salem's cigarettes Salem Menthol Gold 100's Box Vintage print ad advertisement Tobacco

This is because the nicotine contained in tobacco cigarettes is highly addictive

And because nicotine readily crosses the blood-brain barrier, it is also absorbed by tissues in the brain

It took decades of research to prove the harms of cigarettes after being introduced to the U.S

There was this giant lawsuit in which a bunch of states sued the tobacco industry

Graphic designers and commercial art historians collect mid-century ephemera like this for the printing and typography the clean, authoritative mid-century commercial lettering, the no-nonsense layout, the particular quality of ink on paper stock from an era before digital design