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February 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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4 more hospital branded ashtrays, incl Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa, from an era when smoking was still accommodated in health care settings. Shared for historical documentation csts.ua.edu/ashtrays/
Prepared by Rebecca Whiting CSTS
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Clear glass round ashtray printed with “DRUID CITY HOSPITAL” and an illustration of a hospital building; text below reads “TUSCALOOSA, ALA.” Clear glass square ashtray printed with a blue medical symbol and the words “THE DOCTORS HOSPITAL” and “SEATTLE,” with “TDH” in the center. Round metal ashtray with three cigarette rests; “RILEY COUNTY HOSPITAL” is stamped around the rim with a central medical-style emblem. Square, dark metal ashtray with a heavily worn surface; “BUFFALO” is stamped at the top edge and “GENERAL HOSPITAL” at the bottom.
February 19, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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Before Camel made doctor endorsements famous, cigarette advertisers were borrowing medical authority.
This 1920 Fatima ad uses physician imagery and careful-smoking language to make the brand seem credible and “sensible.” #CSTS #TobaccoHistory #MedicalHistory #AdvertisingHistory #SmokingAndHealth
Full-page vintage LIFE magazine advertisement for Fatima cigarettes, dated January 22, 1920. The upper portion features a framed painted portrait of a middle-aged bearded man in a brown suit, seated and holding eyeglasses, presented as a physician. Beneath the portrait is a block of text describing doctors as careful, discerning smokers and suggesting that Fatima is “a sensible cigarette.” Large decorative text at the bottom reads “FATIMA” with the tagline “A Sensible Cigarette.” A CSTS attribution mark appears at lower right.
April 8, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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Ash Wednesday, archival edition: hospital branded ashtrays from an era when smoking was still accommodated in health care settings. Shared for historical documentation. csts.ua.edu/ashtrays/
Content prepared by Rebecca Whiting, GRA, CSTS
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A white ceramic ashtray with a fluted rim and thin gold ring, printed with a black illustration of The Johns Hopkins Hospital and small text reading “The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.” A glossy black rectangular ashtray photographed from the side, with white block lettering that reads “MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER.” A white ashtray with a fluted rim and gold trim, printed with an orange seal and text reading “The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute at Houston.” A clear, star shaped glass ashtray with a blue and white center label reading “Hospitals Recommend Your Blue Cross Plan… Louisiana Hospital Service… Baton Rouge, La.”
February 18, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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Soccer was useful to tobacco marketing across brands and countries.
Winston, Winfield, Dunhill, and tobacco trade pieces used teams, leagues, matches, and "winning" language to place tobacco in soccer culture.
Upcoming CSTS soccer exhibition, scheduled 7/1.
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Winfield Soccer advertisement for New Zealand versus England at Athletic Park, Wellington, dated June 8, 2:30 PM. The design uses red Winfield branding, soccer imagery, and event information for the match. Bright orange Dunhill Semi-Pro League 1991 promotional image with multiple soccer players, a trophy, league information, and Dunhill branding. The design combines soccer action, event promotion, and cigarette-brand sponsorship. Tobacco Europe trade publication cover or advertisement with a large soccer ball over a stadium scene. Text reads "The winning goal!" and connects tobacco product groups with the language of league success and sports competition. Blurry Marlboro Cup soccer advertisement showing players in motion near a soccer ball, with the caption “Branding the Beautiful Game: When Soccer Met Cigarettes.”
June 18, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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Presidents Day: tobacco marketing has borrowed election imagery for over a century, from political giveaways to cartoon “candidates.” CSTS: A Vote for Cancer. csts.ua.edu
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Content prepared by Rebecca Whiting, Graduate Research Assistant, CSTS.
Group of campaign-style Camel Party buttons including ‘Vote ’92,’ ‘Member,’ ‘Bigwig,’ and ‘Not Just Another Pretty Face,’ all featuring Joe Camel Zippo lighter advertisement with the headline ‘Select Zippo: An American Tradition,’ showing multiple lighter designs and pricing Green pinback button reading ‘In either case… keep Kool,’ showing a penguin between a donkey and an elephant above a small ‘Kool’ logo Kool cigarette advertisement stating ‘If a political campaign makes you hot under the collar… keep it Kool,’ illustrated with a penguin between a donkey and an elephant
February 16, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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Post Independence Day weekend these show a different use of the Statue of Liberty: not as tobacco promotion but as criticism. Statue of Nicotina transformed Liberty into a protest symbol challenging Philip Morris/tobacco marketing
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Color editorial cartoon by Wayne Stayskal showing the Statue of Liberty standing in New York Harbor while surrounded by a skyline made of cigarette packs and tobacco brand names. Liberty holds a cigarette instead of a torch. A Marlboro pack appears at the base of the statue, and the artist’s signature appears at lower right. Houston Chronicle photo assignment request dated March 5, 1991. The page includes handwritten notes, copyright and photographer stamps, typed assignment details, and a clipped caption. The assignment describes anti-smoking activists protesting Philip Morris Tobacco Company and mentions a “Statue of Nicotina,” created by Dr. Bob Jaffee, holding a cigarette and a pack of Marlboros. Black-and-white photograph of Dr. Alan Blum kneeling beside a modified Statue of Liberty figure. The statue holds a large cigarette in the raised hand and a cigarette pack in the other arm, with chains draped across the figure. A CSTS watermark appears at lower right.
July 6, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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Before Marlboro Country, there was Marlboro glamour.

