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Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc.
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These ads were the tobacco industry responding to evidence that smoking was bad for your health and linked to cancer. The tobacco industry executives knew there was even more evidence not available to the public. This ad is a lie that likely killed someone.
Someone is quite the understatement
That "your throat, your choice" part in the corner was clearly an answer to people saying it's bad for the throat.