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Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertisement, 1929

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One of the greatest things about these kinds of advertisements is how timeless they are. A design like this may as well be as old as the cigarettes themselves the way people remember them together. This style may have evolved slightly over time but it nowhere near disappeared. Many tobacco product advertisements today feel almost like closely related family to this one. It is designs exactly like this one which influence how we currently think of and know, cigarettes and their brands.

Advertisement for Lucky Strike Cigarettes. American Tobacco Company, 1929. Features the slogan “It’s toasted” and promotes reduced throat irritation.
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Advertisement for Lucky Strike Cigarettes. American Tobacco Company, 1929. Features the slogan “It’s toasted” and promotes reduced throat irritation.