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Exhibit – img21248

June 11, 2021 by

Exhibit – img21248
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Theme:
Exhibit
Brand:
Philip Morris, Camel, Kool, Dr. R. Schiffmann's Asthmador Cigarettes, Kinsman's Asthmatic Cigarettes
Manufacturer:
Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, R. Schiffmann Company, Capital Drug Company, Inc.
Format:
Advertisement
Tobacco Type:
Cigarette
Comments:

Left: 1942, 1942, 1934, 1944, 1937, 1936, 1944 (left to right, top to bottom) Right: 1944, 1944, 1944, 1944 (clockwise from top left) Comic Strip: 1950 Cigarette Cartons: 1940, 1933

Ads targeting doctors urge physicians to prescribe cigarettes for health benefits and claim that smoking actually betters hygiene, while portraying physicians as medical warriors. One ad even thanks doctors for portraying Philip Morris honestly. Other advertisements invite physicians to visit the exhibits and the special smoking lounge at the American Medical Association’s annual convention, sponsored by tobacco companies. The comic strip adds to the insinuations of healthy cigarettes by showing Willie the penguin getting hurt and recovering with a Kool cigarette. Asthmatic cigarette cartons round out the display.

Keywords:

Cigarette

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