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Cigarettes History
In the early to mid 1900s, celebrities, politicians, and cartoon characters were routinely used to sell cigarettes. In this article from The New York Times, a reporter talks about a new exhibit that explores the checkered history of tobacco marketing, from blatantly false "facts" to the advertisers' desire to win over consumers at a young age. The exhibit explores the way cigarette advertising has--and hasn't--changed.
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