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Big Tobacco in the Big Apple

How New York City Became the Heart of the Tobacco Industry
…and Anti Smoking Activism

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Big Tobacco: A Big Advertiser (0:26)

1963 New York World Telegram and Sun Kent ad

“Filter, taste and pleasure”

Advertisement by P. Lorillard Tobacco Company for KENT cigarettes
The New York World Telegram and Sun

October 7, 1963

Wall Street Journal 1982 Merit full page  2

“Taste Smokers Convinced.”

Advertisement  by Philip Morris for Merit cigarettes
The Wall Street Journal


May 18, 1982

Wall Street Journal 1982 Merit full page

“Delivers the taste of cigarettes with up to twice the tar.”

Advertisement by Philip Morris for Merit cigarettes
The Wall Street Journal

June 1, 1982

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1969 The Peril Ahead Front Cover Kent Ad
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