Sometimes a cigar just... isn't a cigar at all

BoingBoing posted this hilariously unironic ad from WWII-era America.

Indeed, who is that man with the impressively large cigar? My guess is war profiteer. Although putting "Dramatist" among the high-status professions is curious.

Even curiouser is this funny little visual, which should be co-opted by the anti-circumcision lobby.

...or not O_O

Ah, the good old days...

Herman Cain ad parodied to sell e-smokes

Herman Cain's campaign manager, Mark Block, recently became an overnight internet celebrity for his bizarre delivery and cigarette flourish on a bizarre political ad.

There have been quite a few parodies since, but at least one advertiser has decided to try to make a marketing campaign out of it.



Smoke Stiks are "electronic cigarettes". They simulate the actions and (optional) nicotine fix of smoking (including creating the appearance of smoke). But they don't produce tar and all that other nasty stuff.



They do apparently, however, produce that freaky Cain smile...


Via Agency Spy

F'd Ad Fridays: Is it a warning or a "how to" ad?

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F'd Ad Fridays: Cigarette advertising takes a piss

I am trying to figure out this ad, of unknown vintage, from Imperial Tobacco for the German market.

Via Coloribus

The headline is something like "Equal rights for all", and I guess the implication of the image is that women should be able to pee anywhere they want to, just like men (?). But I'd need some context to get where smoking figures into it.

Nice parallel, however, of "smelly things that we don't really want you doing in our presence". No matter how cute you are.