Peter Stuyvesant cigarette commercial 1985

[Bennett5092]

Just pass the coke



[123perrin]

there were some hot chicks back in those days ...

[tomservo56954]

It is interesting to see what an American cigarette ad of the 1980's might have looked like if they had continued, following the current culture.

[Pesarmy1981]

neutron dance?

[MarkiedeZA]

Wonder how many of the people in the commercial have subsequently died of cancer.

[4xforum]

@MarkiedeZA As the editor of this commercial, I know, that half of the actors were not smokers. That's why they had to work so hard, take after take, to make it look convincing.

[kaferere]

If they marketed cigarettes the same way as they market vegetables, no one would want to smoke. If they said sprouts were dangerous, everyone would eat them. James bond would eat them and they'd be expensive. "Sprout, Miss Funnyfanny?" "Ooh yes James, always after sex." Nyom nyom nyom.

[THELamontJames]

Be young, have fun, get cancer.

[koryan]

im not a regular smoker but every now and then I will pick up a 20 pack of Stuyvesant classics for a special occasion, and they taste great and give you a great nicotine buzz. the best cigarette on the market!

[ihopethisusernameisa]

i been smoking these for almost 10yrs, and i think i just quit.

[jimnumberuno]

brb... gonna go put in a dip lol

[pyrofella]

Ah... the good old days...before the Godbotherers and thought police started running our lives.....

[TheMrkraag]

I'm a non smoker since 15 years but you have to admit, this is brilliant marketing, far ahead of its time...

[rever65]

In the late '90's, I purchased a package of Stuyvesants at the local Texaco gas station in St.Albert, Alberta, Canada (they literally had 200 different brands of cigarettes available-and would personally order obscure brands for customers) Unfortunately, mine were stale, but came in a very attractive gold, flip-top box. The biggest brands here are du Maurier, Players, Export "A" etc.  Now, that gas station is an Esso (totally "remodeled") and has forever lost the cool vibe.

[inkey2]

are these considered as gourmet as Dunhill's........

[Jackoroth]

That song makes me want to smoke a Stuyvie classic.

[MrGoblin60]

You too can be rich, glamorous and later on, dead!

[teddingtontcu]

I used to go aircraft spotting when I was 11 and everyone smoked in the terminals. This brand used to advertise implying that pilots used the brand 'jet set' etc

Many 'fools' were dragged in. One of my friends in 1972 started smoking. He was 11 as well. We used to go to Gatwick on Saturdays. from as early as I can remember I thought smoking was really stupid. Who died of lung cancer last year who is alive today! Advertising Murderers.

[Nebrox]

I'm a non smoker I could never keep up with these guys. Maybe I should start smoking.

[Evilushka]

I am in Flavour Country. I got here on my international passport to smoking pleasure...

[MatthewDavidParr]

@Evilushka I am in Marlboro Country, it's toasted over here. I got here on my Stuyvesant passport to smoking pleasure.

[MrAlmaco]

Lung cancer was FUN in them there days.

[inkey2]

@MrAlmaco also many years ago,,,people just did not live as long anyway.....back when the life expectancy was about 65 years old a lot of people died of other things before lung cancer got them........the flu, farm accidents, the common cold, bad home made liquor, no refridgeration; food poisioning, being thrown from a horse, wars...etc...etc

[BH100clds]

I miss PS 100s with the cork tip. They really were the cigarette for the jet set. Fun times in the 80s.

[kalletjie]

Who composed this music? I just LOVE it!!!!

[tonyarzentabigguns]

Peter Stuyvesant forever. The best cigarettes ever made

[noobie112]

CONCORD! The plane of tomorrow, built yesterday

[7865617]

If you smoke cig's look @ what you can look like and do. I need a pack of these NOW! They look so fun!!!

[ALBIONTYKE]

Those were the days when only real jet setters travelled. Now planes are full of ordinary people, the whole travel thing is ruined !

[slugnbozo]

Ahh the Concord. Obviously the plane of the future.

[rlbennett50]

all thats missing is the coke

[ramren]

They must show us the actors now!!!

[EarDeff]

Music sounds just like Neutron Dance.

[4xforum]

@researchOne23 I didn't know he used to be a murderer. I thought that only happened after he died. Anyway... well put!!

[Aussiemarco]

I remember watching these ads so clearly at the cinema when I was a kid in the 60's and 70's. Little did I know back then that I'd be seeing many of these places thanks to budget flights with low cost airlines. So much for the 'jet-setter lifestyle'.

[rillenkarren]

@kilala435 my first name is Peter

[qlsanders]

@rillenkarren While on the 555 State Express on the way to DUNHILL I met this TEXAN called PAUL REVERE, who held me RANSOM for a 1000 GOLD DOLLARS. When hes wasn't Looking I pulled out My GUNSTON and shot him in the LEXINGTON oh man that was my LUCKY STRIKE!!!! EISH I Still remembered that, who said I was suffering from ALTEZHEIMERS or whatever its called?

