Cigarette Commercials From The TV Age - Vintage Cigarette Compilation

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Compilation of vintage (1950s, 1960s, 1970s) USA cigarette TV commercials.
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[@candacewebb120]

Them people outta to know 🚬🚭 everything in moderation, you just don't go crazy with it puff puff give give above all thing's

[@MagicNash89]

Not a smoker, the real question is why these ads feel so well-made?

[@Fartboy226]

Obsession

[@alexandrejosedacostaneto381]

The Cigarette industry basically created modern advertisement. All the most common ads tropes started with them. They feel "well made" because they were not only well made but pretty much the direct ancestors of all modern advertisement

[@Fartboy226]

@@alexandrejosedacostaneto381 right, cuz they pressed so hard

[@tiger7199]

The ads are so well made because of advertising geniuses of Madison Ave. New York.

[@ripadblock]

...Because they had alot of money?

[@coolbluelights]

I commend my parents for growing up in this era and choosing not to smoke

[@barwick6690]

even my grandparents on my mums side never smoked.

[@matthewnikitas8905]

@@barwick6690Same with mine. Can’t be said for my dad’s parents unfortunately

[@barwick6690]

@@matthewnikitas8905 idk about my dads mum but my grandad on my dads side smoked but he quit i think before i was bron

[@spectrum10]

in the days before the surgeon general report came out in 1964, some people, not sure who, were saying that smoking stunts your growth, at least that's what my mother told me.

[@adam_a923]

@@spectrum10 your mom was right. It does

[@my3dviews]

Even the filter is made of tobacco. 🤣😂

[@CalledTurnAGundam]

Nothing like a delicious refreshing cigarette.

[@geoffreyalder7275]

Yes.....they taste even better if you smoke one while having chemo.....😱

[@thephonepersonally]

There is something better: fresh air.

[@andrewricci8710]

@@geoffreyalder7275maybe but better chances of getting cancer from pollution or hit by a car.

[@andyhowat4624]

My aunt was a chain smoker. Smoked non filter camsels. Quite when she was 90 Died at 94

[@WinterWoolies]

I bet she stunk 😂

[@theaustralianconundrum]

She lived longer than you will buddy!@@WinterWoolies

[@Lpreilly72]

When I worked at the Motion Picture Country Hospital, I met the original Marlboro man. He was in bad shape, fighting cancer. He died shortly after I left that job.

[@Playsinvain]

This is a surreal combination of commercials and culture. Smithsonian worthy

[@doughboi007]

"tobacco" and "filter" don't even sound like words after hearing them this many times.

[@connnnnnor]

Altabacofilter altabacotaste

[@nowool]

😂💀

[@kiwitrainguy]

Interesting that they should make such a big deal out of filtering out the very thing you're supposed to be smoking a cigarette for.

[@spectrum10]

@@kiwitrainguy They made a big deal out of it because they used to think that cigarettes could be made safe by lowering tar and nicotine. But now scientists know that no cigarette is safe.

[@jaska-jalmarixvi5757]

I wish I could've lived back when smoking was still healthy

[@cigarmann]

Four out of five doctors said it was......

[@Lisa-di1wi]

Back in 2010, I found the video of the L&M commercial featuring the hula dancers on here. At that time, I had not seen this commercial since I was in third grade 45 years earlier. Then all of a sudden, I didn't see it on here until I recently came across this video. I have since added it to my TV commercials playlist.

[@fromthesidelines]

Originally seen in early 1966.

[@spectrum10]

I have noticed that some of the cigarette ads have been removed for whatever reason. I am surprised they have not been banned yet.

[@getsmarter5412]

Remember when airliners had ash trays in every seat?

[@kiwitrainguy]

So... do they not have that now? I haven't flown (in an aeroplane) since the mid-90s. Edit - actually I have heard that smoking has been banned on flights so they don't change the air in the cabin as frequently. That's two reasons why people are grumpy and irritable on flights these days: 1-smokers are missing their nicotine hit and 2- higher levels of CO2 in the cabin making people more aggravated.

[@jimkeskey]

Yes, those were called "The good old days".

[@spectrum10]

you used to find ash cans in every stairwell of every building next to the fire doors of each stairwell. Those are gone now.

[@northernbohemianrealist1412]

I remember ash trays on the shopping carts.

[@Lpreilly72]

I love how they talk about the “taste”.

[@francisdec1615]

Yes, cigarettes taste bad. It's just about the nicotine. Only pipes and cigars can actually taste good.

[@matthewnikitas8905]

@@francisdec1615Cigars are really nice I would never smoke cigarettes though 🤢🤢🤢

[@andyhowat4624]

I had a aunt who smoked all the time Died of lung cancer. Very painful. The government doesn't care. Smoking is good for the economy.

