Virginia Slims Cigarette ads 1968. You’ve come a long way, baby. TV commercial advertising.

[@tomaig5130]

Those 1960's advertising guys were masters at memorable jingles...

[@maryburrell3948]

I always loved this commercial back in the day. Well now in 2024 they are working to turn the clock back.

[@ms.capone3762]

I have a Virginia Slims ad framed on my wall...the message reminds me that I CAN.

[@Sparky210-11]

I like that!! Do you smoke Virginia Slims ?

[@welcometogreenaquasglen1846]

Very clever marketing, linking cigarettes to elegance and liberation. I'm glad these weren't available when I was an impressionable young girl. I would have gotten hooked for sure.

[@lynnjames6629]

Yea, terrible that these companies get rich, while people get sick.

[@univon4892]

Do you mean the commercial or the cigarette brand?

[@welcometogreenaquasglen1846]

@@univon4892 The cigarettes. I'm in Canada and they didn't sell them here.

[@univon4892]

@@welcometogreenaquasglen1846 Damn... that would suck for me

[@DougCeleste]

LOVED the song in this commercial! Ah, the memories of my youth watching tv when it was FUN!

[@Chrissy-j6v]

I am not a smoker. But I enjoy these old Cigarette commercials. Virginia Slims was surely pushing women's liberation, fashion and elegance here. Kind of like the 1920's flapper moving away from the late 1800's long dress and hair in bun look too their short 1920's hair bobs, short frilly dresses, dancing wildly to the Charleston and smoking cigarettes- which was considered scandalous back then for a lady to do. At 2:18 the lady dressed in early 1900's dress taking it off. ...If they were continuing doing these types of commercials today the lady would probably strip down to a teeny bikini or something! LOL. Thanks for the upload. ❤❤

[@trainer1158]

I have a Facebook page devoted to mid-century fashion and one of the models in these ads, Sunny Griffin (she’s in two of them) occasionally comments there. I’ll have to share this and tag her. Thanks for a trip back in time. I remember these very well.

[@MoviecraftInc]

Wonderful...please share and thanks!

[@trainer1158]

@@MoviecraftInc Ms. Griffin didn't remember ever seeing herself in these ads, so it was a fun share. Thanks. again.

[@tehee-]

Absolutely wonderful find. I love the Virginia Slims jingle - I always hope that someone will find the master tape with all the different versions and tempos! I heard two or three different versions I never heard previously in this compilation.

[@finster1968]

I think the pies in the face ad is my favorite. Imagine airing something like this today? 😂

[@drpoundsign]

People Forget that Marlboros were ALSO marketed to women at first. The Cowboy thing came Later.

[@johnphillips8737]

Love it! Grandma are watching!!!!

[@claytonbouldin9381]

Pretty genius associating Women's liberation and feminism with something that gives you Cancer. Catchy tune.

[@andrewking8174]

Yes smoking 🚬 is bad for you! But just look at these commercials and I dare you to say smoking is not glamorous!

[@MoviecraftInc]

I think that's a great point, the ads made smoking glamorous in these commercials in the 60's. Today, the dangers of smoking take away a lot of the "glamorous" aspect, and someone lighting up a cigarette today is not considered "glamorous" any more.

[@univon4892]

​@@MoviecraftIncEven drinking too?

[@velvetbees]

These were the best cigarette commercials. They were very successful, too. They were kind of like today's Geico commercials.

[@SteffiReitsch]

Brings back memories. wow. It was a lifetime ago.

[@erikdirks]

I have a smoking fetish and I can thank Virginia Slims for that. I was born well after the 1960's but I love a classy woman who smokes!

[@Neal_R]

Love it! Thanks!

[@MoviecraftInc]

You are so welcome!

[@JTheMan1]

I remember my friends mom smoked Virginia slims, so, me and him would end up having to smoke them when tough times hit 😂😂😂

[@kinnish5267]

Message to modern women: stop listening to people who don't give a shit about you. Do you think the cigarette companies or feminists cared about female emphysema? Do you think universities, mainstream media, democratic party and the government care about you?

[@inezaa]

im obsessed with how they promoted to women

[@chessjohns6396]

i was 13 in 1968. even then watching one of these commercials was an instant boner.

[@fromthesidelines]

Although their TV and radio ads were discontinued after January 1, 1971, magazine ads continued through the 1970's.