[flyboy30]

"The international passport to...smoking pleasure" - we saw those ads at every movie and every drive-in show we went to. Powerful and very effective - the ads were great to watch since so few of us were destined to see / experience those things - of course now the world has opened up. Still glad cig ads are banned though.

[milkbluemilk]

ok smoking is bad, but i miss smoking adverts, so "classy".

[TlGBC]

i thought it was pronounced more french, like "stooy-vessawnt"

[zacatetas]

1:35 breakdancing! and what kinda fuckin car was that right after?

[STEFAZON500]

@zacatetas Most likely a Lotus Esprit Turbo

[bballmaxa4lifeman]

i have a pack of thos cigs.. i bought them just too see how good they are.. but i dont smoke.. i just want to try.. how much nicotine is in it? and how good is it?

[jayjaykash1]

Pretty cool =)

My life is is already flowing pretty smoothly just like the smoke I get from Classic Verve.

Never fails to make the girls in the room notice me =)

[manhattan85]

Wow, so I can lead an exciting jetsetter lifestyle just by taking up smoking? Count me in.

[mysticx0]

are there still countries that show cig commercials on tv? i never gave it any thought...

[gammafoxtrot]

Ha ha...just like sex!

[EarDeff]

lol this commercial is actually really weird because it has nothing to do with smoking until the end.

[4xforum]

We had rules here in South Africa where they were shown, that these commercials, called Cinema Specials, were only allowed to show product in the final 15 seconds.

[gammafoxtrot]

Saw this ad as a kid at the cinema before the main feature back in the day.Still smoke a pack a day.I want this theme tune played at my funeral.Did all of the above and loved life...Tabacco is not a crime!!!

[jphg]

"Jet-ride to a mirage of colour !"

lol

[Samskies]

neutron dance lol

[fudgewinkle7]

the song sounds a bit like the neutron dance from beverley hills cop also 1985

[ozute]

"The international passport to smoking pleasure"! I love it, thanks for sharing!

[bandostyle]

oh gad that's the most stupid commercial that i ever seen!

[Taffysack]

Agreed kingturello, stuyvo classics are a tasty cigarette. And that little bit of bite is great for a cold winters night. Shit i could almost make that into a commercial.

[mattrwsmith]

I went out and bought a packet of Stuyvesant after watching this ad, they're harsh and don't have much flavor so never again..

[CarNNNN]

they're my fav :D

[kingturello]

yeah theyre pretty good. and one thing they do have is flavour. just a little bit of bite too.

[NyBob85]

This ad makes me want to do coke.

[HGbunny]

I was thinking...on that boat where the couple breaks out the champange,, you KNOW good and well theres a powdery mirror right off camera!

[whatdeyecallher]

it's funny how all the smokers are doing loads of energetic stuff, I'd be bloody knackered walking up a hill!

[FaganRoberts]

Billboard advertising of cigarettes was banned in the USA in April of 1998.

Cigar/Chewing tobacco TV commercials

was banned in the USA in 1986.

Cigarette TV commercials were banned in the USA on Jan. 2, 1971.

Commercial free speech, as guaranteed by the 1st Amendment to the US Constitution, is very narrowly defined to practically non-existent.

Sad but true.

[jclark246]

The question I have is how much did it cost to make these commercials? Every 3 seconds they seem to be in a different location all over the world.

[Stevemaizuru]

Mmmm.Get that cancer...all over the world.

[kebabtank]

That's very good! God I laughed!

[slayy0266]

the best cigarette i've ever smoke... lol

i'll quit someday..

[Doomsdesire360]

mmmmm smooth mild cancer... cancer when health is just too stale now in king size and menthol

[85DR]

I love the 80's attitude that smoking was the habit of the wealthy 'international traveller' and jetset type.

[kix96fan]

i used to work with a bunch of guys from south africa they would have someone ship them a couple cartons a month of stuyvesant i tried one they taste about like a winston

[sebiiau]

It is true there is not much left of smokers, except the smokers themselves. So I sit here, watching this commercial, working on an essay, smoking a delicious Stuyvesant Classic.

Oh, and they are available in Australia too. They are a very popular luxury cigarette here.

[Phemar]

@sebiiau they're available here in south africa too, but they're mostly smoked by blue collar workers and the lower class lol.

[gillyssquashball]

@sebiiau Do you still fly in a concorde?

[DJDexxxterity]

Aah, the Concorde... Amazing how international Stuyvesants were, considering they were only available in SA...

