Because publisher William M. Gaines took no advertising for MAD magazine, his artists and writers had free rein to lampoon any product and brand without fear of losing a client. Hence the fake adverts that featured most often on the magazine’s back cover. Flickr user Jaspero scanned scores of them from the 1950s to the early … Continue reading "MAD Magazine’s Spoof Anti-Tobacco Ads"
'Cause I guess advertisers thought women liked having smoke blown in their face?
Tobacco marketing has employed all sorts of effective (and often dubious) methods to get cigarettes into our mouths and tar into our lungs. One challenge they have faced it to get both men and women to inhale their carcinogenic fumes. For men, it’s fairly easy. We’ve covered this before: just feature a sexy woman, and … Continue reading "She Sells Smokes: 30 “Women-Only” Vintage Tobacco Ads"
Marketers often use violence, sex, and taboo-shredding imagery to sear ads in an audience's memory. These are some of the most extreme examples.
The ad campaign comes after years of legal battles.
Marketers often use violence, sex, and taboo-shredding imagery to sear ads in an audience's memory. These are some of the most extreme examples.
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Because publisher William M. Gaines took no advertising for MAD magazine, his artists and writers had free rein to lampoon any product and brand without fear of losing a client. Hence the fake adverts that featured most often on the magazine’s back cover. Flickr user Jaspero scanned scores of them from the 1950s to the early … Continue reading "MAD Magazine’s Spoof Anti-Tobacco Ads"
Spurred by the instant nationwide success of blended cigarette brands such as Camel, Lucky Strike and Chesterfield cigarette companies spend millions on advertising and promotion to encourage smoking. Tobacco marketers…
Tobacco Smoke Enema (1750s – 1810s) The tobacco enema was used to infuse tobacco smoke into a patient’s rectum for various medical purposes, primarily the resuscitation of drowning victims. A…
From tobacco smoke enemas to whirling chairs, doctors have tried almost everything to cure human disease.
Marketers often use violence, sex, and taboo-shredding imagery to sear ads in an audience's memory. These are some of the most extreme examples.
If you were in the former Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (CSSR) in the late 70s and most of the 80s then you’re most likely familiar with the advertising of the time period. When I think about what our (American) ads looked like in the same time period, you can definitely feel the repression, even in the ads...READ MORE
Tobacco marketing has employed all sorts of effective (and often dubious) methods to get cigarettes into our mouths and tar into our lungs. One challenge they have faced it to get both men and women to inhale their carcinogenic fumes. For men, it’s fairly easy. We’ve covered this before: just feature a sexy woman, and … Continue reading "She Sells Smokes: 30 “Women-Only” Vintage Tobacco Ads"
Spurred by the instant nationwide success of blended cigarette brands such as Camel, Lucky Strike and Chesterfield cigarette companies spend millions on advertising and promotion to encourage smoking. Tobacco marketers…
True to form as usual A purely free market system has one glaringly obvious flaw: a company’s first responsibility is to its shareholders. In a system based on quarterly earnings, business ...
Portugal's Preferred Brands of Tobacco - Image featured in the book Portugal Século XX, Crónica em Imagens, 1950-1960 by Joaquim Vieira (via Mariana)
WASHINGTON (AP) — America's biggest tobacco companies asked a federal appeals court Monday to set aside a series of court-ordered advertisements saying they ...
'Cause I guess advertisers thought women liked having smoke blown in their face?
Spurred by the instant nationwide success of blended cigarette brands such as Camel, Lucky Strike and Chesterfield cigarette companies spend millions on advertising and promotion to encourage smoking. Tobacco marketers…
