Including cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, pipes and lighters.
“Start fresh with Belair.” These ads for Belair menthol cigarettes date from 1970-72 and featured couples smoking in blue skied seaside surroundings.
“They like the taste.” These ads for Belair cigarettes and Raleigh menthol cigarettes date from 1966-67. The ads were show in pairs, one either side of a double page, and mirrored each other in composition.
“Extra pleasure in every size and shape!”These ads for Blackstone cigars date from 1940-41.
“New sizes! New shapes! New pleasure!” These ads for Blackstone Cigars date from 1944-45.
“Why be the goat every time you light your pipe?” These ads for Bond Street tobacco date from 1942-44.
“Camels never get on your nerves!” These comic strip ads for Camel cigarettes date from 1937-48 and feature a range of stunt men, circus folk and dare devils!
“The slimmest slim in town.” This ad campaign for Capari cigarettes dates from 1987.
“The slimmest slim!” These ads for Capari cigarettes date from 1988-90.
“You’ve got a taste for style!” This ad campaign for Capari cigarettes dates from 1991-93.
“There’s no slimmer way to smoke.” This ad campaign for Capari “Super Slim” and “Ultra Light” cigarettes dates from 1994.
“From now on – it’s Chelsea!” These ads for Chelsea cigarettes date from 1945-46.
“They’ll give you more pleasure.” These ads for Chesterfield cigarettes date from 1937-38.
“The way to more smoking pleasure.” These ads for Chesterfield cigarettes date from 1940-42.
“From here to victory, it’s Chesterfield.” These ads for Chesterfield cigarettes date from 1942-45, and all had a WWII theme.
“Always Buy Chesterfield.” These ads for Chesterfield cigarettes date from 1945-50 and featured their ABC slogan. Many of the ads featured celebrities of the time.
“Inhale to your heart’s content!” These ads for Embassy cigarettes are from 1949 and featured people actually smoking, rather than just posing with an unlit cigarette.
“Do you think you are smoking too much?” These ads for Embassy cigarettes are from 1950 and feature smokers solemnly contemplating the amount they puff.
“Smoke pretty. Eve.”These adverts for Eve Cigarettes are from 1971-72. With their floral packaging and filter tips, these cigarettes were marketed solely at women.
“Do war nerves make you smoke too much?” These ads for Juleps cigarettes are from 1942, most of which had a WWII theme.
“Don’t you, too, deserve Kents?” These ads for Kent cigarettes are from 1955-56.
“As cool and clean as a breath of fresh air.” These ads for Kool menthol cigarettes date from 1958-59. The illustrated ads featured couples in cool or fresh outdoors locations.
“Feel extra coolness in your throat.” These ads for Kool menthol cigarettes date from 1964-67. They featured couples smoking outdoors in wooded surroundings with waterfalls or lakes.
“Rough taste rub you wrong?” These ads for Kool cigarettes menthol date from 1968-70, which all had white backgrounds with cut-out images.
“Taste too hot to handle?” These ads for Kool menthol cigarettes date from 1969-73. They all featured mountains, waterfalls and forests whist questioning smokers if their current choice was too dry, flat, hot or dull.
“Nothing cools like Kool!” These ads for Kool menthol cigarettes date from 1974-79. They all featured smokers expressing how cool Kool was.
“Feel the mild side of Kool.” These ads for Kool menthol cigarettes date from late 1979 to mid 1980. The ads featured well dressed couples hanging around water features, with the gents smoking whilst the ladies look on.
“So good, it’s got to be Kool!” These ads for Kool menthol cigarettes date from 1979. Amongst the end of one ad campaign and the beginning of another, I found these two ads featuring manically laughing smokers!
“There’s only one way to play it.” These ads for Kool menthol cigarettes date from 1982-84. The ads all featured photographs of jazz musicians against black backgrounds.
“A sensation beyond the ordinary.” These ads for Kool menthol cigarettes date from 1984-86. They all feature leather clad, smoking bikers.