[@jimkeskey]

Alcohol is just as destructive to families and kills thousands every year. Don't judge.

[@thephonepersonally]

​@@jimkeskeywhataboutism.

[@cupsoup7244]

@@thephonepersonallywhat about my fat hog in your moms mouth

[@jimmydcap]

You can tell, the actresses that are not smokers in real life. The ones that really smoke inhale and hold it in then exhale.

[@jdgoodwin3136]

They were selling infirmity, suffering, and death. What's worse is that their own internal studies show that they knew how harmful cigarettes were.

[@mikezimmerman8916]

I have heard they used to use asbestos in cigarette filters; most likely the cigarette manufacturers used chrysotile asbestos as 95% of the asbestos that was used in products worldwide. The other problem with smoking and asbestos exposure there is a synergistic effect, meaning that there is an 80% likelihood of getting lung cancer, mesothelioma and asbestosis.

[@InFltSvc]

Yes and the same is going to come to light about Cell phones

[@jdgoodwin3136]

@@InFltSvc Really? I've been reading about this in scientific journals for many years (I'm a retired scientist). The results strongly suggest that radiation from cell phones is harmless to biological systems. Perhaps you have some peer-reviewed scientific information at hand that shows otherwise? If so, please share. I'm interested to know your source(s).

[@PatriciaHINE]

How many are dying in young years that did not even smoke do to the war on drugs and you lining up like you are getting your meds in a mental ward and them denying for you to have what you need if the insurance does not cover it making life miserable not enjoyable ? Yet the flu shots are freely giving to us but when we are in pain they do not give a flying f ? Mainly because they are only thinking about being on a power trip and forcing us to be ruled over by people we do not want to be ruled over by or to live among that are nut jobs that say everything is bad while what is bad they say it is not bad and the people who say this and that is bad have no room to talk about what bad is and it mostly people who have a eating disorder ? I mean you go to there homes where they live at fat or skinny they live like pigs or they have someone cleaning up there mess while acting like they are all holy and wise yet they send there children off to school because they do not even know much of anything themselves , While wise people learned from each other by exploring and learning to share and care with good company and then they decided to have children to teach them what they know and to look out for one another so they do not make stupid mistakes? Of course smoking is not meant for everyone it depends on what your body can handle .

[@jaska-jalmarixvi5757]

Mmhm. But the funny thing is, even if smoking rates have gone down steadily past few decades, cancer rates (even age corrected) have increased since the 90's. Tons in our environment is causing cancer these days. Perhaps the biggest contributor the junk food products people eat and they are advertised towards particularly children.

[@Antifearn]

Growing, I had a next door neighbor who almost died from lung cancer. She used to smoke multiple times a day on her back porch, which had a clear view of my backyard where I would play or use the swing set. She stopped smoking because she didn’t want me to see her smoke and look trashy, and her cancer would have increased and been more difficult to treat if she had continued smoking in her backyard. She didn’t tell me her secret until I startled college and my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer and looking for guidance.

[@rascal211]

I remember these 1960s commercials as a kid, born in 1957. Kind of sad how life has passed by.

[@jomon723]

Yes, time waits for nobody 1959 be gone before I know it

[@unassistedsuicide2243]

How many millions have died as a result of smoking cigarettes since the 1960’s? I was born in 1963 and I remember smoking was allowed everywhere. Engineered to kill, designed to be addictive.

[@kathleenking47]

L&M was short for liggett and Myers..I remember Jack webber advertising liggett & Myers.on the radio programs Chesterfield and liggett & myers, took him out Smoking is harder on female body although will kill both

[@user-ls8pd1pz3h]

hey my dad is from '57

[@tonyboloni64]

In 2005, after 25 years of heavy smoking, and after many attempts, I finally quit for good. The timbre of my speaking voice shifted but my singing voice and breathe control improved. I wonder what become of the L&M Hulu man?

[@NLKINK]

My father died in 2001 of COPD caused bij smoking for more than 45 years. I am now as old as he was when he died. I run 8 miles three or for times a week. In his last year he could barely walk 8 meters without a rest. He had to plan visiting the toilet.

[@spectrum10]

I used to be a runner and I found that running that much mileage in a week would constantly give me shin splints. I had to rest and cut down on my mileage.

[@jimkeskey]

who gives a schitt?

[@spectrum10]

my mother also died from COPD and chronic lung disease from smoking. The doctors placed her in the hospice unit of the hospital when there was no longer any hope. I don't know how she reached the age of 84 years and 4 months with those conditions.

