• butterslaps@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Torches of Freedom

    In the 1920s a bunch of tobacco salesmen decided that they could make women associate cigarettes with the women’s rights movement. Smoking was previously seen as “unladylike”, but thanks to a handful of well-placed marketing campaigns, they were able to get women smoking almost overnight. What an accomplishment!

    Personally, I’m of the opinion that marketing/advertising is one of the most insidious problems society has.