Except for my maternal grandfather, I cannot think of an adult male that I knew as a youth in the 1950s that did not smoke. Cigarette ads were aplenty, not trying to get you to smoke but to smoke their brand. And giving a carton of cigarettes as a Christmas gift was perfectly acceptable, preferred if you got the brand right!
Of course, celebrities highlighted many a cigarette ad ...
And Bob was one of the many ...
Even Santa smoked his Prince Albert!
There have been many changes over the past six decades, a few even for the better ...
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