Smoking was believed to be unfit for public buildings such as schools and movie theaters, and was also unwanted in the workplace. The advertisement of tobacco was restricted, along with the ability of women to purchase cigarettes. Hitler was very supportive of the campaign, and appeared frequently in advertisements to warn Germans of the corruption smoking caused to the people as a whole. The campaign fell along with the fall of the Third Reich, but is said to have spared close to 20,000 German women from developing lung cancer. As time passed, anti-tobacco advertisements began to change. In July of 1968, the very first celebrity-endorsed commercial against smoking aired on television. It featured Bill Talman, and was recorded by the American Cancer Society. The ad was followed by his death due to lung cancer merely 6 weeks later. Organizations then began making advertisements about the dangers of second-hand smoke, the invisible harm smoking does to one’s body, and the impression that smoking leaves on
Smoking was believed to be unfit for public buildings such as schools and movie theaters, and was also unwanted in the workplace. The advertisement of tobacco was restricted, along with the ability of women to purchase cigarettes. Hitler was very supportive of the campaign, and appeared frequently in advertisements to warn Germans of the corruption smoking caused to the people as a whole. The campaign fell along with the fall of the Third Reich, but is said to have spared close to 20,000 German women from developing lung cancer. As time passed, anti-tobacco advertisements began to change. In July of 1968, the very first celebrity-endorsed commercial against smoking aired on television. It featured Bill Talman, and was recorded by the American Cancer Society. The ad was followed by his death due to lung cancer merely 6 weeks later. Organizations then began making advertisements about the dangers of second-hand smoke, the invisible harm smoking does to one’s body, and the impression that smoking leaves on