Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 05, 2013 -
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Category: Music, Smoking and Tobacco, 1940s
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 01, 2012 -
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Category: Inventions, Chindogu, Smoking and Tobacco, 1920s
During the 1920s, the cigar industry began to suffer from image problems. The rise of organized crime during Prohibition, and the image of the stogie-chomping gangster--developed in part by Hollywood, and personified by such actors as Edward G. Robinson--gave the cigar an aura of disrespect among the public. Later that decade, the cigar industry faced a second crisis, when American Tobacco began promoting new, machine-rolled cigars. Its advertising asked: "Why run the risk of cigars made by dirty yellowed fingers and tipped in spit?" The image proved disastrous for the cigar industry as a whole. Cigar makers rushed to convert their manufacturing from hand-rolled to machine-rolled products, but cigar sales plunged through the 1930s. During this same time period, the cigar industry was hit hard by the rise in cigarette use across the United States. Cigar consumption never recovered to its early 1920s peak.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 18, 2012 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Lies, Dishonesty and Cheating, Smoking and Tobacco, 1920s, 1930s
Posted By: Nethie - Thu May 27, 2010 -
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Category: Addictions, Health, Tobacco and Smoking, Smoking and Tobacco, More Things To Worry About
Posted By: Nethie - Wed May 20, 2009 -
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Category: Crime, Drugs, Smoking and Tobacco, Comedians
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 02, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Drugs, Smoking and Tobacco, Flight, Travel, 1950s
Posted By: Alex - Fri Aug 29, 2008 -
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Category: Drugs, Smoking and Tobacco, Children
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