Frank Kocevar of Historic Seligman Sundries in Seligman, Ariz., put together this video about vintage cigarette advertisements, including radio clips, from the 1940s and ’50s.
It’s startling to see doctors and nurses touting the health benefits of smokes. Cigarette advertising ended on television by 1970.
Kocevar says that some of the images of memorabilia come from his own collection.
Ah, yes, brings back memories of sophomore English class. Miss Thompson had a royal fit! “It’s AS a cigarette should, not LIKE! It’s AS!
Good heavens! Considering what we know about cigarette smoking and chewing/dipping today, this is a kafkaesque horror! Thank goodness it’s just history now.