Let's Post Old Cigarette Commercials

Lucky Strike.

Wow. This is iconic.

"'I'll bet mine is longer." "Nice pack!"

Oh brother.

No! Not Fred Flintstone!

"Pall Mall Can't Spall"

This is very sad to me because he died from lung cancer.

I remember cigarette commericals and they were on tv a lot. I never understood why Pall Mall was pronounced Pell Mell.

Joan for Camels.

I have vague recollection of cigarette commercials from the 1960s. But the ridiculous and inane print ads in magazines were ubiquitous through the 1980s.

I vaguely remember cigarette TV commercials. When I saw this thread my first thought was, Tarrytown cigarettes - which is really Tareyton - they'd rather fight than switch.

Oh dear God. You've come along way, baby. All the way to a cancer ward.

r8 Joan was a cigarette WHORE. She advertised for many different brands.

R12 Told ya so.

1971 Virginia Slims ad.

Cigars, cigarettes, Tiparillo's?

1971 - the end of an era.

I can't believe no one has posted the Marlboro man commerical, lol.

Come to Marble-Row Country.

This is the brand my Mom smoked.

My mother was a die hard Marlboro cigarette smoker the entire time she smoked. I was so very relieved when she finally kicked that horrible habit.

Virginia Slims commercials adapted for the Latin market.

Do you think Kent sponsored "The Alan Brady Show" too?

I guess Topper took Joan's advice.

(And go through to the end where they brag about sending gift packs of cigarettes to hospitalized veterans!)

Sorry! Here's the "Topper" link.

Can YOUR cigarettes dance?

Another example of Joan's nicotine-whoring ways.

And now she's shilling for yet another brand.

But she's not through! Joan for Lucky Strike!

She even cheated on Pepsi!

(And why does she look like Audrey Meadows?)

SPUD

Smoke like the hillbillies!

Hamilton Burger

Another wet cigarette...

R28 “Don't fuck with me, fellas. This ain't my first time at the rodeo.” ― Joan Crawford.

The finest series of cigarette commercials. The music even got to #36 on the Hot 100

Kent, with the exclusive asbestos Micronite filter

Rock Hudson!

R38 Good find!

You’ve come a long way baby 🚬

R40 Hacking and coughing the whole way, lol.

At least half the people who smoked died of some smoking related disease.

R30 They cut the part where he drops the cigarette and the surprise anal that followed.

R43 Yes, the best damn part!

Lee Marvin

I think Lee Marvin was sexy.

[quote] I think Lee Marvin was sexy.

All ex Marines are

They keep saying Pell Mell, but it's spelled Pall Mall. Hmmmm...

Any way you like it, there's no doubt about it. What a tagline!

Cigarette commercials were way before my time, but after watching a number of them on Youtube I can totally understand why they were banned. They made cigarettes look so good. Very persuasive advertising, really some of the best ever.

The Marlboro cowboy campaign really was a work of genius.

R46 You are correct, sir.

R50 In my opinion the film noirs were worse than the commercials. They made smoking look glamorous and sophisticated.

[quote] the film noirs were worse than the commercials. They made smoking look glamorous and sophisticated.

Precisely

Funny that Bette Davis never did a cigarette ad, she was one of the most famous smokers ever. I've read that her preferred brand of many years was Philip Morris (which I've never seen, must've been taken off the market a long time ago) and then in her older years she switched to Vantage.

Cigarettes and alcohol destroyed her looks.

[quote] taken off the market a long time ago)

And it was a sad day for midgets everywhere

r54...

r55...

Christian Haren was a Marlboro Man model who died from AIDS

Yes, Bette Davis aged hard. The cigs and booze really did a number on her face, she got very haggy-looking by her mid-40s. She was only 54 when she did Baby Jane, FFS.

Who cares? She was always a character actress. She wasn't vain, she was a pro. She was a legend in her own time.

The beautiful people smoke Silva Thins.

r61 she still aged awfully. It did cost her roles.

I smoked Silva Thins for a short period. They kept going out.

What roles did she lose out on, r63?

R60, I think the stroke is what really messed with her looks. And her ability to talk and walk. And what caused the stroke? See R54 and R55.

If Bette Davis had done a cigarette ad, her voice would have been a turn-off, IMO. Nobody wants to be reminded that cigarettes ravage your voice.

Anyway, here's an early 1970s Belair cigarette ad. When I was little and saw the ads and packs of Belair in the stores, I thought it was pronounced: "Bee-layr."

r65 she was so haggard looking she was uncastable in certain parts. She got stuck in horror movies and bad B movies for awhile. Hepburn fared a lot better. Of course Hepburn also smoked and drank but it didn't ravage her face like it did Bette's.

Hepburn did have a smoker's voice, though, IMO.

Lucille Ball had major smoker's voice in her later years. It was like gravel.

Hepburn is the *only* one of her contemporaries to have maintained an A-List film career of that length, r68. She was athletic and her bone structure was naturally going to age better.

IMO, Bette Davis is way more memorable than Hepburn.

Amelia Earhart says go ahead and smoke a Lucky. They're toasted.

A standard "parting gift" for contestants on "I've Got A Secret" was a carton of Winston cigarettes, with the sponsor's signage prominently displayed under the desks of moderator, Garry Moore, and the celebrity panel. I think there were other game shows from the era that handed out cigarettes as "a prize" as well.

The young couple at [4:44] get $80 and TWO cartons of cancer to take home with them!

"Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco" = LSMFT = "Let's stop, my finger's tired."