“Kool & Mild Today” These ads for Kool menthol cigarettes date from 1987-91. All the ads featured casual models wearing sports or leisure wear, in front of an oversized Kool logo.
“Kool of course.” These ads for Kool menthol cigarettes date from 1991-94. The ads all had white backgrounds with a large Kool logo behind the models, who looked like they were on a fashion shoot.
“This is L&M – super bad.” These adverts for L&M Cigarettes are from 1971-73. They all feature funky smoking couples on dates.
“Do you inhale?” These illustrated ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes are from 1932, with artwork by John La Gatta.
“No thanks! I’d rather have a Lucky!” These ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes are from 1933.
“They taste better.” These ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes are from 1934-35.
“The height of good taste.” These ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes are from 1934, and all featured glamorous women.
“I’m your best friend.” These ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes are from 1935.
“Luckies – a light smoke.” These ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes are from 1936-38 and were all about how gentle Luckies were on the throat. From 1937 the ads featured music and movie stars of the time.
“Have you tried a Lucky lately?” These ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes are from 1938-42. They all feature various tobacco experts at work, mulling over their dried leaves.
“Lucky Strike means fine tobacco!” These ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes date from 1942-47, illustrated by various artists.
“Lucky strike presents The Man Who Knows.” These illustrated ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes date from 1948.
“Luckies pay more!” These ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes date from 1949-50.
“Feel your level best!” These ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes date from early to mid 1949.
“Be happy-go lucky!” These illustrated ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes date from 1950-52.
“Never a rough puff!” These ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes date from 1950 and featured various celebrities of the time.
“Luckies tastes better!” These illustrated ads for Lucky Strike cigarettes date from 1953.
“Fashionably inexpensive!” These ads for Misty cigarettes date from 1990-97 and were aimed at twenty-something women.
“For a treat instead of treatment… light an Old Gold!” These ads for Old Gold cigarettes date from 1948-54.
“Outstanding!” These ads for Pall Mall cigarettes date from 1947-49. They were all long, half-page ads with a bright red background and plain white text.
“Guard against throat-scratch.” These ads for Pall Mall cigarettes date from 1949-53. They were all full page ads with red and white backgrounds, and black and white illustrated smoking busts.
“Let your throat enjoy smooth smoking!” These ads for Pall Mall cigarettes date from 1953-54. They were very similar to the later ads of previous campaign, with red and white backgrounds, and black and white illustrated smokers.
“Reward yourself!” These ads for Pall Mall cigarettes date from 1954-56. As per their previous ad campaigns, all illustrations of happy smokers were black and white, with red text on the white background or white text on a solid red background.
“Mildness is a pleasure with Pall Mall.” These ads for Pall Mall cigarettes date from 1956-57. Where previously they had all been illustrated, they were now a mixture of illustration or black and white photo. All still had red block backgrounds with white text, or red text on white as per older campaigns.
“So friendly to your taste!” These stylised ads for Pall Mall cigarettes date from 1957-59. They were illustrated by Disney artist Mary Blair.
“Good! Good! Good!” These illustrated ads for Pall Mall cigarettes date from late 1960-62. The ads all had a white background with different stylised fruit painted by Disney artist Mary Blair.
“Get satisfying flavour!” These collage style ads for Pall Mall cigarettes date from 1960. The backgrounds were printed or painted, with photos of sliced fruit (mostly) placed on top.
“Pall Mall’s natural mildness is so good to your taste!” These ads for Pall Mall cigarettes date from mid 1962 to late 1963. They all featured relaxed smokers lying in the grass, photographed at ground level.
“Wherever particular people congregate.” These two illustrated ads for Pall Mall cigarettes date from late 1962. They featured couple dining out, with the gentlemen admiring the length of their cigarettes. Possibly by Mary Blair.
“You’re so smart to smoke Parliaments.” These ads for Parliament cigarettes date from 1955-56. Specifically aimed at women, they featured various objects and accessories cleverly made from cigarettes.
