In the early 1950s, cigarettes were indeed promoted as being good for health, which may seem surprising given what we know today about the harmful effects of smoking. During that time, cigarette ...

When Philip Morris & Co. wanted to revitalize “sissy" Marlboro cigarettes, it came to Wyoming to find the most the most macho ...

Several compilations of problematic tobacco ads feature a series of advertisements that use the imagery of a baby to market cigarettes to women: These are authentic ads that appeared in the Saturday ...

Stanford University houses what may be the world's largest online collection of tobacco advertisements - over 62,000 scans spanning three centuries that tell a fascinating story of how the industry ...

When I was a kid, I used to love watching "The Flintstones," the zany Hanna-Barbera cartoon about a Stone Age family that ran in prime time on Friday nights. I’m pretty sure the network was ABC. It ...

The electronic cigarette ads push the same themes as old cigarette ads: sophistication, freedom, equality and individualism, said Timothy de Waal Malefyt, a visiting associate professor at Fordham ...