These ads show Marlboro marketed through gowns, beauty tips, and polished style before the cowboy became the brand’s defining image.

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A vintage Marlboro advertisement shows an illustrated woman in a bright yellow outfit with a leopard-print jacket draped over her shoulders. She holds a cigarette and poses against a white background. Large red text reads “Marlboro,” with smaller copy describing Marlboro as “America’s Luxury Cigarette.” A vintage Marlboro advertisement shows a glamorous illustrated woman in formal evening attire holding a cigarette near her face. The ad identifies Marlboro as “America’s Luxury Cigarette” and uses fashion-magazine styling to present smoking as refined and stylish. A vintage Marlboro advertisement titled “The Right Note” shows an illustrated woman in an elegant gown. The ad compares choosing the right gown with choosing the right cigarette, presenting Marlboro as part of a stylish look. A vintage Marlboro advertisement shows an illustrated woman wearing a dramatic purple evening gown. The ad identifies Marlboro as “America’s Luxury Cigarette” and links the brand to glamour, elegance, and feminine style.
April 21, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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As The Devil Wears Prada 2 brings fashion media back into the spotlight, Wear a Cigarette Today! looks at Bloomingdale’s and Satin cigarette ads that wrapped tobacco promotion in glamour, luxury, accessories, and aspiration.

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A black-and-white Bloomingdale’s and Satin cigarette advertisement shows a woman in an elegant dress reclining on a chaise while a man in formalwear sits beside her. The image uses dramatic lighting and luxury fashion styling to connect Satin cigarettes with romance, glamour, and upscale living. A black-and-white Satin cigarette advertisement shows a Satin cigarette package and cigarette arranged with a crystal ashtray, reflective fabric, and faceted glass objects. The still life presents the cigarette brand through luxury textures, polished surfaces, and fashion-magazine product styling. A black-and-white Bloomingdale’s and Satin cigarette advertisement shows a woman in eveningwear, gloves, and statement jewelry posed beside an ornate table with fashion accessories. The page connects Satin cigarettes with high-style clothing, jewelry, and luxury retail imagery. A black-and-white Bloomingdale’s advertisement shows a woman wearing a wide-brimmed hat, gloves, jewelry, and a light sweater while holding a cigarette. The page uses the heading “Glamour” and presents smoking within the visual language of fashion-magazine elegance.
May 12, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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Camel comic ads enlist Olympic speed skating to imply “steady nerves” and peak performance. From CSTS collections. csts.ua.edu
Content prepared by Rebecca Whiting, Graduate Research Assistant, CSTS. #CSTS #TobaccoHistory #TobaccoAds #olympichistory #winterolympics #speedskating
A full-page vintage color comic advertisement for Camel cigarettes with the large headline “It takes healthy nerves to be an Olympic skating champ.” A small skater graphic appears near the headline, followed by many comic panels telling the story of Irving Jaffee learning to skate, joining the Olympic team, traveling by ship, and winning a race. Several captions connect smoking to “healthy nerves” and calmness. The bottom band features Camel branding and a large image of a Camel pack with text promoting Camel’s “costlier tobaccos.” A full-page vintage color comic advertisement for Camel cigarettes titled “How Jack Shea became the Speed King of the Ice!” It shows speed skater Jack Shea in a teal skating suit racing at Lake Placid, with multiple panels about his childhood, training, and an Olympic race. Text boxes claim he has won over 100 medals and quote him saying “Camels restore my ‘pep’ when I’ve used up my energy.” The bottom section includes a portrait of Shea smoking with the line “I am a Camel smoker,” plus Camel branding and a pack and radio tie-in.
February 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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During WWI, tobacco companies wrapped cigarettes in imagery of service, patriotism, and morale.

