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It looked like a revolution… In 1929, Edward Bernays staged the famous “Torches of Freedom” campaign in New York City. He hired women to smoke publicly during the Easter Parade — linking cigarettes to

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Torches of Freedom: Women and Smoking Propaganda

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It was after WW1, in 1929 specifically. The campaign was orchestrated by Edward Bernays, the father of modern PR hired by American Tobacco Company to sell Lucky Strike cigarettes to women. He

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Smokin' Women – PRINT Magazine

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Edward Bernays (1891-1995), Sigmund Freud's cousin, played a key role in manipulating advertising campaigns in mid-20th-century USA, including the "Torches of Freedom" campaign in which he reshaped the (then-taboo) perception of women

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Opening the door to the dark side of marketing

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Edward L. Bernays and selling tobacco with a grand 'Green Ball'

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