Furthermore, Cheryl Krasnick Warsh holds: Cigarettes, Edward Bernayss torches of freedom, were ideal symbols of that democracy because they were inexpensive and instantly recognizable as emblems of maturity, rebellion, and liberty.[11] However, it is questionable regarding whether or not smoking would have become as popular as it had among women if the tobacco companies did not seize the opportunity in the 1920s-1930s to exploit the ideas of liberation, power, and other important values to recruit women to the nicotine market.[12] Bernays in his Biography of an Idea ultimately holds: Age-old customs, I learned, could be broken down by a dramatic appeal, disseminated by the network of media
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A vintage cigarette box made out of cardboard as photographed
While most people wouldnt make the connection between oranges and Christmas, I remember my Grandmother telling me stories about getting an orange in her stocking when she was a little girl in Massachusetts in the 1920s, so it made sense to me and also made me think of my grandmother, which is always a good thing