January 24, 2012

Enjoy something different …try MARLBORO CIGARETTES (Oct, 1952)

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Issue: Oct, 1952
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I’d say that when smoking stops being a pleasure and starts being a habit, it’s a good time to quit.

Escape from the commonplace
Enjoy something different …try MARLBORO CIGARETTES

Finer taste, superior mildness —a luxury in smoking unmatched by any other cigarette!

When smoking has stopped being a pleasure and becomes only a habit, it’s time to freshen up your taste. So if you need a change, remember…

Marlboros are better in every way for those who smoke throughout the day!

January 4, 2012

It’s what’s up front that counts! (Feb, 1959)

Nope, no subtext here at all.

It’s what’s up front that counts!

A PURE WHITE FILTER IS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF A WINSTON

The big difference is FILTER-BLEND

clear, rich tobaccos specially processed for filter smoking!

There’s nothing wishy-washy about Winston. For up front of its modern, pure white filter is FILTER-BLEND.

That’s what gives Winston its famous flavor. (And after all, that’s the whole idea of smoking!)

FILTER-BLEND means fine, mild tobaccos specially processed for filter smoking. It’s the real difference between Winston and all other filter cigarettes.

Winston tastes good like a cigarette should!

December 21, 2011

Butt-Snuffer (Dec, 1952)

It’s almost impossible not to read that headline wrong…

Butt-Snuffer

Bob GILL of Portland, Oregon, ran afoul of the law a few years ago. A cop picked him up for throwing a lighted cigarette butt out of his car window, a deed which is criminal in that forest-fire ridden state. “What do you usually do with your butts?” the cop asked. “Step on ‘em,” Gill replied. “Let’s see you step on that last one,” the cop retaliated.

This episode gave Gill an idea. Why not make an automatic butt-snuffing ashtray? He did and it has won Mi’s $50 gadget award. You’ll see it on the market soon, helping us to keep our forests green.

December 19, 2011

Ronson Penciliter (Jun, 1949)

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Issue: Jun, 1949
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I don’t really get the taxes on the bottom. The Gold one is “plus tax” but the Rhodium one is “no fed tax”. What fed tax would that be? Was there a federal gold tax?

for father’s day, June 19th give dad the new Ronson Penciliter

always at hand….to light with….to write with!….

It’s a really new and different gift for Dad! The world’s finest lighter and a superb mechanical pencil are combined in the handsome Ronson Penciliter. It’s finely balanced…it’s streamlined… it’s always at hand for the two things he does most — lighting (press —it’s lit…release —it’s out)…and writing. He’ll constantly use., .constantly thank you for the new Ronson Penciliter! Read the rest of this entry »

December 15, 2011

CIGARETTE LIGHTED BY GLOW (Oct, 1933)

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Issue: Oct, 1933
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CIGARETTE LIGHTED BY GLOW

No larger than a woman’s lipstick, a new mystery cigarette lighter works without flame or electricity. The smoker simply holds his cigarette against the porous top and inhales several times and this lights the smoke. The secret is that a blended fuel containing methyl alcohol is thus drawn through a porous pill containing platinum. Catalytic action, similar to that of platinum gas-stove lighters, causes the pill to glow and light the cigarette. Wind cannot interfere with the use of the lighter, which works if a cotton pad is kept saturated with fuel.

October 18, 2011

Movie Star Invents Automatic Fag Vender Like Camera (Mar, 1932)

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Issue: Mar, 1932
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Movie Star Invents Automatic Fag Vender Like Camera

ACTORS can do other things besides act.

Lew Cody, for instance, blossomed out as a full-fledged inventor when he applied for a patent on an ingenious cigarette vender patterned after a movie camera. One turn of the handle on the camera and a cigarette is ejected from the lens barrel, as demonstrated in the photo at the left.

September 5, 2011

Cigarette Smokers Can Very Easily Make Their Own Menthol Inhalers (May, 1930)

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Issue: May, 1930
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Cigarette Smokers Can Very Easily Make Their Own Menthol Inhalers
ANY cigarette smoker can easily make a menthol inhaler to fight his winter colds. All that is necessary is a small bottle of menthol crystals, some absorbent cotton, a cigarette holder, a smoke instead of a sweet, and the habit. Several of the menthol crystals should be lightly wrapped in the cotton and inserted in the holder before the cigarette is inserted. The smoker will find that he has a much cooler smoke and that the menthol tends to clear the throat and nose when inhaled and expelled through the nose. It will also tend to extract the nicotine from the smoke.

August 11, 2011

Wireless Cigarette Lighter (Feb, 1930)

Wireless Cigarette Lighter
A NEW cigar lighter attached to the automobile dash board is pressed until a red glow appears and can then be removed.

August 8, 2011

BE “Mouth-Happy” (Oct, 1932)

BE “Mouth-Happy”

Surf and sun and sand. Holiday heart and charming company. Spud was made for the picture! Full tobacco flavor! Cool, clean taste. Cigarette enjoyment that lasts the whole day long.

SMOKE SPUDS
MENTHOL-COOLED CIGARETTES

20 FOR 20c (30c IN CANADA)… THE AXTON-FISHER TOBACCO CO., INC., LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY

August 5, 2011

Paper Matches Made in the Shape of Advertiser’s Product (May, 1931)

Paper Matches Made in the Shape of Advertiser’s Product

A LARGE American match manufacturer has recently advanced an idea which will greatly increase the advertising value of its product. These small books of paper matches which are commonly given away when you purchase your smokes are the basis of the idea.

Instead of the ordinary paper lucifers, the matches are shaped like the article which they advertise. The stunt has its limits, however, as bass drums and pretzels will be hard to imitate with match sticks.

July 26, 2011

JACKASS CIGARETTE DISPENSER (Jul, 1946)

So the name is something of a double entendre.

JACKASS CIGARETTE DISPENSER

Something New!

1000 LAUGHS NOVELTY SENSATION

Lots of fun for you and your friends. By pressing the head downward the jackass will extend a cigarette for your guests. Movable head and tail, design shows Mexican wearing large hat and shawl sitting on the jackass. Read the rest of this entry »

July 22, 2011

A keep-going pipe (Oct, 1968)

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Issue: Oct, 1968
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A keep-going pipe

A former Paris taxi driver. Pierre Alidiere, has invented a pipe that won’t go out. When the smoke begins getting thin, you just squeeze a rubber bulb on the bowl bottom. Voila! This fans the embers into life again.

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