Merry Christmas.... and Happy Smoking!

Submitted by Mary on Wed, 12/02/2009 - 1:10pm (267 reads)

That's a line you never see people write on Christmas gift cards these days. As you can see from this vintage cigarette commercial, she suggests that by giving someone a carton of these cigarettes, you're giving them the gift of that greeting 200 times. Yes, as people smoked each one of those 200 cigarettes, they would daydream about the person who gave them that beautiful Christmas carton. 

Oh, how times have changed!

The cigarette carton really was beautiful. It was designed by industrial designer, Raymond Loewy, who also designed the Shell logo and the Greyhound Bus. He made a Lucky Strike carton look as beautiful as a box of chocolates. 

Thank you to XmasClassics for posting the vintage Christmas commercial on YouTube!

 

 

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Winston tastes good like a

Submitted by Visitor (not verified) on Tue, 12/08/2009 - 5:57pm.

Winston tastes good like a cigarette should.

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