The Makins Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco was promoted to the fighting men of America as the universal smoke of our army and navy for three generations. These advertisements lace patriotism and the fervor of the soldiers life into their sales pitches: Fall in line with hundreds of thousands of red-blooded smokers, Rich, relishy, star-spangled taste, Officers and men alike all carry the Makings Rainbow Division The two versions of this colorful advertisement feature a soldier from the famed 42nd Division, The Rainbow Division. The 42nd was among the first divisions to land in Europe from the United States as part of the American Expeditionary Force
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There are no downstream solutions to the plague of cigarette filters, says Laurent Huber, executive director of Action on Smoking and Health, in a release
We must expose our bodies to the natural elements, above all the open air and the sun combined with movement if we truly want, following the imagery of Carducci, to stride among the great shades of the past without a weak breast and contracted lungs." It is easy to imagine that smoking might have been interpreted as contributing to those contracted lungs, even before establishment of the link with cancer
