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34. We used to make fun of cigarette slogans and jingles

Wed Feb 19, 2014, 02:14 AM

Feb 2014

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"Winston tastes bad like the one I just had
Its filter, its flavor, are worse than toilet paper"

"Us Taryton smokers would rather cough than stop"

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If you're old enough to remember cigarette commercials on TV ("Richly rewarding, yet uncommonly [View all] raccoon Feb 2014 OP

I don't consider myself "older than dirt", Art_from_Ark Feb 2014 #1

Did you hear the G. W. Bush boo-boo in there? "To a GRECIAN, it's the Parthenon"! nt tblue37 Feb 2014 #28

Good Grammar or Good Taste? CBGLuthier Feb 2014 #2

LSMFT CurtEastPoint Feb 2014 #3

Oh yeah. Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco. trof Feb 2014 #27

Nasty little boys that we were, we claimed it meant "Let's Screw, My Finger's Tired" Glorfindel Feb 2014 #49

This is my all-time favorite cigarette commercial Art_from_Ark Feb 2014 #4

"A silly millimeter longer"... A HERETIC I AM Feb 2014 #18

No, that was the (apparently) short-lived "101" brand Art_from_Ark Feb 2014 #32

Maybe "Virginia Slims" then? A HERETIC I AM Feb 2014 #33

Virginia Slims was marketed to women Art_from_Ark Feb 2014 #35

Yes, I know. A HERETIC I AM Feb 2014 #37

No sexual innuendo in that ad at all. Nope. Not a bit. malthaussen Feb 2014 #43

I hate to see them work so hard. Let's go around back where we can't see 'em. Ptah Feb 2014 #5

Older than dirt but pipi_k Feb 2014 #6

This is my favorite anti-smoking commercial Art_from_Ark Feb 2014 #7

OK, so I'm older than dirt. Arkansas Granny Feb 2014 #8

Me. I remember listening to some show on the radio, early '50s The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2014 #24

Maybe Suspense, or Inner Sanctum? nt raccoon Feb 2014 #31

Might have been Inner Sanctum - the name rings a bell. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2014 #46

I'd walk a mile for a Camel! malthaussen Feb 2014 #9

Also "Have a real cigarette. Have a Camel." aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2014 #26

I'm pretty sure hermetic Feb 2014 #10

I remember when TV came on Brother Buzz Feb 2014 #12

LOL hermetic Feb 2014 #14

I love your... zanana1 Feb 2014 #42

I'd rather fight than switch Bombero1956 Feb 2014 #11

The best cigarette commercial wasn't one DFW Feb 2014 #13

I'm 64 so I remember aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2014 #15

I remember them all even before I started smoking as a teen. RebelOne Feb 2014 #19

That's amazing! MissB Feb 2014 #22

Same here. trof Feb 2014 #29

Good for you aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2014 #36

I smoked about 10 different brands in the 70's malthaussen Feb 2014 #44

We used to play "Cigarette Tag" in the 60's. Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2014 #16

We used to make fun of cigarette slogans and jingles Art_from_Ark Feb 2014 #34

Never played that one. malthaussen Feb 2014 #45

Dirt here. A HERETIC I AM Feb 2014 #17

Sing it with me: "You can take Salem out of the country but...." Iggo Feb 2014 #20

Yeah, the Salem ads are the funniest ones in my memory aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2014 #21

"Lucky Strike means fine tobacco" meti57b Feb 2014 #23

LSMFT had multiple meanings when I was in grade school-most of them dirty.... Rowdyboy Feb 2014 #47

"Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should." The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2014 #25

I remember Fred Finstone and Barney Rubble doing a Winston commercial. idendoit Feb 2014 #30

I remember the sophisticated gestures of movie actresses Hekate Feb 2014 #38

"from the way she'd wait for a light to the way the smoke would mysteriously veil her face" aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2014 #40

....tastes good like a cigarette should............. raven mad Feb 2014 #39

I can see it now Eagle_Eye Feb 2014 #41

L.S.M.F.T. Blue_In_AK Feb 2014 #48

"Lousy Sinatra Murders Fine Tunes" A HERETIC I AM Feb 2014 #50

I never heard that. Blue_In_AK Feb 2014 #51

"Tareyton Smokers Would Rather Fight Than Switch!" TygrBright Feb 2014 #52

It was actually worse than that Art_from_Ark Feb 2014 #55

Smoke KOOL Smoke KOOOOL! & the penguins. Sognefjord Feb 2014 #53

21 Great Tobaccos Make 20 Wonderful Smokes! Dyedinthewoolliberal Feb 2014 #54

My favorite cigarette: El Supremo Feb 2014 #56