5 Classic Cigarette Commercials

5: What Cigarette Do You Smoke, Doctor? (c. 1958)

Why, Camel, of course!

4: To a Smoker, It’s a Kent (c. 1966)

Tobacco companies never targeted the youngsters, did they?

3: Dick Van Dyke Show, Sponsored by Kent (c. 1962)

Mary Tyler Moore smoked?

2: I Love Lucy, sponsored by Phillip Morris (c. 1954)

It’s 1954. Eisenhour is in the White House. What’s more controversial: A) Married couples sharing the same bedroom, or B) Hollywood Stars shilling Cancer Sticks?

Lucy: Don’t say “cigarette,” say “Phillip Morris.”

1: Flintstones Sponsored by Winston (c. 1960)

I think the lede says more about the period than the fact that Fred and Barney are shilling Winstons.

Barney: I hate to see them work so hard.

Fred: Yeah, me too. Let’s go around back where we can’t see ‘em.

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• Joe Birkett Endorses Dan Cronin
• New Television Campaign for Appellate Court Judge Mary Schostok
• Two New Commercials for Dan Cronin
• Back In the Studio
• Catholics Come Home to Chicago, Joliet and Rockford
• New Television Commercial for Dan Cronin
• Shooting and Editing This Week
• Could the Comcast-NBC Deal Spur More M&A?
• Five Chinese Commercials by American Brands