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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

Baseball, Football, and Hockey

BTBA NYC

Tobacco Advertising in New York Sports (0:13)

‘”Luckies are the best tasting cigarette I ever smoked!’ says Pee Wee Reese” (5 pages)

Advertisement by the American Tobacco Company for Lucky Strike cigarettes, one of 4 cigarette ads plus one cigar ad
Brooklyn Dodgers Official Program and Scorecard

1957

“Have a real cigarette, have a CAMEL” (13 pages)

Advertisement by RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company for Camel cigarettes, one of 6 cigarette ads, plus one cigar ad and one ad for pipe tobacco
New York Yankees Official Program and Scorecard

1957

“Championship Quality” (13 pages)

Advertisement by Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company cfor KOOL, Viceroy, and Raleigh cigarettes, one of 8 cigarette ads
New York Mets Official Program and Scorecard

September 16, 1962

Billboard at Yankee Stadium, New York City, with advertisement by Philip Morris for Marlboro cigarettes

Photograph by Andrew Skolnick

1984

Skoal Bandit “Bandette” offering free sample of United States Tobacco Company’s smokeless tobacco product outside Yankee Stadium

Photograph by Andrew Skolnick

1984

Children with Skoal Bandits give-away tote bags at Yankee Stadium

Photograph by Andrew Skolnick

1984

“Take a pouch instead of a puff” Skoal Bandit/New York Yankees promotional tote bags

Photograph by Andrew Skolnick

1984

Couple with Skoal Bandit tote bags at Yankee Stadium

Photograph by Andrew Skolnick

1984

Skoal Bandit “Bandettes” outside Yankee Stadium

Photograph by Andrew Skolnick

1984

“Our slogan ‘Take a pouch instead of a puff’ does not imply that use of Skoal Bandits is a safe alternative to smoking.”

Photograph of disclaimer on disposable plastic outer wrapping of Skoal Bandit promotional tote bag given away at Yankee Stadium

1984

“Marlboro”

Back cover advertisement by Philip Morris for Marlboro cigarettes
New York Mets ’93 Official Score Book Magazine

1993

“Marlboro”

Back cover advertisement by Philip Morris for Marlboro cigarettes
New York Yankees 1985 Scorebook and Souvenir Program

1985

“Marlboro”

Back cover advertisement by Philip Morris for Marlboro cigarettes
New York Jets GameDay Magazine

October 14, 1985

“On the Set with Sinatra”

Back cover advertisement by Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company for Chesterfield cigarettes
New York Football Giants Official Program

October 27, 1957

“Nothing satisfies like the big clean taste of top-tobacco”

Back cover advertisement by Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company for Chesterfield cigarettes
New York Rangers/Madison Square Garden Program

1959

Billboard with advertisements for Philip Morris’s Marlboro cigarettes and “Let’s Go MH!” at Shea Stadium, Queens, New York City

Photograph from a promotional campaign packet for Manufacturers Hanover (bank)

Circa 1985

“BENSON & HEDGES On Ice”

Front cover and back cover advertisements by Philip Morris’s Benson & Hedges cigarettes
Souvenir program for the Philip Morris-sponsored figure skating event at Madison Square Garden

October 29, 1988