[@matthewnikitas8905]

@@spectrum10The human body is pretty amazing isn’t it? My aunt was a smoker her whole life and lived to be 85.

[@beagelnagel]

My grandmother sent to the store with 25ct. to buy her a pack of belair, she died from a cardiopulmonary aneurism later that night 😢

[@mikezimmerman8916]

1:13:45 Fantastic vocal harmonies in this 1960s Winston cigarette commercial from this coed group, something we sadly don’t see and hear in today’s commercials.

[@dougie1968]

My mum fell for these cigarette ads and smoked heavily from the age of 16! She died from lung cancer 50 years later. My dad gave up smoking years earlier and my brother and I never smoked. Today it's rare to see someone smoke a cigarette. I did spot a young, hot blonde smoking a cigarette the other day. She was smiling away, clearly enjoying the smoke. She looked cool as she was wearing a varsity jacket. 😁

[@shopsshire9282]

Now they're all vaping now are using e-cigarettes

[@pjimmbojimmbo1990]

Any Woman smoking is not Hot by any Stretch of the Imagination, not even attractive in the slightest way. Ugly would be the Nicest Thing I could say.

[@bcsurvivor4713]

She won't be looking hot when she gets sick.

[@francisdec1615]

My mother smoked Red Prince from 15 to 45. She never got cancer, but she is almost completely demented now, which may also be caused by smoking.

[@jimkeskey]

I see more people smoking now than I did five years ago. People are enjoying smoking again only now, they are smoking responsibly and not letting themselves get addicted.

[@davidsinner5571]

I was born in 58 when I was 12 my mom used to send me down to the corner store to pick her up a pack of Tareyton with a note and $.42

[@kiwitrainguy]

When one of my grandmothers was a girl she was regularly sent to the pub to bring back a jug of beer for her father, and that was in the 1890s!

[@arthurfonzarelli9331]

The commercial didn't make it clear. Did Kentucky Kings come with an all tobacco filter?

[@stephenrowe8352]

At first, I thought the guy in the Kool commercial had died and gone to hell

[@spectrum10]

Your comment has made me wonder if God has compassion for smokers. He may view them in the same light as Eve who made the decision to pick the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden.

[@matthewnikitas8905]

@@spectrum10I think god has compassion for everybody with the exception of the worst of the worst. Isn’t that why Jesus Christ died? For the sins of humanity?

[@howardtakenoticeable3341]

Tobacco filter 😂

[@Andrei26888]

Yes, because during the war the filter wasn't there

[@fromthesidelines]

ANTI-SMOKING PSA'S [1:20:57 - 1:38:38] 1968-'77 American Cancer Society spots 1:32:15- William Tallman died of lung cancer on August 30, 1968. His warning to viewers to quit smoking did not appear until *after* his death, as per his final request.

[@ProsperOn]

Everyone cries about Cig ads but I do really enjoying watching them! Really makes you want a smoke!

[@UncomfortableShoes]

As someone born in 1983 these are interesting to watch. The talk of taste is obviously about all they could promote but it’s interesting that, apart from that, they’re really just promoting a fun happy life. Everyone is on a boat, or the golf course or at a fancy party. Very amusing stuff. There’s something quaint about it all.

[@tonyboloni64]

Aspirational advertising. Everyone upper middle class with posh accents and expensive pursuits.

[@royeastham5277]

Beautician shop ad

[@royeastham5277]

Any of them in hula ad alive still…PROBABLY NOT!

[@royeastham5277]

Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus smoked L&Ms on the golf course.

[@tonyboloni64]

@@royeastham5277 That's because L&M means light and mild!

[@akrenwinkle]

18:26 It's probably urban legend, but lots of people think the dancing pack of Old Gold cigarettes was Ellen Burstyn.

[@bryanferguson4616]

Makes me want to smoke. 😂

[@fromthesidelines]

That was the general idea.

[@wildwolf7180]

@@fromthesidelines there is nothing like a lark 😂😂 i no longer know who should i believe

[@PolishedCat]

Thats what they want you to do

[@Playsinvain]

I just bought a pack of Lucky’s unfiltered. I doubt I’ll ever open them, but these ads are still powerful

[@andrewcross8244]

@@Playsinvain dumbass move. You realize back then a pack of smokes were like 10 cents. Now they are like 14 bucks These commercials are pure comedy. To think you actually went out and bought smokes 😂 you should see my ads on cyanide......

[@feliciajenkins5041]

I remember doctors endorsement of cigarettes as they also smoked with other doctors.

[@Nonexistent.187]

After going thru great beer commercials for so long and cheers I found the best of smokes, Charles said find what you love and let it kill you. That is life. I just might get me another classic smoke, I think of so many gone, I'm sure you do too. When I collapse, I want the Budweiser Truck to get me. Thanks friends lol!

