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
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