Smoke Signals: 100 Years of Tobacco Advertising

by Judy Vaknin

This is the intriguing story of tobacco advertising—from the beginning of the 20th century to the final years when tobacco companies were forced to stop advertising and look for alternative ways of promoting their products. A complete history, this compendium shows how tobacco companies have battled fiercely to reach new markets, rejected claims of a link between tobacco and fatal illnesses, and finally fought against the implementation of advertising restrictions. The inclusion of more than eighty bold advertisements reflect the social and cultural changes seen in these turbulent years and show the fascinating development of 20th-century tobacco advertising.

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[elstaffe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pull quote/note
"THERE is a tobacco especially favoured among writers and artists and others whose work is of the creative kind.
They smoke Three Nuns—smoke it prodigiously; and are willing to pay for it a penny or so an ounce more than for ordinary tobaccos, because they know what inspiration, what solace, what freedom from distraction that extra penny buys. In the rare cool fragrance imprisoned in the cunningly blended coils of Three Nuns lies the never-to-be-resisted lure of a faultless pipe tobacco.
THREE NUNS
The Tobacco of Curious Cut"
smoke three nuns in the morning, smoke three nuns at night/smoke three nuns in the afternoon, makes me feel alright