[@AdrianIsaacs]

In case you didn't catch it, Kentucky Kings had an all tobacco filter.

[@Lafayette320]

The chick who I first dated in college smoked Lark's. After it ceased production, she swithched to Kent's, her mother's cigarette.

[@AA-cw7ql]

If u smoke... quit!

[@johndicarlo225]

They smell bad really bad these days, I don't recall them stinking as bad 20 years ago

[@matthewnikitas8905]

@@johndicarlo225Probably all the extra chemicals that are put in them

[@matthewnikitas8905]

@@johndicarlo225Probably a lot of nasty chemicals in them now to make them cheaper to manufacture.

[@matthewnikitas8905]

@@johndicarlo225A lot less chemicals in them then I’m sure, when these ads were made there were even less than that too.

[@tomdavis3038]

Interesting about Lark sponsoring “I Dream if Genie” is that both Barbara Eden and Larry Haggard were both anti smoking Cheers

[@dannyboyy8465]

Either they weren't aware or they couldn't get out of their contracts.

[@beav1962]

Larry Hagman was a heavy smoker but quit in his 30s. He then became an anti smoking advocate.

[@kevincarr335]

so glad I quit this habit 32 years ago

[@simonecm403]

These ads made me sit here and weep for the nation, those were the days when progress, humanity, the pursuit of happiness, were full steam ahead. I remember it, I lived it, I barely recognize these present alien times.

[@thoughtsurferzone5012]

Viceroy, the existential cigarette, with that cool Hegelian filter.

[@JimmyFranny]

Harbulary filters

[@elc1960]

Rene Descartes: "I smoke, therefore I cough..."

[@sheerluckholmes7720]

@@elc1960 🤣😂🤣

[@kiwitrainguy]

Your comment deserves more likes so here are some more:👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍@@elc1960

[@spectrum10]

I had an English teacher who seemed to be a proponent of Hegel because she was constantly telling the students 'know thyself'

[@oluhamilton2121]

I ALMOST want to smoke a Lark.

[@claycarpenter8625]

I would try one lol. Charcoal seems like a good idea to combine with tobacco to breath into your lungs.

[@johnathanrush4666]

I'm a Kent man, can't resist those asbestos (sorry, "micronite") filters

[@JazzFunk22]

Smoking a LARK now tasty .....🚬😋

[@fromthesidelines]

Assorted commercials/PSA's [1:38:38- 1) 1969 {Jodie Foster} [Mandel Kramer, announcer] 2) same as #1 3) 1969 {Bob Kaliban} 4) 1969 {Dena Dietrich as "Mother Nature"; Mason Adams, announcer} 5) 1969 {Paul Frees as "Hans, the Little Old Chocolate Maker"} 6) "THE WORD FROM UNITY" (1974) {"Security", Jack Albertson} 7) "THE WORD FROM UNITY" (1974) {"Tenderness", Ernest Borgnine} 8) 1968 Christmas Seals [Rod Steiger, during production of "The Illustrated Man"] 9) 1967 CBS promo for "JONNY QUEST" Saturday morning repeats 10) 1968 11) 1968 12) 1967 {featuring Richard X. Slattery} 13) 1968 {featuring McLean Stevenson; Stan Sawyer, announcer} 14) 1968 15) 1968 16) 1968 {featuring Dave Ketchum as "Mr. Friskies"} 17) 1968 18) 1968 {Olan Soule, announcer} 19) 1968 20) 1968 21) 1968 sponsor I.D. [Kool/Glory] 22) 1968 {featuring Joan Hotchkis; Vic Perrin, announcer}

[@beingsentient]

It sounds to me that there were the same announcers behind different brands. That could be because the "sound" was standardized, probably arrived at by marketing "experts."

[@XM394-xxx]

In 70 years, I hope our great grandchildren are watching big pharma commercials with the same indignity as we watch these old cigarette 🚬 commercials

[@Momfirsttoday]

YESSSSSS This is how I think about everything!!!

[@northernbohemianrealist1412]

What, you don't have restless leg syndrome?

[@Mondomeyer]

"Thinking man's filter"sounds appealing until you realize that it doesn't really mean anything.

[@dwightpowell6673]

I couldn't afford to smoke now...in NYC cigarettes cost $16.00 per pack.I remember when cigarettes were .50 a pack.When I quit smoking I was smoking a pack and a half a day.

[@thomaskelley3029]

When I was in the military in the mid 1960s, you could get a pack of cigarettes for 15 cents at the px. When I quit smoking around 1980, cigarettes were 75 cents a pack. I thought that was a lot of money. When I hear what a pack of cigarettes cost now, I'm happy zI quit when I did.

