Advertisements are always full of propaganda, that's how they try to get you to buy their product. They bend the truth, or try to make things seems appealing. This is never more true than in the cigarette ads of the mid 1900’s. At first glance you can already see how things are warped, simply because we were taught better, but back then they didn’t know. It wasn’t until these ads were outlawed in some places that we began to see how false they really were.
Looking at this ad, the first thing you notice is the picture. It's an older gentleman with grey hair and a few wrinkles, this is made to make him seem like a more trustworthy person. It gives a face to the advertisement and make it seem like someone is speaking to you instead of just reading
Looking at this ad, the first thing you notice is the picture. It's an older gentleman with grey hair and a few wrinkles, this is made to make him seem like a more trustworthy person. It gives a face to the advertisement and make it seem like someone is speaking to you instead of just reading