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 for American Tobacco Company’s 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 for RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company’s 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 for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company’s KOOL, Viceroy, and Raleigh cigarettes, one of 8 cigarette ads
New York Mets Official Program and Scorecard
September 16, 1962
Billboard with Philip Morris’s Marlboro cigarettes advertisement at Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York City
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
“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 for Philip Morris’s Marlboro cigarettes
New York Mets ’93 Official Score Book Magazine
1993
“Marlboro”
Back cover advertisement for Philip Morris’s Marlboro cigarettes
New York Yankees 1985 Scorebook and Souvenir Program
1985
“Marlboro”
Back cover advertisement for Philip Morris’s Marlboro cigarettes
New York Jets GameDay Magazine
October 14, 1985
“On the Set with Sinatra”
Back cover advertisement for Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company’s Chesterfield cigarettes
New York Football Giants Official Program
October 27, 1957
“Nothing satisfies like the big clean taste of top-tobacco”
Back cover advertisement for Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company’s 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