[@kiwitrainguy]

My mother once asked her sister-in-law what she wanted for her birthday and she answered a pack of my usual cigarettes which my mum duly bought for her. Having paid for them my mum said to me "It's like burning money".

[@taylorharbin3948]

My dad once told me “Son, you’ll never understand how accepted it was to smoke everywhere. We had patients dying of lung cancer who were encouraged to light up while they waited for the doctor.”

[@SimoneBelivat]

j’adore regarder les vieilles publicités, mbcp d’avoir partagé ❤

[@johningle6146]

Great vintage commercial 😊

[@stewartadkins9931]

I remember a time when smokers weren't treated like a criminal

[@Playsinvain]

Yeah! They were celebrated! Good times.

[@josebro352]

Exactly. Today in 2022 if you smoke you're looked at like you're a thug or a criminal or some other undesirable. Funny how it's only cigarettes though. If you smoke weed then you're seen as smart and hip. Go figure.

[@yankeedoodle1963]

@@josebro352I think that smoking cigarettes is really great

[@mikeshomin8144]

Now they're just looked upon as stupid!

[@alexandref.m.944]

Smokers are not treated as criminals, but as patients.

[@martinzaehringer1697]

My mom smoked Kents. Never used to see ads for that cigarette

[@pooky1959]

What a good time for a Kent. I remember their commercials

[@billyskittles1036]

Kent had the asbestos micronite filter cigarette. Asbestos… 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@bobloss9112]

The Dick Van Dyke Show was sponsored by Kent for a time. There's an ad out there featuring Dick and MTM pitching Kent cartons for Christmas.

[@fromthesidelines]

Lorillard Tobacoo was his alternate sponsor from 1962 through '66 {Procter & Gamble was their primary sponsor}. Of course, Dick and the cast appeared in "integrated" commercials for both at the end of the episodes. They also got complimentary cartons of Kents each week- which they often traded for their own preferred brands at local supermarkets.

[@melaniexoxo]

My dad did too. He quit in the 70s. He’s 96 today.

[@daleanderson1727]

Thanks for sharing.

[@johndonohoe3778]

I like the lucky ad by Sterling-Cooper.

[@tonyboloni64]

Damn. Julie London. How many men were left wishing she'd knock their ashes off? Sultry.

[@stevengolden9009]

And she smoked like a chimney and died from lung cancer.

[@1984potionlover]

The world I grew up in. Imagine, commercials praising addicts for pushing a commercial brand of an addiction.It still goes on today, it's just that some of the products are different ;)

[@tomdavis3038]

Well the Biden administration just gave out crack pipes to black people so it really makes you wonder……. Cheers

[@sheerluckholmes7720]

Time for another booster ! 🤣

[@asbestosfibers1325]

Every soda/pop Candy Fast food Alchohol Pharmaceuticals. Literally nothing has changed, cigarettes just are no longer invited to the party.

[@jartrain]

The jab 💉

[@jakepapadopoulos8654]

Wow! I never heard of this brand before. Nice.

[@magaman5010]

Outstanding!! I remember all of those commercials!! Winston tastes good like a cigarette should!!!!

[@travis3407]

“I’ll call you back” was actually funny felt like a modern commercial

[@michaelwascom62]

Singer/actress ("EMERGENCY") Julie London was in a few of these cigarette commercials. She was a heavy smoker since her teen years; died from complications due to COPD and emphysema.

[@Liesl_Cigarboxguitar]

Best thing I ever did was to quit smoking. How they could describe smoking as' refreshing' is just beyond belief these days

[@tomdavis3038]

These ads aren’t “these days” they are all vintage

[@ryhnayy1364]

@@tomdavis3038 fr?

[@Playsinvain]

You just didn’t smoke the right brand. Come up to the menthol magic of Kools

[@kyokugami5134]

It really is. Chesterfield had an advert that claimed “there’s no irritation of the nose, throat and accessory organs not affected by them” They forgot the most important factor: lungs

[@dwightpowell6673]

​@@PlaysinvainI smoked Kool cigarettes for about 7 years until my throat started to hurt

[@zaq55]

Always wanted ask a tobacco industry executive, if your tobacco is so good, why do you need to filter it? Why not just suck down that smooth, cool flavor directly?

[@matthewnikitas8905]

I don’t think the tobacco industry has ever tried to claim their products are good for you or healthy at all. They make products that are dangerous harmful for human health, but nobody is forcing people to use them against their will. So what’s the problem?

[@zaq55]

@@matthewnikitas8905 No - they never claimed it was healthy for you, just that their tobacco had great flavor. If that’s the case, why are they filtering that flavor?

