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The Beginning of the End
In the 19th century, smoking was invented by a French military soldier during war time. -
Smoking Became Popular
Smoking became extremely popular in the late 1940s and early 1950s. According to Blowing Smoke, an article by Jennifer Dignan, "Looking at cigarette ads from the 1950s, you might find yourself thinking, 'Are these for real?'" In other words, the author uses exaggeration to show how bad we would have thought of cigarette ads in the 1950s. -
A Frank Statement
Tobacco companies created a statement to write on every newspaper showing smokers the consequences to smoking. The words read exactly, titled "A Frank Statement to Cigarette Smokers", "We believe the products we make are not injurious to health." -
"Actually, smoking is pretty bad for you, Bob."
Ten years after the tobacco companies declared their justice to the world, a United States Surgeon General, Luther Terry, 1964, declared that smoking causes cancer. According to the article, Blowing Smoke, "Americans took the message seriously... the percentage of adult smokers in the US began to fall." -
"Really, it took 45 years, Bob?"
45 years after Terry declared a silent war with smoking, the government released a law that no cigarette ads should advertise a lying statement. According to an article, Cigarette Kills, "In 2009, the government banned ads that falsely suggest that some cigarettes are less harmful than others."
