Posted by Peter Ceresole on December 14, 2005 at 09:27:18 from 80.177.22.49 user PeterC.
In Reply to: Re: Smoking villains (and Narnia) posted by Dave Thewlis on December 14, 2005 at 02:54:23:
Somewhere in the 30s it appears to have become more acceptable for women to smoke (possibly due to heavy advertising) at least in the U.S.
Everywhere. I remember that during the war, in London, my mum smoked Craven 'A' cigarettes. She explained that she had smoked when she was younger, stopped, and started again when the bombing came. They were advertised as being 'Good for your throat'. Not as being 'less harmful'; they were 'Good'. She believed it- and she was a clever girl.