The Un-Lucky Strike
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In those days, anyone who was anyone smoked cigarettes, even Santa Claus. The ads even claimed Lucky Strike cigarettes protected the throat, so smokers wouldn’t have to worry about coughing. But there didn’t seem to be any mention of throat or lung cancer anywhere. Hmmm.