These ads used soldiers, flags, and Allied symbols to make smoking appear inseparable from wartime life.

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Color Chesterfield cigarettes advertisement from Life. A smiling young soldier in uniform holds a lit cigarette near his face, with smoke rising beside him. The words “Chesterfield Cigarettes” appear in large yellow lettering at the top, and the phrase “Gee! I’m in luck” appears beside the cigarette smoke. A Rainbow Division patch is visible near the lower right, and yellow text at the bottom promotes Chesterfield as a blend of Turkish and domestic tobaccos. Color Helmar Turkish Cigarettes advertisement with a warm orange background. A soldier holding a rifle with a bayonet stands on the left, and a sailor holding a rifle stands on the right. Between them is a large Helmar cigarette package decorated with Egyptian-style imagery and the words “Turkish Cigarettes.” Large black text across the top reads, “The Quality of Helmar is closely guarded,” visually linking the product to military protection. Color Murad Turkish Cigarette advertisement showing a soldier in uniform crouched or leaning forward with a rifle and bayonet. A large eagle with spread wings fills the right side of the image, and a Murad cigarette package appears near the soldier. The design uses dramatic red, orange, blue, green, and black tones, with large text at the bottom reading “Murad The Turkish Cigarette” and “20 cents.” Color Murad Turkish Cigarette advertisement reading “All for One, One for All.” Four illustrated Allied military figures appear around a floating Murad cigarette package in the center. Each figure has a cigarette in his mouth, with national colors or flags behind them. The ad uses alliance imagery, military uniforms, and shared smoking to connect Murad cigarettes with unity, cooperation, and wartime camaraderie.
May 25, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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During World War I, cigarettes appeared in field photographs, hospital wards, and tobacco advertising as objects of comfort, relief, and morale
Images 1-3:LoC. Image 4:CSTS, The Makin’s of a Nation: Tobacco & World War I
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Black-and-white World War I field photograph showing several soldiers gathered outdoors around a table or supply area. In the center, one helmeted soldier leans forward with a cigarette in his mouth while another soldier appears to light it. Other soldiers stand nearby, some watching and some turned away. Helmets, uniforms, and field equipment are visible throughout the scene, giving the image the feeling of a brief pause in military life. Black-and-white photograph of two wounded soldiers standing outside near a large building. The soldier on the left uses a crutch and appears to be missing part of one leg. He holds a match or lighter toward the cigarette of the soldier on the right, who stands facing him with a cigarette in his mouth. The background includes trees and a building with columns or porches, placing the scene in a hospital or recovery setting. Black-and-white hospital ward photograph showing wounded soldiers lying in metal-framed beds while a Red Cross worker stands beside them holding a large basket of cigarettes or tobacco. One soldier smiles and reaches toward the basket. The room has high walls, patterned wallpaper, tall columns, white bedding, and visible medical supports, placing cigarette distribution inside a wartime care environment. Black-and-white Lucky Strike Roll Cut Tobacco advertisement from The Review of Reviews advertising section. The background shows soldiers in a camp with white tents, trees, and military activity. In the foreground, one soldier stands while another sits, and a large text block describes Lucky Strike as “a right soldierly smoke.” The advertisement connects tobacco with camp life, rest, and soldierly identity.
May 21, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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“First in the Service” linked R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company’s Camel cigarettes with U.S. military culture. These 1942 Collegiate Digest ads used military slang and imagery to present smoking as part of wartime service.

