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Powerful Anti-smoking Message in Illinois

Some messages are more subtle than others. This particular anti-smoking sign in Illinois contained no trace of delicacy as it shredded the dignity of anyone who so much as thought of having a cigarette. It began by calling the habit “dirty” and “degrading,” and went on to compare smoking and polluting the air to spitting in water for others to drink. And if that wasn’t bad enough, the sign called the smoker a fool. Most advertisements today, 85 years later, still aren’t that boldfaced.