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Bizarre vintage tobacco advertising that made smoking seem healthy, 1920s-1930s (rarehistoricalphotos.com)
3 points by Brajeshwar on July 20, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



Technically they weren't wrong. Nicotine suppressed appetite. It's just, you know, addictive, and the preferred way to get it, smoking, causes all kinds of other problems over time. Even vaping is questionable.


Just like how the meat industry currently makes it seem like eating meat is healthy for you.




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