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Full-page R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company advertisement for Camel cigarettes beneath two small photographs of college students participating in wartime work and scrap collection. The main image shows a smiling pilot wearing a flight cap and goggles with a cigarette in his mouth. Text references the military aircraft names “Thunderbolt,” “Flying Fortress,” and “Lightning,” calls Camel “First in the Service,” and promotes the Camel “T-Zone” test. Full-page R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company advertisement for Camel cigarettes beneath two photographs of a college stage production. The main image shows a smiling helmeted soldier holding a rifle and smoking a cigarette. A text panel defines Army slang, including “bubble dancing” for dish-washing, “hash mark” for a service stripe, and “high ball” for an extra-snappy salute, before naming Camel as the favorite cigarette. The advertisement also includes a Camel package, the “T-Zone” graphic, and the slogan “First in the Service.”
July 20, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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Ashtrays in Ivory Towers: A new online exhibit from the University of Alabama’s Center for the Study of #Tobacco and Society uncovers 200 years of cozy ties between Big Tobacco and academia. Eye-opening and smoke-filled. #TobaccoHistory #PublicHealth #TCSC

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Ashtrays in ivory towers: Two centuries of tobacco’s ties to academia - The Cancer Letter
In a new online exhibit, the Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society at the University of Alabama explores past and present relationships between cigarette manufacturers and universities. Alan Blu...
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May 18, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Public health campaigns used soccer imagery too.
These items turn the sport away from tobacco promotion and toward prevention, linking not smoking with breath, health, and athletic performance.
Upcoming CSTS soccer exhibition, July 1.
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Dutch anti-smoking sports image combining a close-up of a person wearing a denim vest with anti-smoking buttons and a stadium scene. Text on the stadium side reads "IK ROOK NIET, IK SPORT," meaning "I do not smoke, I play sports." Round black-and-white Spanish-language anti-smoking soccer sticker. Text around the circle reads "CUIDE SU SALUD" and "HAGA UN GOLAZO..! NO FUME," with a soccer ball and broken cigarette graphic in the center. Smoke-Free Kids and The Truth About Tobacco and Performance soccer-themed graphic. The image uses soccer-ball shapes, bright yellow and black design, and CDC/NCI branding to connect tobacco prevention with athletic performance. Blurry Marlboro Cup soccer advertisement showing players in motion near a soccer ball, with the caption “Branding the Beautiful Game: When Soccer Met Cigarettes.”
June 22, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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Tobacco marketing reached soccer fans through more than ads. Camel, Newport, and Marlboro used giveaways, calendars, contests, and game-day promotions to move cigarette branding into fan culture. This post previews the upcoming CSTS soccer exhibition, scheduled to launch July 1
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Tall Camel Night advertisement reading "Camel presents Camel Night" with the Arrows versus Baltimore. The ad promotes a free Arrows cap from Camel to the first 4,000 fans at an indoor soccer match and includes Camel cigarette branding near the bottom. Camel 1984 Major Indoor Soccer League Calendar cover. A close-up soccer ball appears on the left, with text reading "Camel 1984 Major Indoor Soccer League Calendar" and a Major Indoor Soccer League logo on the right. Outdoor photograph of a person standing in bright daylight while holding Marlboro promotional materials or pennants. Cars and other people are visible in the background, suggesting distribution around a soccer event or public promotional setting. World Cup ’26 teaser graphic for “Branding the Beautiful Game,” featuring a large soccer ball over a dark archival soccer image with circular title text and “World Cup ’26” at the bottom.
June 16, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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The Marlboro Cup made the cigarette brand part of the tournament.
These show Marlboro branding as event identity: logo, program cover, fan pennants, and a contrast with an ACS "WE ARE WINNING" pennant.
Preview of upcoming exhibition, scheduled to launch July 1.
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Clean Marlboro Cup logo graphic on a mostly white or cream background. A pale oversized soccer ball shape fills the background, with the red Marlboro roof logo above black text reading "Marlboro Cup." Marlboro Cup '89 cover showing two soccer players in motion. One player wears light blue and white, and large black text reads "Marlboro Cup" with a red "89" beneath it. Two triangular pennants shown together. A large red Marlboro Cup pennant features a soccer player leg graphic and a soccer ball. Above it is a smaller white American Cancer Society pennant reading "WE ARE WINNING. Marlboro Cup '89 cover showing two soccer players in motion.
June 15, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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The World Cup gave tobacco companies a global stage.
Camel and Marlboro used soccer sponsorship, guides, and promotional imagery to connect cigarette branding to international sport and fandom.
Preview the upcoming CSTS soccer exhibition, scheduled to launch July 1.
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Teaser graphic for “Branding the Beautiful Game,” showing a large FIFA World Cup soccer ball over a dark, blurred background of soccer players, with text reading “World Cup ’26.” Promotional graphic for Camel cigarettes reading "Camel Official Sponsor World Cup Mexico86." The design uses a yellow and white background, large blue Camel lettering, a stylized soccer ball, and green "Mexico86" text near the bottom. Close-up image of a white soccer ball with black panels and text reading "Marlboro Soccer World Cup 1994." The image connects Marlboro branding to World Cup soccer promotion. Yellow Camel World Cup '86 Pocket Guide cover. Large blue Camel lettering appears at the top, followed by the words "World Cup '86 Pocket Guide" and a color soccer action photograph below.
June 13, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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The Devil Smokes Satin.

