Camel cigarette advertisement: slower-burning Camels give you extra flavor – Vintage Print
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Step back in time with Camel cigarette advertisement: slower-burning Camels give you extra flavor, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Camel cigarette advertisement: slower-burning Camels give you extra flavor
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Camel's slogan here is the hook: the ad promises "slower-burning" cigarettes that deliver "extra flavor," a claim the brand leaned on heavily in its print advertising. Tobacco advertisements of this kind, common in American magazines through the first half of the twentieth century, sold cigarettes less on health than on taste, comfort and social appeal. Worth noticing is how the copy frames a technical feature, slow burning, as a sensory pleasure, a strategy that made everyday smoking seem like a refined choice.
| Original scan | 691 × 889 px |
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| Reference | 532 |
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