[@matthewnikitas8905]

@@zaq55 It was an attempt at the time to ease concerns about the dangers of smoking at the time, whether or not they actually do filter out certain toxins is besides the point. It wasn’t to say it was a product that was 100% safe or risk free, and the tobacco industry never ever claimed that was true as far as I’m aware.

[@soulnik]

Lark were discontinued in the US in 2022 but the brand is still very popular in Japan.

[@calliopivogiatzis2235]

I never heard of Kentucky Kings

[@heatherr0420]

My queendom for an unfiltered Kool!!

[@tiger7199]

Coolness, flavor, taste, fine tobaccos. It seems so over the top now but in the 1950s and 60s, about 40% of the US population smoked.

[@ronsmac]

My Dad told me cigarettes were bad for me when I was 4 years old. I guess he was the only person who knew that. I still can’t understand why anyone in the 80s started smoking.

[@kathleenking47]

To impress friends as a teen Now, vaping is worse, and they're starting st younger ages than 12 Vape at 8

[@matthewnikitas8905]

@@kathleenking47Vaping is actually worse contrary to what a lot of people say on the matter

[@philipjones8513]

Just in case you weren't aware, it's an all tobacco filter. I think they could have been clearer on that point myself.

[@torichambers9671]

Well that pretty much helps me reach a decision. I was thinking about starting smoking. Now I will!

[@yankeedoodle1963]

How do your lungs feel now?

[@thomaskelley3029]

You are absolutely crazy to be even thinking about starting. Take it from someone who started at smoking at 13(stealing cigarettes from my mother's pack) to the age of 34. Don't do it.

[@kiwitrainguy]

I think (at least I hope) that Tori was joking.@@thomaskelley3029

[@gusevening4910]

better times for sure. we now live in a nightmare.

[@cdmorrissy3692]

Man, after watching all of these cigarette commercials, I (almost) want to start smoking....

[@danecrawford2658]

It's uncanny how much the man in the Lark add ( 2:46 ) looks so much like Jackie Gleason.

[@danielyoung6630]

AND IN THE CAPITOL CITY OF SMOG LOS ANGELES, WOW! 50S AND 60S.

[@pooky1959]

Cigarette makers spent a lot of time and money trying to get you to believe their product would enhance your life.

[@DjProfiK]

It does tho just shortens it as well

[@pooky1959]

@@DjProfiK , very true!

[@stevepayne3745]

Not only enhance your life, but also reduce the health risk of smoking, by smoking their brand. "As pure as mountain air, less irritation, air freshened."

[@JoeL-kn9tc]

The ads are hilarious. I get a big charge out of them.

[@tmalone2530]

I know we’re going into 2024, and smoking cigarettes has become taboo in a way, but I think it’s really annoying how people talk shit about cigarette smokers. We’re all gonna die someday from something. So people get lung cancer and never smoke. Other’s smoke a pack a day and nothing happens.

[@insulman100]

All tobacco filter does that mean if I'm drunk out of my head and light the wrong end it won't make puke

[@typ044]

Probably would since guaranteed they were made from tobacco scraped off the machines and swept off the warehouse floor mixed with glue.

[@Ms.Tee65]

I smoked my first cigarette in 6th grade/1978. I choked and never picked up another one, I’m happy to say.

[@lesliestewart2506]

Ya want taste? SMOKE BLOKE!

[@fromthesidelines]

