How Americans Got Sold on Cigarettes

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  • Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
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  • @DominikPavel-fk2wb
    @DominikPavel-fk2wb 3 месяца назад +44

    I started smoking since my teenage, got addicted to cigarettes. Spent my whole life fighting Cigarettes addiction. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 6 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

    • @DarlingtonFrancis
      @DarlingtonFrancis 3 месяца назад +4

      Congrats on your recovery. Most persons never realizes psilocybin can be used as a miracle medication to save lives. Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death bud, lets be honest here.

    • @RobertaSandra-no3dy
      @RobertaSandra-no3dy 3 месяца назад +1

      Can you help me with the reliable source 🙏. I'm 56 and have suffered for years with addiction, anxiety and severe ptsd, I got my panic attacks under control myself years ago and they have come back with a vengeance, I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't get the full satisfying breath out, it's absolutely crippling me, i live in Australia. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them.

    • @Marylongor
      @Marylongor 3 месяца назад +1

      From my experience it really works excellently! It doesnt even need to be a full hit. With potent shrooms 2-3 small ones will still make a clear difference. It will be a few hour cosy rumbling moment around rest time, but afterwards its just calm and you feel amazing and gain your freedom. Psilocybin is different dudes, its the only "treatment" I would recommend to someone who genuinely wants to get better. There is no addiction, withdrawal, or negative side effects. It's just pure healing., far more effective than any anti-depressant. You can thank me later

    • @JesseRobson-dk5cy
      @JesseRobson-dk5cy 3 месяца назад +2

      I was horrifically depressed since childhood. It was relentless. I assumed it would ultimately end me somehow. About twelve years ago I randomly accepted the offer from a friend of a few doses of mushrooms. I did them two consecutive nights alone. First night was pretty mild. The second night? Wow. I saw my depression from every angle, realized much. Next day: depression totally gone. Never came back, never coming back. It's like it's a forest far away I can remember, and could probably find again with enough effort, but it has zero impact on anything in my life or mind. They honestly saved my life and improved it immensely. I never did them
      again, either. I wish there was a good,
      organized way to administer them to people who would benefit from them.

    • @MarkTilbury01-s3k
      @MarkTilbury01-s3k 3 месяца назад

      Does he make delivery across the country?

  • @daveroche4527
    @daveroche4527 5 лет назад +224

    I smoked for 22 years and I"m disgusted with myself for wasting all that hard earned money on them.I quit 18 years ago and its one of the best decisions I ever made!!!.

    • @alphag1694
      @alphag1694 5 лет назад +3

      dave roche how you quit

    • @jasonquil2006
      @jasonquil2006 3 года назад +4

      lmao start vaping

    • @heathstjohn6775
      @heathstjohn6775 3 года назад

      Well done.

    • @PatrickMcAsey
      @PatrickMcAsey 3 года назад +4

      @@jasonquil2006 And why exactly are you 'laughing your arse off' as you crudely put it? What's funny about vaping?

    • @ladydawn1973Eternity
      @ladydawn1973Eternity 2 года назад

      yes,, the impact on environment by smoking is awful, too...

  • @Will_Lenhardt
    @Will_Lenhardt 5 лет назад +168

    Soldiers came back from ww1 addicted to nicotine.
    Soldiers came back from Vietnam addicted to heroine.

    • @djdairyqueen4095
      @djdairyqueen4095 4 года назад +34

      Conclusion....war breeds addicts, and boosts business.

    • @user-xg8yy7yl1d
      @user-xg8yy7yl1d 4 года назад +4

      Daquan Jackson
      Well a lot of people like soldiers who’ve seen some shit and been traumatized will turn to some kind of drug
      Smoking actually was something soldiers turn to a lot as a stress reliever and when you’re in war you’re more likely to be shot before the cigs kill yo

    • @87channels
      @87channels 4 года назад +14

      The vast majority of the Vietnam vets weren't addicted to heroin when they returned but ok

    • @highmedic2351
      @highmedic2351 Год назад +12

      @@87channels The claim never stated that it was a majority.

    • @truthlifefishing1730
      @truthlifefishing1730 4 месяца назад +2

      PERFECT OBSERVATION.
      Thank you.

