One for the medicos…

In this old cigarette accessory ad, the specialist can boast not only the usual head mirror but what looks like a hefty coil of animal shit projecting from the same band, which has attracted particular attention from the couple on the left.

What does this object do, and are head turds of this nature still used in modern medicine?

Wait a minute, it’s his hand.

As you were :)

hehehehehehehehehehehe3 :)

That’s a good giggle to start the day, anyhow.

Black leader! Watch your 6!

the woman looks like she has a bird on her head…

hehe the copy is great..

if you have sinus trouble, smokers cough, throat irritation or reasons to cut down smoking…

don’t give up smoking, just smoke ‘healthier’

I remember those holders I think I still have one or two in the ‘gentleman’s’ prop box. , they used to stink worse than the cigarette and the end bits would get all icky with lip cells…

much like Shebs pipe probably does..

My maternal grandmother was advised to start smoking….for her nerves. Ruth eventually stopped, after many years of smoking Kool (bleeeeerch), and lived to her 90s.

Arts said:

the woman looks like she has a bird on her head…

If not two.

>much like Shebs pipe probably does..

Pfft, you forgot the apostrophe.

Plenty more head mirrors here. All these throat doctors smoke, and most smoke Camels. Click the ads at the bottom:

http://tobacco.stanford.edu/tobacco_main/images.php?token2=fm_st003.php&token1=fm_img0111.php&theme_file=fm_mt001.php&theme_name=Doctors%20Smoking&subtheme_name=Throat%20Doctors

Do your lungs a favour, switch to HEALTH CIGARS. The doctor in this ad died of lung cancer

Actor Brian Keith enjoying a Camel in a striking jacket, 1950s. Later developed emphysema and lung cancer and shot himself in the head

The man who thinks for himself knows….

Another egghead smoker…

Rocket scientists smoke Viceroy

Bubblecar said:

Another egghead smoker…

Heh. I analysed that ad for my semiotics unit.

So do archaeologists

Not sure what this fellow does but he looks intelligent

>Not sure what this fellow does but he looks intelligent

Judging by the gown & wood panelling, he’s a judge.

I wonder what the Advertising Agency pitch was?

Divine Angel said:

Bubblecar said:

Another egghead smoker…

Heh. I analysed that ad for my semiotics unit.

Those paintings must have been very hard work. Having to paint a hundred zillion strands of brylcreemed hair is not my idea of fun.

More “thinking man” smokers here (click ads at bottom):

http://tobacco.stanford.edu/tobacco_main/images.php?token2=fm_st081.php&token1=fm_img2010.php&theme_file=fm_mt006.php&theme_name=Filter Safety Myths&subtheme_name=Thinks for himself

PermeateFree said:

I wonder what the Advertising Agency pitch was?

It was probably around the time that rumours started that smoking was bad for you. If the intelligentsia are smoking, it must be OK.

From that site:

Tobacco companies promoted filters through ads which promised health reassurance, although filters did little to truly reduce the hazards of smoking. Indeed, industry chemists were well aware that most filters actually removed no more tar and nicotine than would the same length of tobacco!

Nonetheless, Madison Avenue stepped up to the challenge of selling filters as the “intelligent choice” for smokers worried about their health. As early as 1942, Viceroy wielded a four-year-long campaign which claimed that “it’s smart to smoke Viceroy.” Later, in 1958 and ’59, Viceroy followed up with “The Man Who Thinks for Himself Knows,” a campaign which dubbed the Viceroy filter to be “the thinking man’s filter.” Campaigns like these appealed to smokers who considered themselves upper-class and educated. The idea was that these smokers felt obliged to quit smoking due to overwhelming health concerns, so Big Tobacco would give them every excuse not to quit.

“More scientists and educators smoke Kent” and “You’re so smart to smoke Parliament” demonstrate that many big brands hawked their cigarettes as the smart choice for intelligent smokers. Kent went as far as to claim that “it makes good sense to smoke Kent.” Filtered brands were a coup for the tobacco industry, growing in market share from 2% in 1950 to 50% in 1960 and 99% in 2005.

>>Tobacco companies promoted filters through ads which promised health reassurance, although filters did little to truly reduce the hazards of smoking. Indeed, industry chemists were well aware that most filters actually removed no more tar and nicotine than would the same length of tobacco!<<

But when the filter turned an ucky brown, the public were sold on its health benefit.

PermeateFree said:

>>Tobacco companies promoted filters through ads which promised health reassurance, although filters did little to truly reduce the hazards of smoking. Indeed, industry chemists were well aware that most filters actually removed no more tar and nicotine than would the same length of tobacco!<<

But when the filter turned an ucky brown, the public were sold on its health benefit.

It still happens. Have a bullshit product which turns brown overnight and bingo: you’re richer than a weather girl.
Exhibit A:
http://www.byronbaydetox.com.au/detox-foot-patches

Divine Angel said:

PermeateFree said:

>>Tobacco companies promoted filters through ads which promised health reassurance, although filters did little to truly reduce the hazards of smoking. Indeed, industry chemists were well aware that most filters actually removed no more tar and nicotine than would the same length of tobacco!<<

But when the filter turned an ucky brown, the public were sold on its health benefit.