[@elisorrells5314]

Some magazines run cigarette ads today

[@spectrum10]

no ban was enacted on print advertising. As a result, print advertising by cigarette companies increased markedly after the broadcast ban was enacted.

[@fromthesidelines]

Virginia Slims continued their "You've Come A Long Way, Baby" ad campaign in print through the early 1980's.

[@normanduke8855]

Yes. This was the last cigarette commercial shown in America on the Johnny Carson Tonight show just a half minute before midnight, Dec 31, 1970.

[@spectrum10]

This campaign lasted at least into 1987

[@amandlathree]

I was 8 in 1968 and I remember thinking while watching these commercials that I would most likely smoke Virginia Slims when I became an adult. It was never a question whether or not I would smoke. I started at 12. I eventually chose parliament. Quit at 30. Crazy!

[@MoviecraftInc]

Thanks for your personal experience .

[@ludwigvanbubthoven5692]

Virginia Slims, because women should have an equal right to COPD.

[@CWM030]

hahahahahahahahaha

[@faustinreeder1075]

Lol

[@paulapalmer9208]

How ugly of you! I smoked over 100,000 Virginia Slims before quitting and NEVER had a health issue! But most importantly, NOBODY ever held a gun to my head to make me smoke. I did it willingly and enjoyed every cigarette!!

[@egorkrasilnikov7217]

It’s terrible to realize, but most of these beautiful smoking women are currently dead

[@trainer1158]

Not all the models are familiar to me, but Sunny Griffin (in 2 ads) and Veronica Hamel (Hill St. Blues) are still alive.

[@paulapalmer9208]

And many people who never touched a cigarette are also dead!!

[@univon4892]

Either from cancer (which can contribute from both alcohol and cigarettes)

[@erikdirks]

i love all women who smoke!

[@EugeneRossi]

This is eventually how we’re going to look back on sports betting ads someday.

[@kekwayblaze3176]

Alcohol ads will eventually be banned at some point too.

[@diskman3001]

13:56 - This was the very last smoking ad that aired in the United States

[@know973]

And now women have all the duties and responsibilities...good job

[@ARedMagicMarker]

So? I'll take that over being sent to my room by some twat at 34 yeas old.

[@robertfreestone414]

Ovarian, pelvic, breast! Hell! We want...No. We DEMAND lung cancer too!

[@univon4892]

Haha!!

[@jimmydcap]

Knew a girl in HS who smoked Virginia slims. Back in the early 80s when the smoking age was 16 years old to buy and use.

[@MoviecraftInc]

The power of advertising😒😒😒

[@melaniemills4505]

Those 60's fashions were pretty cool, don't you think? 🤔

[@spectrum10]

no supper that night? that would mean no supper for the man as well, because the women did the cooking back then. Do you honestly think the man would cook his own dinner and not give her any of it?

[@drpoundsign]

He'd eat a bowl of fruit loops like Archie Bunker did.

[@claytonbouldin9381]

No. Microwaves were still expensive back then too!

[@fromthesidelines]

12:59- David Doyle (future co-star of "CHARLIE'S ANGELS").

[@jimmydcap]

He died in 97 from a heart attack. He was 67 years old.

[@rascal211]

Nice looking blue eyed brunette @3:00. Never had any luck getting a blue eyed brunette, my favorite.

[@johndelaney837]

I totally agree!

[@dannygaines1352]

A cigarette "just" for women?

[@julierichardson-y4g]

women thought that the way to stay skinny was to smoke !!

[@pokehunterhd]

0:17 and I'm assuming no one in that family had supper that night since cooking was a women's only job back then.

[@spectrum10]

That guy dumped a full fish bowl on that woman’s head because she was smoking? Could he not have asked her politely to take it outside?

[@erikdirks]

i can;t help all the hot women who smoke and look so good and smell so good

[@freetolook3727]

Kurt Vonnegut, a long time Pall Mall non filter smoker, once said smoking was an elegant way to commit suicide.

[@JenniMeer]

Wow!! 😮

[@faustinreeder1075]

Virginia Slims at Walmart in Vancouver, Washington are $15 a pack That will cure your cigarette habit

[@MoviecraftInc]

Hate to think what a carton would cost. Certainly time to quit if you haven't already.

