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The following vintage ads reveal how Marlboro has evolved over nearly 100 years. By 1920, women in America had won the right to vote — but some were still being denied the right to smoke in public.
The message of the ads? Shake off inhibitions. “Don’t be a maybe… Be Marlboro.” While the ad campaign hasn’t been used in the United States, which has very strict laws against gearing ...
For the longest time, the Marlboro Man was synonymous with America’s image of itself -- tough, self-sufficient, hard-working. In one of the 20th century’s most famous ad campaigns, which began ...
Eric Lawson, who portrayed the rugged Marlboro man in cigarette ads during the late 1970s, died Jan. 10 at his home in San Luis Obispo, Calif. He was 72. The cause was respiratory failure because ...
Several compilations of problematic tobacco ads feature a series of advertisements that use the imagery of a baby to market cigarettes to women: These are authentic ads that appeared in the ...
LOS ANGELES — Eric Lawson, who portrayed the rugged Marlboro man in cigarette ads during the late 1970s, has died. He was 72. Lawson died Jan. 10 at his home in San Luis Obispo of respiratory ...
In fact, media sources say Philip Morris’ discount brand, Basic, appears in more magazines than Marlboro–a stunning shift for a company that spent hundreds of millions of dollars in print ads ...
In the mid-1950s, Burnett and company gave the brand the Marlboro Man, and more than a decade after his last billboard and nearly 40 years since the last TV ad, he still stands tall in the mind ...
A Wyoming ranch where Marlboro cigarette ads and a movie starring Ron Howard were made will be offered for sale at an auction next month for a minimum of $15 million. The Teton Valley Ranch was ...
Eric Lawson, a working actor who portrayed the Marlboro Man in cigarette ads during the late 1970s, has died. He was 72. Lawson's wife, Susan Lawson, said Sunday that her husband died Jan. 10 at ...
A Wyoming ranch where Marlboro cigarette ads and a movie starring Ron Howard were made will be offered for sale at an auction next month for a minimum of $15 million. The Teton Valley Ranch was ...
Eric Lawson, who portrayed the rugged Marlboro man in cigarette ads during the late 1970s, has died. He was 72. Lawson died Jan. 10 at his home in San Luis Obispo of respiratory failure due to ...