Kool Cigarettes Commercial (1958)
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Merry Christmas from Lucky Strike Cigarettes! ... It's Toasted!
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Kent Menthol cigarettes commercial
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Unbelievable: doctors recommend smoking ! 60 years ago. [Camels]
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It's a wonder I only smoked for about a month, given all the Smoking Ads encouraging "cool people to light up," as I was growing up. (I didn't much enjoy wheezing, as I walked up a hill ... So adios Newports! )
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Flintstones - Winston Cigarette Commercial
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The List: Top 5 Cigarette Ads
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Trends in Lung Cancer -- Morbidity and Mortality
American Lung Association -- March 2010
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Summary
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality in both men and women in the United States. An estimated 219,440 new cases are expected to be diagnosed in 2009, accounting for almost 15% of all cancer diagnoses. [35] It has been shown that rise s and declines in lung cancer incidence and mortality rates parallel past trends of cigarette smoking. It has been estimated that active smoking is responsible for close to 90 percent of lung cancer cases; radon causes 10 percent, occupational exposures to carcinogens account for approximately 9 to 15 percent and outdoor air pollution 1 to 2 percent. Because of the interactions between exposures, the combined attributable risk for lung cancer can exceed 100 percent.[36] Five-year survival rates are low compared to other common cancers at 15.6 percent.[37]
And now I can count my Mom, as one of those cold stats. She died, quite unsettlingly, some 18 months ago. May she rest in peace.
And now a word from her sponsors ...
The Tobacco Companies of America -- Thank You for your business!
Marlboro cowboy
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Highlights: Warning Labels
cdc.gov
• The Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act of 1965 (Public Law 89–92) required that the warning "Caution: Cigarette Smoking May Be Hazardous to Your Health" be placed in small print on one of the side panels of each cigarette package. The act prohibited additional labeling requirements at the federal, state, or local levels.
• In June 1967 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its first report to Congress recommending that the warning label be changed to "Warning: Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Health and May Cause Death from Cancer and Other Diseases."
• In 1969 Congress passed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act (Public Law 91–222), which prohibited cigarette advertising on television and radio and required that each cigarette package contain the label "Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health."
• In 1981 the FTC issued a report to Congress that concluded health warning labels had little effect on public knowledge and attitudes about smoking. As a result of this report, Congress enacted the Comprehensive Smoking Education Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–474), which required four specific health warnings on all cigarette packages and advertisements:
-- SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: Smoking Causes Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, Emphysema, and May Complicate Pregnancy.
-- SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: Quitting Smoking Now Greatly Reduces Serious Risks to Your Health.
-- SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: Smoking by Pregnant Women May Result in Fetal Injury, Premature Birth, and Low Birth Weight.
-- SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: Cigarette Smoke Contains Carbon Monoxide.
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Thanks for the warnings Free Markets think-tanks ... {Cough, Cough} ...
Thanks for Nothing! ... and for all your Lyin' Ads ... F-you very much!