With The Devil Wears Prada 2 putting fashion magazines back in view, Satin ads show smoking sold as indulgence, texture, and temptation: “Spoil yourself.”

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Cover of the October 1983 issue of Vogue. A close-up portrait of Brooke Shields fills the page, with large white Vogue lettering at the top and pink and black cover lines about fashion, beauty, health, and shopping. Black-and-white Bloomingdale’s advertisement headed “Luxury: The Art of Living Well.” A woman reclines on a curved sofa in an elegant dress, with copy connecting satin, sensual pleasure, clothing, art, friends, and the Satin cigarette brand. Color Satin cigarette advertisement with a silky beige fabric background. A woman lounges on a sofa while smoking and talking on the phone. Large text reads “Spoil Yourself with Satin,” and two pastel Satin cigarette packs appear near the bottom. Trade advertisement with the headline “We Helped Satin Catch Fire.” A large green Satin menthol cigarette pack appears in the center, with copy describing how the Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Sentinel helped promote the Satin cigarette brand.
May 15, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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The Met’s Costume Art exhibition looks at fashion and the dressed body, Camel shows a darker commercial use of fashion language. “Stiletto”, lace, hot pink packaging, and a “Fashion Forward Pack” made it feel like an accessory.
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A Camel No. 9 cigarette advertisement shows two black cigarette packs with hot pink and teal accents against a warm peach background with floral scrollwork. Large text reads “Camel No. 9” and “light & luscious,” with a Surgeon General’s warning at the bottom. A Camel No. 9 promotional image shows a red-and-black patterned cigarette pack design beside text reading “Light & Luscious” and “Look for the Fashion Forward Pack.” The design uses lace-like ornament and fashion-copy language to present the pack as a style object. A Camel No. 9 advertisement titled “Jennifer’s Inspiration” shows a black-and-pink design with floral ornament, a small portrait photo, and copy explaining that designer Jennifer Vanorsdol took inspiration from 1920s lace for the No. 9 pack. Two Camel No. 9 packs appear near the bottom with a Surgeon General’s warning. A dark Camel No. 9 advertisement shows two black cigarette packs with pink and teal trim. Large text reads “Now Available in Stiletto” and “No. 9 100’s,” using fashion language and high-contrast pink-and-black styling.
May 14, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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A cigarette pack, styled like jewelry.

Wear a Cigarette Today! uses the tagline “Clothes to die for,” and these cigarette ads make the point sharply: tobacco marketing dressed a deadly product in luxury, taste, and designer glamour.

