Cigarette commercials

[MasterBlaster]

Man, I remember these!

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More doctors smoke Camels!

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No gimmicks here!

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You can't take the country out of Salem!

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And good old Marlboros!

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[Mr. Sir]

Hey, if my doctor recommends it, it must be good!

[The Branch Doctor]

I got through two and had to stop for a smoke break.:D

[MasterBlaster]

It's odd, I couldn't find a marlboro man commercial.

[Paul B]

I used to like the noise the zippo lighter made. clickety clink.

[Rotax Robert]

I used to like the noise the zippo lighter made. clickety clink.

I like the smell of the fluid

[MasterBlaster]

I loved refilling it, then burning my upper thigh.

[stehansen]

I loved refilling it, then burning my upper thigh.

:O

[The Branch Doctor]

I'm going to leave that one alone.:D

[Rotax Robert]

It's odd, I couldn't find a marlboro man commercial.

here ya go MB

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[MasterBlaster]

There ya geaux! I've always loved that song - I wonder what the name is?

[stehansen]

I think it's the theme song from the movie The Magnificent Seven.

[Emilio]

yep it is the theme song from magnificent seven.

[Banned by Squirrels]

Leon, is it true they give away cigs in your neck of the woods like they used too here?..

[NickfromWI]

You can't beat celebrity endorsements:

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[pantheraba]

Dang, that just ain't right...even Wilma smoked. :O

I can't believe I never took it up...that was "my time" back then.

[rumination]

Mark, I haven't seen it in Hong Kong, but it wouldn't surprise me at all in mainland China. You wouldn't believe how many people smoke over there. It's pretty disgusting.

[stehansen]

My Dad said that in the Army they had a little pack with a couple of cigarettes in with their K rations.

[MasterBlaster]

Yeah, 4 smokes. It was cool.

[Paul B]

my pops said the same thing, no food but they would hand you smokes to keep you going. that was back in the late 60's or so. He also has stories about the chow on training, he would sneak snickers and mars bars in his kit, then take his can of onion, beans and whatever and eat it cold whilest his troop mates (few years younger) would spend tons of time trying to heat the schitt up with their little cans of fuel/fire.
I remember camping when I was a late teen and trying that out, taking tins of chilli and beans and crackers, just eat'em outta the can while my buddies spent tons of time trying to get fires and BBQ's lit to cook a burger. I was fed and watered long before they got their stuff ready. :D not presidential living but it got me through.

[OTGBOSTON]

Those commercials are cool but man, how did anybody stand a chance of NOT smoking back then?:O

[MasterBlaster]

For sure! Non smokers were the frickin' weirdos back then.

[GASoline71]

Hey Butch... remember when the ship would run 50 miles off shore so we could buy tobacco products dirt cheap when underway stateside?

I never smoked but I chewed snoose back then...

Ciggies were like a buck a pack and snoose was 75 cents a can.

Gary

[MasterBlaster]

The cheapest I remember was 15 cents, on the Tonkin Gulf.

[GASoline71]

It got down to 50 cents a pack... but most of the time it was a buck a pack.

Gary

[Paul B]

cheapest I remember paying, driving to the USA was about 2.50 a pack vs 4$ up here.... had to keep the empty packs then buy and transfer the ciggies to the old pack so the border guys would be trickedted...... :shifty:

[Skwerl]

When I started smoking cartons were $4.40.

[MasterBlaster]

Sounds about right. I was getting Marlboros on-base for two bucks.

[Rotax Robert]

Even Santa said it was ok to smoke :?