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Flashback: Size Doesn't Matter?

TresSugar — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0700

The copy for this ad doesn't really make much sense. This scowling man says he doesn't care about the length of his cigarette, but then goes on to declare that Winston Super Kings give him the extra length he wants. So, maybe in the end size does matter? I'm confused.

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US Tries to Smoke Out Tobacco With Largest Tax Increase Ever

CitizenSugar — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:00:23 -0700

Yesterday anyone who bought a pack of smokes found their wallet a little lighter. The federal tax on cigarettes jumped 62 cents, the largest tobacco tax increase in history.

Smoking is proving to be a pricey habit, especially in places like New York City. You can't get your hands on a pack for less than $10.50. Some people spend hundreds a month on cigarettes. That's enough to cut back!

The new tax revenue will be used to expand children's health care. Some poorer smokers argue that the tax hike hits them disproportionately. When it comes to taxing cigarettes, do you think fairness should matter?

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Sign Language

GiggleSugar — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:00:00 -0700

Is this sign telling me what to do or reading me poetry?

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Flashback: '50s Cigarette Commercial

GiggleSugar — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 03:00:00 -0700

The smokers of the 1950s had no idea just how harmful lighting up could be. At the time, there was no hard evidence to definitively link cigarette use with chronic or fatal health conditions, so tobacco companies had free reign to claim that their "snow fresh, filtered cool" smokes would leave the throat feeling refreshed and clean. Hmm. Is that what throat cancer feels like? I can only imagine. (Want more old-fashioned cigarette propaganda? Click here.)

Shameless Old-School Cigarette Advertising

GiggleSugar — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:00:00 -0800

They weren't aware of the dangerous and deadly consequences of cigarette smoking back in the day. As some of these ads suggest, it was the "cool" thing to do; even doctors endorsed certain brands of cigs! And so, without reluctance, advertisers did what they do best. . . For more, visit eBaum's World!

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Look Lovely With NicoClean Face Cream

GiggleSugar — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:00:00 -0800

Enriched with tobacco extracts, NicoClean face cream will help melt away that healthy look, giving you that ashen, gray color you associate with a long night of chain smoking. Take "edgy" to a whole new level-use NicoClean.

Forget Everything You Thought You Ever Knew...

GiggleSugar — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 04:00:00 -0700

...About cigarettes. A "responsible consulting organization" (name unknown) funded a study performed by "a competent medical specialist" (name unknown) who discovered that smoking 40 cigs is harmless. Sounds legit, right? It gets better. The study checked the sinus, nose, ear and throat regions of the participants involved. Good thing they didn't check the lungs! Hee, hee, hee. (Punks.)

Another Japanese Fun Fact

GiggleSugar — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:00:00 -0700

And cigarettes prefer t-shirts to tank tops, even on a cold day.

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Mixed Messages

GiggleSugar — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:45:00 -0700

Don't smoke, but if you do-- try these!

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Butt What's Your Point?

GiggleSugar — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:00:00 -0700

The roundabout way of saying, "No Littering Please."

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