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		throw0101d on Aug 30, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Marketing to Engineers (2001) > If you were aware, you would never smoke. Not in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. The Marlboro Man first appeared in 1954: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlboro_Man

auggierose on Aug 30, 2024 [–]

Not sure what your comment is supposed to mean.

If you mean that in 1954 nobody knew about the effects of smoking, you are wrong. The cigarette industry was well aware of it:

https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/21/2/87

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