It still happens. Have a bullshit product which turns brown overnight and bingo: you’re richer than a weather girl.
Exhibit A:
http://www.byronbaydetox.com.au/detox-foot-patches

wow! Probably stops you going blind too. :)

And of course, I have to look at the spectacle frames. Very much ‘in’ at the moment. But to those of a certain age, they look very old fashioned……

Oooh, and you can get some ear candles if you buy the foot things in bulk too!

What we need is some ads of judges on the bench with their feet wrapped in these detox things.

Divine Angel said:

What we need is some ads of judges on the bench with their feet wrapped in these detox things.

Only smart feet use detox!

Joy of passive smoking

Dear oh dear

babies bottoms, in that time, clad with cloth that held urine and faeces against the skin, were often red, raw and sore ..

so the ad is actually quite accurate

Arts said:

babies bottoms, in that time, clad with cloth that held urine and faeces against the skin, were often red, raw and sore ..

so the ad is actually quite accurate

Ha. Not surprising that it didn’t become wildly popular, though.

“I smoke Marlborough.”

“I smoke Benson & Hedges.”

I smoke Baby’s Bottom.”

Bubblecar said:

Arts said:

babies bottoms, in that time, clad with cloth that held urine and faeces against the skin, were often red, raw and sore ..

so the ad is actually quite accurate

Ha. Not surprising that it didn’t become wildly popular, though.

“I smoke Marlborough.”

“I smoke Benson & Hedges.”

I smoke Baby’s Bottom.”

marlboro

>“I smoke Marlborough.”

Hmm, you can tell I was never a Marlboro smoker :)

Mind you if I ever marketed a brand of tobacco, I’d probably call it Doctor Head Turd.

Bubblecar said:

Mind you if I ever marketed a brand of tobacco, I’d probably call it Doctor Head Turd.

there’s no money in tobacco any more…

Arts said:

Bubblecar said:

Mind you if I ever marketed a brand of tobacco, I’d probably call it Doctor Head Turd.

there’s no money in tobacco any more…

In the Developing World they’re still smoking like there’s no tomorrow.

Bubblecar said:

And, one day, they’ll be right – smoking just makes them right a whole lot sooner.

Bubblecar said:

Arts said:

Bubblecar said:

Mind you if I ever marketed a brand of tobacco, I’d probably call it Doctor Head Turd.

there’s no money in tobacco any more…

In the Developing World they’re still smoking like there’s no tomorrow.

but they buy one cigarette at a time.

Bubblecar said:

Arts said:

Bubblecar said:

Mind you if I ever marketed a brand of tobacco, I’d probably call it Doctor Head Turd.

there’s no money in tobacco any more…

In the Developing World they’re still smoking like there’s no tomorrow.

And at Sibeen’s house.

I have heard of head cheese, dick heads and shitheads but this is a new one.

Bette Davis used to cram 3 days of smoking into one, every day

Bubblecar said:

Bette Davis used to cram 3 days of smoking into one, every day

Wondered how she got those eyes.

roughbarked said:

I didn’t realise that it caused testicular cancer too.

Kingy said:

roughbarked said:

I didn’t realise that it caused testicular cancer too.

Well cancer being cancer and the warning on the tobacco packet says:
“the toxic chemicals in tobacco smoke can go everywhere that your blood flows, causing harm all over your body.”

roughbarked said:

Bubblecar said:

Arts said:

there’s no money in tobacco any more…

In the Developing World they’re still smoking like there’s no tomorrow.

but they buy one cigarette at a time.

.
Certainly the way in east Africa (one can buy one cigarette at a time). Mind you, not many people smoke there anyway. Too poor to get addicted in the first place.

Michael V said:

roughbarked said:

Bubblecar said:

In the Developing World they’re still smoking like there’s no tomorrow.

but they buy one cigarette at a time.

.
Certainly the way in east Africa (one can buy one cigarette at a time). Mind you, not many people smoke there anyway. Too poor to get addicted in the first place.

‘Tobacco companies see Africa as fertile ground’ – http://articles.latimes.com/2012/dec/12/world/la-fg-south-africa-smoking-20121213

Michael V said:

roughbarked said:

Bubblecar said:

In the Developing World they’re still smoking like there’s no tomorrow.

but they buy one cigarette at a time.

.
Certainly the way in east Africa (one can buy one cigarette at a time). Mind you, not many people smoke there anyway. Too poor to get addicted in the first place.

Some government action to try to ban the sale of single cigarettes may be useful but the tobacco companies will try and continue as every cigarette sold is business.

Bubblecar said:

>“I smoke Marlborough.”

Hmm, you can tell I was never a Marlboro smoker :)

the yank English has a pigeon style of spelling

roughbarked said:

Kingy said:

roughbarked said:

I didn’t realise that it caused testicular cancer too.

Well cancer being cancer and the warning on the tobacco packet says:
“the toxic chemicals in tobacco smoke can go everywhere that your blood flows, causing harm all over your body.”

For those too young to remember and unable to read the fine print. This was an album cover that appeared in 1968 the band was the Small Faces. Yes it was round, like a tobacco tin.