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Tobacco Lies Killer Propaganda by the Tobacco Industry using Doctors and Nurses. Vintage Advertisements promoting nicotine addiction.

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The tobacco industry has been lying about the dangers of tobacco use since the very beginning. See these vintage cigarette ads using the health professionals as spokespeople. It is really chilling.

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Page 1: Tobacco Lies: Killer Propaganda from Vintage Advertisments

Tobacco LiesKiller Propaganda by the Tobacco Industry using Doctors and Nurses. Vintage Advertisements promoting nicotine addiction.

Page 2: Tobacco Lies: Killer Propaganda from Vintage Advertisments

The adverse health effects from cigarette smoking account for more than 440,000 deaths, or nearly one of every five deaths, each year in the United States.

He’s one of the busiest men in town. While his door may say Office Hours 2-4, he is actually on call 24 hours a day. The doctor is a scientist, a diplomat, and a friendly sympathetic human being all in one, no matter how long and hard his schedule.

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Plays...novels...motion pictures...have been written about the “man in white” and his devotion to duty. But in his daily routine he lives more drama and displays more devotion to the oath he has taken, than the most imaginative mind could ever invent. And he asks no special credit. Where there’s a job to do, he does it. A few winks of sleep...a few puffs of a cigarette ...and he is back at that job again.

More deaths are caused each year by tobacco use than by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and murders combined.

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Magical penicillin...the amazing “sulfas”...and now the new streptomycin...Thank the men of research medicine for these...and for all the other valuable aids they have placed in the doctor’s “little black bag”. Doctors are tirelessly devoting their lives to the cause of human health and happiness.

Active smokers and those exposed to secondhand smoke are at increased risk of bacterial infection. Tobacco smoke exposure increases susceptibility to respiratory tract infections; bacterial vaginosis and sexually transmitted diseases; stomach infection; periodontitis; meningitis; otitis media; and post-surgical and nosocomial infections. 

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The pages of medical history during the last century glow with the names of great women. In America today, thanks to the inspired spirit of those pioneers, 7,2890 women doctors carry the lamps that were lighted ever further along the path of human services.

Smoking is directly responsible for 80 percent of lung cancer deaths in women in the U.S. each year. In 1987, lung cancer surpassed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the U.S

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He fights without a gun. They call him “Doc”. He’s more than physician and surgeon: he’s a trusted friend who knows the comfort and cheer of a few moments of relaxation with a good cigarette...like Camel. Camels are the favorite cigarette with men in all the services.

Cigarette smoking causes reduced circulation by narrowing the blood vessels (arteries) and puts smokers at risk of obstruction of the large arteries in the arms and legs that can cause a range of problems from pain to tissue loss or gangrene.

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Wise doctor. Wise mother. Fortunate youngster.The magnificent advance made in guarding healthy by fighting illness before it strikes is still another proud chapter in the history of the medical profession.

Smoking has many adverse reproductive and early childhood effects, including increased risk for infertility, preterm delivery, stillbirth, low birth weight, sudden infant death syndrome.

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She knows by a grateful throats testimony what a relief this smooth, cool slow burning fresh cigarette means to sensitive membrane... switch to Camels for just one day – then leave them – if you can.

Tobacco smoke irritates the mucous membranes lining air passages to the lungs, causing them to produce more mucus (sputum). The cilia, that help to expel sputum from the air passages are paralyzed. Many smokers develop the characteristic “smoker’s cough” trying to clear this mucus.

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20, 679 Physicians say “Luckies are less irritating” “It’s toasted”Your Throat Protection against irritation against cough.

Because there is a lag of several years between when people start using tobacco and when their health suffers, the epidemic of tobacco-related disease and death has just begun.

Tobacco kills nearly 6 million people world wide each year. More than five million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use while more than 600 000 are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke.

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This man is NOBODY’S dentist.

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No curative power is claimed for Philip Morris...but...An Ounce of Prevention is worth a pound of cure. Philip Morris are scientifically proved far less irritating to the nose and throat. When smokers changed to Philip Morris, substantially every case of irritation of the nose or throat- due to smoking - either cleared up completely, or definitely improved.

The Tobacco Advertising Industry spent $8.37 billion in 2011 in the United States alone.

That’s almost $23 million spent every day in 2011, in the United States alone.

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All over America...more scientists and educators smoke Kent with the micronite filter than any other cigarette.

Tobacco caused 100 million deaths worldwide in the 20th century.

If current trends continue, it may cause one billion deaths in the 21st century.

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We don't try to scare you with medical claims...Old Gold cures just one thing...The World’s Best Tobacco

People in the USA who currently suffer from smoking-caused illness: 8.6 million

The economic burden of cigarette use in the USA includes more than $193 billion annually in health care costs and loss of productivity.

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Facts and figures taken from the Center for Disease Control and the World Health Organization websites.Tobacco Industry Advertisements found all over the web.

Taking a look backwards at the Tobacco Industry’s advertising tactics is very disturbing. Keep these lies in mind as the industry increasingly bombards the media with facts and testimonials about the safety of electronic cigarettes.Prepared by www.serenityvista.com Residential Rehab for Nicotine Addiction