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A Cartier Luxury Mild Cigarettes advertisement shows red and green Cartier cigarette packs arranged with gold cigarettes, a gold cigarette case, and a gold lighter on a reflective gold surface. Text reads “les must de Cartier” and “Luxury Mild Cigarettes,” presenting the cigarettes through jewelry-like luxury display. A Ritz by Yves Saint Laurent cigarette advertisement shows a woman in a black evening dress holding a cigarette in an ornate gold interior, with a man in formalwear standing behind her. Red and green Ritz cigarette packs appear at the bottom beneath the phrase “A celebration of style and taste by Yves Saint Laurent.” A Ritz by Yves Saint Laurent cigarette advertisement shows a formally dressed man seated beside a blonde woman in a low-back sequined evening gown. Red and green Ritz cigarette packs appear below the image with the phrase “A celebration of style and taste by Yves Saint Laurent.”
May 13, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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A 1958 Clinical Symposia issue on pulmonary emphysema acknowledged smoking had been “implicated,” then doubted it was ever the sole or even a major factor in loss of lung elasticity.

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Cropped quotation from the 1958 emphysema article reading, in part, “While smoking has been implicated in the production of emphysema,” but stating that the authors doubted it was ever the sole or even a major factor in the loss of lung elasticity. Cover of the November-December 1958 issue of Clinical Symposia, with the title in large black letters above an illustration of a thin seated man whose chest is overlaid with a diagram of the lungs and airways. Scanned page from the 1958 emphysema article containing a paragraph that reads, in part, “While smoking has been implicated in the production of emphysema,” but states that the authors doubted it was ever the sole or even a major factor in the loss of lung elasticity. Medical illustration of a thin seated male patient with emphysema leaning forward in a chair, labeled as a position often assumed by the patient in the office.
April 6, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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In a 1960 issue of The Doctor’s Wife cancer information appeared alongside ads for cigarettes and Drambuie.
A lesson in contradiction: health awareness and cigarette promotion sharing the same pages without apparent conflict
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Cover of the March-April 1960 issue of The Doctor’s Wife, featuring a wedding cake topped with a bride and groom figurine beside a card that reads, “We are honored to present a new Mrs. The Doctor’s Wife. You are cordially invited to read this magazine designed especially for you.” Full-page vintage Parliament cigarette advertisement showing a cigarette standing upright like a match against a dark background with the slogan, “Someday all cigarettes will probably be made this better way.” Full-page vintage Drambuie advertisement showing a man seated at a white table in front of a large portrait, holding up a glass of liqueur, with a bottle of Drambuie pictured at lower right and the headline “After Dinner, a DRAM of DRAMBUIE.” Black-and-white text page from The Doctor’s Wife titled “Cancer Information Available,” describing a self-detection and examination program kit for possible cancer symptoms prepared for the Woman’s Auxiliary to the American Medical Association by the American Cancer Society.
April 3, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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Opening Day 1936 Chesterfield ties cigarette advertising to baseball’s presidential first-pitch ceremony. A compact example of tobacco borrowing the symbolism & spectacle of America’s pastime.
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Black-and-white 1936 newspaper advertisement showing a crowded baseball stadium beneath the headline, “Today...the President of the United States throws out the first ball...and the 1936 season is on,” with a Chesterfield cigarette pack prominently displayed in the foreground.
March 24, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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Heart disease coverage next to cigarette ads, over and over. A quick visual history. csts.ua.edu/heart/

Content prepared by Rebecca Whiting, Graduate Research Assistant, CSTS.
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Two-page spread showing a Marlboro cigarette ad on the left and a U.S. News & World Report cover on the right titled “How to reverse heart disease,” dated August 6, 1990. Two-page spread showing a Vantage cigarette ad on the left and a Discover magazine cover on the right titled “Special Report: Replacing the Heart,” dated February 1983. Two-page spread showing a Marlboro cigarette ad on the left and The New York Times Magazine cover on the right featuring four coronary artery cross-section images with the caption “Closing in on life,” dated March 25, 1973. Two-page spread showing a Tareyton cigarette ad on the left and a LIFE magazine cover on the right titled “The Tragic Record of Heart Transplants,” dated September 17, 1971.
February 25, 2026 at 5:29 PM