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Smoke'em if you got'em...
Thanks to a lawsuit against the tobacco industry, millions of documents, commercials and internal videos made by and for the cigarette manufacturers have been made available at the Minnesota Tobacco Document Depository. University of California, San Francisco has digital versions of many of these documents and videos. They've made some of the materials available at UCSF Tobacco Control Archives hosted by the Internet Archive.
Some highlights...
"Winston tastes good" commercials.
Why People Smoke? - a video made by Philip Morris Europe.
Virginia Slims Advertising Study
Besides enjoying the nostalgic marketing of old cigarette commercials, these videos offer a fascinating view into what happens when smart people with lots of money market a hazardous product to the world. Enjoy!
Posted by Skip Elsheimer on 03/10/2006 | Permalink
Comments
No posting about shameful old Winston cigarette ads can be close to complete without the following:
Posted by: Tim Harrod | Mar 11, 2006 1:31:28 AM