[@jimkeskey]

@@MoviecraftInc Cartons are the way to go to save money. You can get a carton of these for around 100 bucks. Just pace yourself and you can enjoy the smoke without going broke.

[@claytonbouldin9381]

Seriously? My Mom and Step Dad went to Vegas. $23 a pack at the casino and that was a couple of years ago. A carton of Winstons here in Ohio is about $97 a carton.

[@bigstuff52]

No it won't..I had guys tell me they're quitting when they get to 5 dollars a pack..They're still smoking at 10, albeit not as much..

[@rosewilson1072]

who was the first lady x

[@jimkeskey]

I bought a pack of Virginia Slims ultra lights (blue pack) this afternoon and tried them. A little stronger than I thought they would be but not bad. I was more surprised that they still sold them to me even though I'm a man 😊

[@alosanch200]

We’ve come a long way babyyyyy 😂

[@kenhollis6197]

They can't discriminate based on sex like that. Just think of all the guys who get roped into buying tampons for their wives and girlfriends.

[@claytonbouldin9381]

You've come a long way, manny!

[@bigstuff52]

As one lady told me when I ran out of my brand,"here,take one of mine"..I said"that's a womans cigarette, I can't smoke that..She said "Jim,it's a cigarette,they're not gender biased"

[@tommccormick9290]

It's funny that modern day feminists take offense at ,"You've come a long way, BABY."

[@davidkoba]

You can really see how they pander to ideologies to make money off them.

[@Swampzoid]

What exactly is Virginia flavor ? Ham flavor ?

[@CuppaTeaandaSliceoCake]

Wonderful ...

[@deanedeane4318]

OMG !!! but I guess it really wasn't that long ago we thought the world was flat....... Go Lady's 😉😎

[@erikdirks]

Two word description of Virginia Slims.............Marketing Brilliance!!!

[@MoviecraftInc]

No doubt!

[@bulbakingdoot3514]

I would say fucking evil

[@fromthesidelines]

4:25- Allen Swift, voice-over.

[@robrichardson1284]

I wonder how much those models got paid to do a Vaginia Slims Ad?

[@dannygaines1352]

Flavor.

[@fromthesidelines]

17:06- Barney Martin is one of the "Keystone Cops".

[@dannovack1364]

They HAVE come a long way,haven’t they?

[@phoenixtimes2]

A time before this country lost its mind.

[@robertsutherland7378]

The funny thing is, people today talk as if the sixties were a crazy time.

[@spectrum10]

@@robertsutherland7378 Those were the days of "Turn on, tune in, drop out" (popularized by Timothy Leary)

[@drpoundsign]

@@spectrum10 LSD and Cannabis kill FAR fewer people...and, this is NOT only because of a difference in legal status.

[@drpoundsign]

If you promote Cancer Sticks-you HAVE lost your mind.

[@bigstuff52]

@@spectrum10 That's right..Ask boomers now about that affirmation and they will tell you they have no memory of that statement..

[@DoctorTeddyBear]

1:15 it's 2024 , n nothing changed.. Most of them stil get offence, if women do..

[@dannygaines1352]

Just for women.

[@erikdirks]

yeah!

[@andrewking8174]

I can only imagine how many young woman this ad campaign made start 🚬 I know because I was one of them!

[@kenhollis6197]

Advertising doesn't make anyone do anything. If someone is stupid enough to believe what they say in commercials, that's on them.

[@bigstuff52]

How did they taste?...

[@drpoundsign]

This is Very Dangerous... ALL of those Anorexic Supermodels. (and, the Tobacco ain't so Great, Either.)

[@otrdriverchris]

104 years of this crap.

[@Moonshine54321]

You ruined them with a stupid sepia filter to make them brown. WTF?

[@MoviecraftInc]

You show a lack of understanding of archival 16mm films. The films have FADED to pink color. We corrected the color the best we can from total pink to what you see. I don't know where you get we are using sepia filters.

[@mikedemott1720]

When I was in High School late 70s early 80s The Girls smoked Marlboro 100s or Virginia Slims. Smoking Women have always been a turn on

[@bigstuff52]

@@MoviecraftInc Absolutely..Go look at the archive tapes which I've seen..Wonderful job of cleaning things up... The sound is definitely better too..Thank you for this upload...

[@Gary-s8e]

SMOKing. bad for you