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In 1941, Lorillard moved the Old Gold account to J. Walter Thompson Co., which changed the brand's slogan to "Something new has been added". On TV, in the 1950s, Old Gold was known for its dancing cigarette packages (women wearing white boots and Old Gold packages), which tapped in time to an Old Gold jingle.
By Glenn Albin Cigarettes kill? A Florida jury thought so and has just awarded a widow of a lung cancer victim $24 billion in damages. Lawyers argued that R.J. Reynolds was negligent in informing ...
The Lorillard hogshead in 1789 featuring a Native American smoking Lorillard Snuff Mill, built 1840, photo 1936. The company was founded by Pierre Abraham Lorillard in 1760. In 1899, the American Tobacco Company organized a New Jersey corporation called the Continental Tobacco Company, which took a controlling interest in many small tobacco companies. [4]
In 1997, Certs Cool Mint Drops were introduced in response to Altoids' rapid growth during the 1990s. [7] Pfizer acquired Warner-Lambert in 2000. [ 4 ] Citing that confections is a "noncore" business, [ 5 ] Pfizer sold its Adams portfolio to Cadbury for $4.2 billion [ 8 ] in 2002, which beat Nestlé in a bidding war.
In a 1922 ad, a small child, smoking a cigarette, tells his amused parents not to worry, as he is smoking for a veteran's charity. Children were often used in early cigarette ads, where they helped normalize smoking as part of family living, and gave associations of purity, vibrancy, and life. [66]
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Gray listened to advertising employees from the William Esty Co., and the slogan "Winston tastes good like a cigarette ought to" was considered, then replaced by the more succinct "Winston tastes good like a cigarette should." [5] The first print ad appeared in The Pittsburgh Press in September 1954, although with 'real' added: "Winston tastes ...
Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company (sometimes abbreviated SFNTC) is an American tobacco manufacturing company based in Oxford, North Carolina, best known for its production of the premier Natural American Spirit cigarette brand. Founded in 1982, SFNTC became a subsidiary of R.J. Reynolds when it acquired the company in 2002.