Smoking is taboo in today's health-conscious society. Back in World War II, the smoking habit was rampant. The movies regularly showed severely wounded GI's being comforted from their pain by a fellow soldier who puts a lit cigarette to the lips of a wounded soldier on a stretcher. The ad above was one of hundreds that were part of the World War II saga.
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009
1942: OF AIR RAID WARDENS AND CHESTERFIELDS
Smoking is taboo in today's health-conscious society. Back in World War II, the smoking habit was rampant. The movies regularly showed severely wounded GI's being comforted from their pain by a fellow soldier who puts a lit cigarette to the lips of a wounded soldier on a stretcher. The ad above was one of hundreds that were part of the World War II saga.
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