[mattrwsmith]

Stuyvesants have been available in Europe as long as I can remember.

[DJDexxxterity]

OK then: I blame the cultural boycott... I wonder if they were available in the States, seeing as though they were named after some bloke who apparently rode a horse in or near New York...

[prfsnlwannabe]

They definitely are not. I have never in my life have seen Stuyvesant cigarettes sold anywhere in the U.S., even on my travels to other cities in the country outside of Chicago.

I'm guessing the only places these cigarettes are sold, and based on other comments I've read here, are in Europe, since this is the first time I've heard of this brand. Regardless, I enjoyed seeing this commercial, and always forget that there were countries that legally allowed movie/TV cig advertising past the 1970s!

[prfsnlwannabe]

Ooops, I also meant to say that these are(obviously) sold in Australia, in addition to Europe! Wouldn't be surprised if you also could find them in New Zealand.....

[spartacus6839]

Peter Stuyvesant ciggs are available in Australia and have always been. Smoking adds where still in australian cinemas until about 1985.............

[kingpin1877]

day also available in south africa

[massifelix]

Peter Stuyvesant are sold also in Italy,where I live...

[massifelix]

@DJDexxxterity Peter Stuyvesant are sold also in Italy,where I live...i smoke them sometimes.

[Jakedh]

i smoke stuvy filters there the best

[zcorpionking]

i loovvvved these ads when i was young, yes in SA:) anyone know where i can find the cancun one?

[jaredrednaxela]

This South African commercial was made during apartheid. I never heard of this brand.

[misssexy2B]

PETER STUYVESANT MIAM MIAM:)

[brianafuang]

Air Carrier and the Skiing

[HAYRIN86]

DID YOU KNOW? In Malaysia, the displaying of cigarette packets in advertisements has been banned since 1 January 1995. However, this has not stopped tobacco companies from advertising their products.

Starting from 1 January 2003, the Malaysian federal government has even banned such indirect advertising of tobacco brands, except in certain establishments licensed to sell tobacco products.

Just reply me why cigarette advert has been banned in many countries including Malaysia.

[fryskhanne]

all over Europe, it's forbidden to advert tobacco brands, it's forbidden to advert tobacco brands on telivision and in sports, it's forbidden to smoke in public areas and pub's, so what's left of the smoker? NOTHING.

[HAYRIN86]

Of course. But in Indonesia all tobacco advert brands is still allowed until this moment. If you don't believe, just ask any Indonesian people.

[TheGoldenSphinx]

Yeapp and it's also forbidden to advertise on billboards and in magazines/newspapers in Europe. Almost every country in Europe have outlawed (or are about to) smoking in public places. I remember though I smoked on a commercial flight as late as 1997, so it isen't that long ago that you where allowed to smoke everywhere.

[GangsterLeone]

hm in ma europen country (austria) tabaco advert isn't baned from billiboards.......

and u can smoke in pubs restraunst and evrywhere u want to.....but of course not in the NO smoke areas ;)

[TheGoldenSphinx]

That depends on what you mean by billboard. Ads inside shops are pretty much ok I think.

Yeah Österreich is one the few EU-countries where you are allowed to smoke in dining places, bars and clubs. But I suspect you get some sort of ban too. I'm Swedish and smoking in public places was outlawed here in 2005. The latest ban was this year when it became illeagal to smoke in prisons indoors.

[4xforum]

Cigarette commercials stopped on TV in the late seventies, but continued in cinemas until the late eighties. After that, for about four years, 7-min specials, like the other Peter Styvesant Californis clip, also on shortfinals, were permitted.

[HAYRIN86]

Yes, of course. This is cigarette advert. I don't hate this ad but I hope for advertiser don't say PETER STUYVESANT - "The international passport to smoking pleasure". Just say PETER STUYVESANT TRAVEL - "The international passport to travelling pleasure". Thanks for read my comments.

[charliemanner]

We had cig ads here in South Africa on the cinema up until about year 2000.

[jjm1965]

Here in the U.S., it is shocking to know that there were any cigarette commercials after 1971, when they were banned here. U.S. commercials used to be just as long as this, too.

[HAYRIN86]

I'm from Malaysia. I know all-tobacco brands advert has been banned since late of year 2002. For your knowledge, the Malaysian federal government has even banned such indirect advertising of tobacco brands beginnig January 1, 2003.

[jjm1965]

We still have billboard and magazine advertising for tobacco here in the U.S. You rarely see people smoking in films or television anymore.

[HAYRIN86]

Why? Do you have any magazines advertising for tobacco (cigarette)? But in Malaysia the cigarette advertising on billboard has already banned too.

[antics55]

swear girl at 00:24 has ultra hairy underarms. im assuming its just the shadow

[kebabtank]

Ooh, you are fussy!