In 1875, the Allen and Ginter company in Richmond, Virginia, offered a prize of $75,000 (equivalent to $2.2 million in 2025) for the invention of a machine able to roll cigarettes
The ads featured a man going on a solo trip on an Amazon River-like setting, that is bound to be, indeed, a legendary adventure!
When contemplating a possible index of safety (cf an index of danger) for cigarettes, B&W commented that: Such an index would have merit for the health-conscious smoker, who otherwise may well become confused and increasingly dismayed if one alleged hazard follows another, coupled with the manufacturers' `prescription for health' through advertising
Wills people always wore pastels semantically balanced with the pack of cigarettes
Wondering why you get sick so often