66) Nick Adams endorsement for L&M {"THE REBEL", 1960} 67) 1953 opening/sponsor I.D./opening commercial for 'MY HERO" 68) "MY HERO" closing commercial, featuring Bob Cummings and Julie Bishop (1953) [within two years, he'd be pitching Winston on "THE BOB CUMMINGS SHOW"] 69) 1959 (featuring James Daly) 70) 1964 {Ken Roberts, announcer} 71) 1964 72) 1959 {Marvin Miller, announcer} 73) 1961 {Ernest Chapell, Cy Harrice, announcers} 74) 1959 {Jack Lescoulie, announcer} 75) 1959 closing sponsor I.D. ofr "HOTEL DE PAREE" [L&M] 76) 1959 Earl Holliman endorsement for L&M {"HOTEL DE PAREE"} 77) 1959 CBS Teleivison Network closing production credit 78) 1952 closing endorsement for Philip Morris {Lucy & Desi} 79) 1962 80) 1967 81) 1967 82) 1966 83) 1961 Chevrolet sponsor I.D. {'62 models} for end of "first half" of "ROUTE 66" {they co-sponsored the series with.....} **30 second station break inserted here** 84) 1961 Marlboro sponsor I.D. for "second half" of "ROUTE 66" 85) 1961 86) 1964 "we'll be right back" bumper {"THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER", co-sponsored by Liggett & Myers [Lark] and Bristol-Myers [Clairol]} 87) 1964 {Phil Tonken, announcer} [Lark's original "3-Piece Keith Filter", named for the head of research and development for Liggett & Myers, became a nameless filter after he left the company in 1965] 88) 1962 "CHECKMATE" transition bumper 89) 1962 "CHECKMATE" opening sponsor I.D. [the series was co-sponsored that season by Liggett & Myers {Chesterfield} and Colgate-Palmolive {Colgate, Palmolive, Ajax, Halo, Veto, et. al.}] 90) "CHECKMATE" opening title sequence 91) 1962 92) 1963 {Ernest Chappell, announcer} 93) 1965 {"Speed" Riggs was known for his famous tobaaco auctioneer chants {"SOLD, to American!"} on Luckies' radio and TV programs in the 1940's and '50s} 94) 1965 sponsor I.D. for "GUNSMOKE" [end of first half] 95) 1963 opening title for "THE DEFENDERS" 96) 1963 "THE DEFENDERS" sponsor I.D. (first half: Brown & Williamson [Kool, Sir Walter Raleigh, et. al.] was a regular sponsor of the series) 97) 1963 98) 1963 99) 1963 sponsor I.D. for "THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW" {co-sponsored by Lorillard Tobacco [Kent] and Procter & Gamble [Crest, Joy, et. al.]} 100) 1963 {Bob Wright speaks for Kent} 101) 1960 transition bumper for 'THE DEPUTY" 102) 1960 103) {same as #101} 104) 1960 Allen Case endorsement for White Owl on "THE DEPUTY" {Art Ballinger, announcer} [General Cigar [Robt. Burns, White Owl] co-sponsored the series with Kellogg's] 105) 1960 closing sponsor I.D. for "THE DEPUTY" 106) 1958 {Verne Smith, announcer] 107) "THE ROUGH RIDERS" transition bumper {Lorillard Tobacco [Old Gold] sponsored the series}

[@mr.goodpliers6988]

Is there any more annoying phrase in the entire history of this planet than "CALLLL FOR PHILLIP MAWWRISSSS!!"

[@spectrum10]

Kool says that smokers want a real change. The best real change is the improvement in health that often occurs with smoking cessation.

[@InFltSvc]

I was born in 1964. Mu father smoked with no filters. He suffered a horrible death because of it. I started smoking around 1980 and quit 25 years ago. It was a terrible hook on them and while I may have done damage to my body from them and may still suffer down the road from a disease related to smoking, I am so glad I gave it up. The US Government knew very well the dangers but because huge companies lobby on the hill , they will never pass the ban of something they know dam well is bad and the same will happen in the future about the dangers of cell phones and all this wireless nonsense. If this is not enough for you not to trust your government, then you deserve to suffer, they lie all the time in the name of $$$$$ .

[@matthewnikitas8905]

The government is not trying to claim smoking is good but I don’t think it will ever be banned simply for financial reasons, nor do I believe it should be. It is simply a matter of personal choice nothing more nothing less

[@Playsinvain]

50:18 a urn from smoke coupons.., nice idea.

[@fromthesidelines]

33) "YOUR HIT PARADE" opening for Lucky Strike (1951-'56) {Andre Baruch, announcer} 34) 1953 Old Gold opening spot {Dennis James, announcer} 35) 1951 Philip Morris color spots [featuring Johnny Roventini] 36) 1962 37) 1962 closing sponsor I.D. {"THE FLINTSTONES" were sponsored on alternate weeks by R.J. Reynolds and Miles [Alka-Seltzer, One-a-Day] during its first two seasons}. 38) 1954 39) 1960 {Bob Shepherd, announcer} 40) 1959 "ADVENTURES IN PARADISE" bumper 41) 1959 {Jackson Beck, announcer} 42) 1959 closing sponsor I.D. for "ADVENTURES IN PARADISE" [Oasis] 43) 1955 {George Fenneman, announcer} 44) 1961 sponsor I.D. for "ROUTE 66" [Marlboro] 45) 1961 {Bob Warren, announcer} (Julie sang "The Marlboro Song" for them for six years) 46) 1963 {".....from THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY."} 46) "THE DAKOTAS" 1963 closing sponsor I.D. [Montclair/Alka-Seltzer] 47) 1964 [That St. Bernard puppy would have cost you 18,830 Alpine "dividend coupons'! The toaster: 1,975 coupons] 48) 1964 {Stan Sawyer, announcer} 49) 1962 {featuring Edie Adams} 50) 1965 {Phil Tonken, announcer} 51) 1959 52) 1951 "RACKET SQUAD" opening, w/sponsor I.D. and commercial [Ken Roberts, announcer] 53) 1958 54) 1966 {featuring Richard Herd} 55) 1967 "COWBOY IN AFRICA" station identification bumper/ABC I.D./show transition {"we're back"}/4th commercial {Howard DaSilva, announcer} 56) 1967 57) 1967 58) 1967 "CIMARRON STRIP" sponsor I.D. [Winston] {Dick Tufeld, announcer} 59) 1958 60) 1959 endorsement spot for "WANTED- DEAD OR ALIVE" 61) 1959 "WANTED- DEAD OR ALIVE" closing sponsor I.D. {Marvin Miller, announcer} 62) 1959 63) 1962 64) 1962 "I'M DICKENS- HE'S FENSTER" closing sponsor I.D. [El Producto] {Johnny Jacobs, announcer} 65) 1953 integrated commerical for "TOPPER" 66) 1953 Camel military cigarette distribution update/closing credits 67) 1953