“If you like things neat and clean you’ll like Parliament.”These adverts for Parliament Cigarettes are from 1961-63. They all feature blue backdrops with glamorous, white glove clad women having a smoke.
“Call for Philip Morris.”These ads for Philip Morris cigarettes date from 1938-47. I don’t know about you, but that bell boy creeps me out.
“Johnny On The Spot”These four partially illustrated ads for Philip Morris cigarettes are all from 1947.
“Smoke for pleasure today. No Cigarette hangover tomorrow!”Philip Morris cigarettes sponsored US TV show I Love Lucy from its premier on 15th October 1951, until Christmas 1954. As well as the TV ads, there were paper ads featuring the shows stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
“No other cigarette gives you this assurance… this smoking pleasure.”In 1954, Philip Morris modernised their cigarette advertising campaign with a fresh new look (no bell boys to be seen anywhere). They also had a new design of “snap-open” packaging.
“Opens in a jiffy… closes tight to keep flavour in!”In 1955, Philip Morris cigarettes commissioned artist Edwin Georgi to create this series of wonderful illustrations for them.
“Her eyes light up for the man with P.A!” These adverts for Prince Albert Cigarettes are from 1944-49. They all feature chaps going about their business, adoring toothy women, perfect hair and pipe appeal!
“Spend a milder moment with the quiet taste of Raleigh.” These ads for Raleigh cigarettes date from 1970-71 and featured couples smoking in golden sunset surroundings.
“Spend a milder moment with Raleigh.” These ads for Raleigh cigarettes date from 1971-72 and featured couples smoking in sunny countryside surroundings.
Fresh On The SceneThese Salem cigarette adverts are from 1989-92. The chaps appear to be “getting fresh” with the ladies in these ads to mixed responses!
“Get in on thin.”These sleek, black and white adverts for Silva Thins cigarettes are from 1968-71.
“Save with Spuds!” These adverts for Spud cigarettes are from 1939-40.
“The Tareyton Twosome” This ad campaign for Tareyton cigarettes dates from 1955-56 and featured different sets of twins.
“Mildness makes the difference.” This ad campaign for Tareyton cigarettes dates from 1957.
“All the taste, all the time.” These adverts for Viceroy Cigarettes are from 1970-72 and mostly feature fussy couples out shopping, handling the goods with one hand whilst flicking cigarette ash over everything with the other.
“You’ve come a long way baby.” These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1968-79.
“We make Virginia Slims especially for women because they are biologically superior to me.” These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1968-84 and were slightly tongue in cheek.
“You’ve come a long way baby.” These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1971-79.
“You’ve come a long way baby.” These ads for Virginia Slims Lights cigarettes with a plain white background date from 1980-83.
“In the crush-proof purse pack.” These ads for Virginia Slims Lights cigarettes date from 1980-85 and continued in the same two styles as the original cigarettes.
“You’ve come a long way baby.” These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1980-89 and continue in the same style as the previous decade.
“You’ve come a long way baby.” These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1980-91.
“The longest Slims of all.” These ads for Virginia Slims 120’s cigarettes date from 1985.
“The lightest style of Slims.” These ads for Virginia Slims Ultra Lights cigarettes date from 1987-88.
“You’ve come a long way baby.” These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1990-94 and began the first real change in style since the 1970’s.
“Executive America’s top cigar.”These ads for Webster cigars date from 1946-48 with illustrations by Edwin Georgi.
“How cool it is!” These funky adverts for Winston Cigarettes are from 1971-73. The men are all situated at the front and looking directly at the viewer, whilst the women are positioned just behind looking on at the men with a range of slightly bemused or grumpy expressions.
“Beyond the norm of the modern…” These ads for York cigarettes date from mid 1963 to early 1964. The stylish black and red toned ad campaign featured different verbs and definitions printed alongside a smoking cigarette and open packet.
