phoenix
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There is spirituality and then there is organized religion. I'm all for spirituality - the kind where one tunes in to what is. Organized religion is often about control.
Phoenix
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Agreed. We couldn't go bowling or skating or dancing...etc, oh, and it was always a woman's fault if a man strayed. He was never at fault. I have a middle finger that's useful for my feelings about that.
fmdog44
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My mom smoked Camels and Kools two of the top killers. I believe she thought it made her look sophisticated until she had what her doctor said was the worst heart attack he had ever seen.
Phoenix
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- Oregon, U S
That's really sad. Is she still with you or did it take her out? Sometimes we all do things that are contrary to our good health. It's a matter of "name your poison." For me that poison is sugar in any form - that includes fruit and high sugar vegetables. I'm not diabetic, but the opposite.
jujube
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I remember in college in the mid 1960's, it was very "sophisticated" to smoke. Really "with it". We girls would sit on the steps of the dorm with cigarettes displayed oh-so-casually and wait for guys to light them for us. Of course, most of us (me included) never actually smoked them. We just sat around, trying to look cosmopolitan, flicking off the ashes and occasionally taking little "mouth puffs" to keep them lit. I tried inhaling once and about coughed up a lung. Back to mouth-puffs for me.