Oh Gee. I'd better go get some of them new Salem cigarette air-softened paper and quick! Isn't that the same air-softened paper used to line coffins with, or was the paper soaked in formaldehyde to bring about that "springtime freshness?"
Well, for one thing, the radio station I worked at in 1989-'90 [WZGO in Portage, Pa.] once received an "audition cassette" from Stan Sawyer himself (why he sent one to our "peanut-whistle station", I'll never know). The moment I heard his voice, I KNEW who it was [he recreated one of his RCA ads as part of his "demo reel"], and I later remembered he did the Salem ads as well. I also know the Salem magazine ads at the time used the exact same ad copy.
Salem became one of the top-seliing menthol brands during this period because they kept stressing theirs was "Springtime Fresh", and that "Salem Freshens Your Taste"...and they did this right through the mid-'60s...
@gregoryagogo Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised. I think I read a long time ago that some cigarettes contained formaldehyde, a preservative. But what I was referring to was that the woman in the commercial smoked that cigarette as though she was smoking marijuana. She looked pretty high to me. lol!!
That's Stan Sawyer, one of the most familiar voices on TV and radio during the 1950's and '60s. He was best known for his RCA commercials [also appearing on camera in several of them] and his Nabisco ads...and, of course, he also "pitched" Salem for R.J. Reynolds in the late '50s and early '60s. This is a 1960 ad.
Oh Gee. I'd better go get some of them new Salem cigarette air-softened paper and quick! Isn't that the same air-softened paper used to line coffins with, or was the paper soaked in formaldehyde to bring about that "springtime freshness?"
reneecalling 1 year ago
Well, for one thing, the radio station I worked at in 1989-'90 [WZGO in Portage, Pa.] once received an "audition cassette" from Stan Sawyer himself (why he sent one to our "peanut-whistle station", I'll never know). The moment I heard his voice, I KNEW who it was [he recreated one of his RCA ads as part of his "demo reel"], and I later remembered he did the Salem ads as well. I also know the Salem magazine ads at the time used the exact same ad copy.
fromthesidelines 1 year ago
I did a search for "ingredients for menthol cigarettes" and the list of ingredients was too long to post here with our 500 character limit!
gregoryagogo 1 year ago
Salem became one of the top-seliing menthol brands during this period because they kept stressing theirs was "Springtime Fresh", and that "Salem Freshens Your Taste"...and they did this right through the mid-'60s...
fromthesidelines 1 year ago
So gross! What gets me is this gal smoking, like it's giving her some kind of mental bliss!
gregoryagogo 1 year ago
@gregoryagogo Maybe there's a little bit more to those cigarettes than meets the eye that causing all that bliss.
reneecalling 1 year ago
There are hundreds of additives in menthol cigarettes.... take your pick!
gregoryagogo 1 year ago
@gregoryagogo Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised. I think I read a long time ago that some cigarettes contained formaldehyde, a preservative. But what I was referring to was that the woman in the commercial smoked that cigarette as though she was smoking marijuana. She looked pretty high to me. lol!!
reneecalling 1 year ago
That's Stan Sawyer, one of the most familiar voices on TV and radio during the 1950's and '60s. He was best known for his RCA commercials [also appearing on camera in several of them] and his Nabisco ads...and, of course, he also "pitched" Salem for R.J. Reynolds in the late '50s and early '60s. This is a 1960 ad.
fromthesidelines 1 year ago
How do you know all this very useful information?!!
gregoryagogo 1 year ago