  • @LaserTractor
    @LaserTractor Год назад +25

    27 year old russian nobody. Smoked for 8 years.
    Quitted a year ago cold turkey.
    Had day or two to prepare myself and then just said "last one".
    3 or 5 days after - absolute hell. Sweating, cold, hot, angry, cold again, thirsty, feeling sick
    Then it gradually became easier.
    After I regained smells - it felt like childhood again. All flavours and easiness of breath...I don't have enough words to describe how good it felt (mostly because I'm not english speaker😅)
    Still feeling urges time to time. Very rarely but still they exist.
    I just don't give in to them.
    Feels like my first cigarette was a mistake. A big one

    • @fornhunkle
      @fornhunkle 10 месяцев назад

      The word is homo, it made you feel homo. It means "home how I missed you" in english

    • @LaserTractor
      @LaserTractor 10 месяцев назад

      @@fornhunkle nice bait bro)

    • @fornhunkle
      @fornhunkle 10 месяцев назад

      @@LaserTractor we are all homos on this blessed day

    • @jimboramba
      @jimboramba 2 месяца назад

      I smoked for 14 years, been vaping the last 3. I almost feel like I'm more addicted to the vape, but I definitely felt my taste and smell come back. The few times I have smoked lately I can really taste how cruddy it is. And when I smell the smoke on others I'm like "omg is that what I smelled like for over a decade?" 🤮

    • @str8barracuda
      @str8barracuda 2 месяца назад

      I smoked for 22yrs I quit because in my country it's $50+ for a pack of 25s. 1 pack a day or more if I was drinking that night. still crave it when I'm drinking but it's not that bad anymore and I don't stink like a ashtray

  • @deedonnerramone4757
    @deedonnerramone4757 5 лет назад +66

    In the late 60's there was an all out attack on smoking - and 9 year olds were the target audience. I got the message, I never smoked. Also, the smell gave me headaches.

    • @billdescoteaux
      @billdescoteaux 2 года назад +6

      That was right around the time that - I think it was the American Heart Association - came out with this comic book called "What If They Call Me Chicken?", to try to dispel kids from giving in to peer pressure to smoke.

  • @3_m_1_7
    @3_m_1_7 3 года назад +49

    I believe tobacco companies first authored the lie and myth that quitting tobacco is difficult, because as long as one overestimates the difficulty in it, one's resolve is weakened.
    When I realised this, I quit tobacco cold turkey and within a few months I never even thought about it anymore.
    Hope others see this.

    • @elykspuz6596
      @elykspuz6596 2 года назад +18

      Sure. But nicotine is documented as being more addictive than heroin. Even by former heroin addict like Keith Richard's.

    • @user-xg8yy7yl1d
      @user-xg8yy7yl1d Год назад +2

      @@elykspuz6596
      Tried but most modern cigs don't have that much nicotine. Now 50 nicotine vape juice on the other hand is hard to quit even if you're only "quitting" to a lower strength.

    • @bchristian85
      @bchristian85 11 месяцев назад +4

      The first week though is torture. It's a mental withdrawal, and it makes it hard to be functional. If you're going to quit cold turkey you need to take off work at least the first three days.

    • @harleyannafelzke2295
      @harleyannafelzke2295 4 месяца назад

      ​@@elykspuz6596 as someone addicted to both, I can go weeks-months without nicotine but I couldn't go a day without opiates.

    • @BotanaManTVOfficial
      @BotanaManTVOfficial 2 месяца назад

      Yup you get it. The power of words.

  • @mrHoppedupford
    @mrHoppedupford 5 лет назад +525

    Can't have cigarette commercials but can have beer commercials.

    • @OfficeSupplyRobot
      @OfficeSupplyRobot 5 лет назад +32

      Because the beer companies admitted the dangers

    • @mrHoppedupford
      @mrHoppedupford 5 лет назад +99

      @@OfficeSupplyRobot I seriously doubt that's the reason.

    • @PatrickMcAsey
      @PatrickMcAsey 5 лет назад +61

      Scobey scobe Tobacco is way more dangerous than alcohol.

    • @mrHoppedupford
      @mrHoppedupford 5 лет назад +6

      @@PatrickMcAsey but is alcohol dangerous?

    • @PatrickMcAsey
      @PatrickMcAsey 5 лет назад +42

      @@mrHoppedupford Clearly it's dangerous, especially to the heart, liver and brain if drunk in large amounts. Continued heavy drinking causes cirrhosis of the liver and alcoholic hepatitis. Alcohol was implicated in 35% of all deaths in traffic accidents, according to the National Highway Traffic Administration (NHTSA) in 2002.