[@beingsentient]

Barry, many thanks for your list. How did you find out the dates?

[@fromthesidelines]

I did some research, and saw most of the original programs those commercials were featured on.

[@mr.goodpliers6988]

Fascinating!

[@billsav57]

I thought I knew them all but … Kentucky Kings! That filter is something else.

[@unassistedsuicide2243]

It’s all about the FLAVOR 😂

[@spectrum10]

I luv that ad for Silvikrin shampoo- make every wave behave

[@bennattj]

I can see why they made TV ads illegal...I want a smoke now.

[@gr33n3ggs4]

Makes me want to light up

[@toniquinn9270]

You know, I’m really enjoying this cigarette commercial compilation. I have never smoked a day in my life, but I can certainly understand why people back in the day as they say, loved smoking, cigarettes, and cigars. 62 years old and I probably would’ve been one of those smokers, if I were brave enough back then. I’m totally blind and it would scare the heck out of me to try and do it. It always did but the commercials make it so appealing. 43:57

[@royeastham5277]

36 year old Dangerous Catch fisherman died of massive heart attack while smoking a Marlboro Red cigarette…

[@ferociousgumby]

I've never smoked, so tell me this: is there such a thing as "flavor", as every single ad tells us? How about "mildness"? I think these were buzzwords to distract away from the harmful effects of tobacco. I saw a doc with a tobacco executive admitting that all cigarette brands are essentially the same, and even having different brands is deceptive. And filters don't help, nor do the "low tar and nicotene" cigarettes that were pushed in the '70s. Then there's Virginia Slims: "You've come a long way, baby!" Worst ad campaign in human history.

[@jimmydcap]

I smoked for many years. Yes, there are different tasting cigarettes. Certain tobaccos have a very strong taste. Kinda like ice tea. Some like really strong tea , then some prefer a lighter tasting tea. That's a cigarette.

[@robertfoster6070]

And the remnants are found under benches and hedges.

[@jimkeskey]

Ha Ha Ha, I love it. An "all tobacco filter". That sounds perfect!!

[@elc1960]

So, basically Montclair cigarettes were menthol Tareytons...?

[@kajinsautumn9833]

A filter made of tobacco... Hmmm

[@vintagebabyseventythree6244]

I love these old commercials

[@tylerbrass4002]

I started smoking in 2009-2010. It just doesn’t matter how much we know it’s bad for you, kids (New smokers) choose to smoke because they aren’t supposed to. Luckily, I think Vaping is starting to replace smoking with teens/new smokers. It’s not perfect, but I truly believe vaping is the only reason kids are smoking less these days.

[@melaniexoxo]

Vaping is just as bad.

[@matthewnikitas8905]

It most certainly is, funny enough I think that vaping in some ways is probably worse for you than smoking

[@Playsinvain]

The Phillip Morris child spokesperson is quite frightening. If they left it at Call For Phillip Morris…..maybe ok. But the spokes man?..? Wow

[@stewartadkins9931]

Get over it

[@Playsinvain]

@@stewartadkins9931 yeah. That’s pretty easy. But damn. What a time

[@beingsentient]

The guy's creepy. Big teeth, big butt....

[@ernestcruz6316]

He wasn't a child, he was what you'd refer to today as a "little person." Or in the older vernacular, a "midget." His name was Johnny Roventini.

[@Playsinvain]

@@ernestcruz6316 I stand corrected and apologize if I offended or misled someone. I saw, I reacted but I did not do research before I posted. He did look young anyway.

[@jomon723]

Loved Jonny Quest 🛸

[@planetX15]

No relation to Richard?