SMOKE ‘EM, FLY ‘EM

Smoking on airplanes was once okay. Hell, I participated in that challenging sport for quite a few years. But advertising smoking on planes is another thing entirely. Above is a late 1950s commercial for Winston cigarettes. Apparently this particular airline handed out mini-packs for you as gift favors–kind of like the crappy cookies you now get as they shovel your ass off the plane. When I was smoking and flying, we addicts were relegated to the back few rows and were always happy to take our place there, amongst others of our ilk. I even once met a lovely woman thanks to our being segregated from the normal, healthy passengers and much fun ensued from that encounter. But that’s another story, one best shared over as cigarette…

MOVIES
'TIL
DAWN

Sign up for news & updates so you don't miss a thing!

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

More
articles