  • @unclequack5445
    @unclequack5445 6 лет назад +287

    I only had to smell how nasty it was as a small child, I never wanted to.

    • @Abitibidoug
      @Abitibidoug 5 лет назад +20

      My thoughts also. I couldn't figure out why someone would actually pay money for something that smells awful and is bad for your health. By the time I turned 8 years old in 1968, my mind was made up to never smoke.

    • @gerRule
      @gerRule 5 лет назад +11

      I wish I could say the same

    • @dipsky6783
      @dipsky6783 5 лет назад +10

      when i was little my grandpa would always smoke and everytime i smell cigarettes it makes me comfortable and picked up smoking at 12 years old guess i was just so use to it and thought of it being a passage to being a man but idk may just be talking out my ass but ya lots of people i was around smoked

    • @mr.stealyogirl4078
      @mr.stealyogirl4078 5 лет назад +1

      Abitibi_Doug dam you turned 8 in 1968 happy birthday

    • @dipsky6783
      @dipsky6783 5 лет назад

      @@BygoneBuffalo ya I'm the same exact way when it's like on clothes or hands and is just residue I hate the smell but when it's 2nd that's where I get that nostalgic feeling

  • @katakisLives
    @katakisLives 5 лет назад +195

    so sexism was literally saving lives

    • @rogerhoke9725
      @rogerhoke9725 5 лет назад +14

      @RAMZ Music In this case, Yes.

    • @adeptronic
      @adeptronic 5 лет назад +29

      Just goes to show you, Feminism is Cancer.

    • @rfrec733
      @rfrec733 5 лет назад +1

      @@adeptronic this argumentation is absolutely non-sensical.

    • @adeptronic
      @adeptronic 5 лет назад +18

      @@rfrec733 That is because it is not an argumentation. It is a joke. You have misclassified. Do you understand?

    • @eirik3938
      @eirik3938 4 года назад +2

      @@adeptronic No, you're right. Feminism is trash

  • @TimTkachyk
    @TimTkachyk 5 лет назад +30

    I can’t believe I’m only seeing this channel now, but thank you for uploading such fascinating bits of your career. RUclips is a little classier with content like this.

  • @stayinganonymous.3172
    @stayinganonymous.3172 2 года назад +30

    I was buying candy cigarettes in convenience stores during the early 90's as a kid.
    Sad that they were available to kids even that long after the health risks had been highlighted.
    The greed of man knows no bounds, apparently.

    • @enumrob
      @enumrob 10 месяцев назад +4

      The candy ones we " Smoked" back in the 1970's had powder in them. You blew into them and a big cloud of fake smoke came out of them. Good Times.

    • @jr2904
      @jr2904 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@enumrob I had those in the '90s as well, I realized the box for them resembled a pack of lucky strikes when I got older

    • @Grave_Digger606
      @Grave_Digger606 10 месяцев назад

      I used to love those as a kid, and they still sell them today. There's a small grocery store near me that still has them. I buy them from time to time just for the nostalgia, the variety of packaging is still even exactly as it was in the 90s.

  • @DavidHoffmanFilmmaker
    @DavidHoffmanFilmmaker  14 лет назад +3

    @RuneFinity44 thank you. there is a part two as this is a part of a 1 hour PBS show that I made. Visit my website to get it all -- thehoffmancollection.
    David Hoffman

  • @joshuastreet8664
    @joshuastreet8664 5 лет назад +21

    So glad I never started. Growing up with both parents smoking 2 packs a day, Ash trays all over the house, mom smoked all 9 months she was pregnant. Lucky I don't have asthma or anything.

    • @SteffiReitsch
      @SteffiReitsch Год назад +1

      My mother was a smoker like that. Smoked while pregnant, of course. I was born underweight and weak, had to go into an incubator.

  • @pattijesinoski1958
    @pattijesinoski1958 5 лет назад +76

    Yes. Plenty of doctors used to be used as advertisers of cigarettes as well.

    • @kathyh4804
      @kathyh4804 5 лет назад +9

      I used to smoke with my doctor during consultations in his office!

    • @MegaSnake76
      @MegaSnake76 3 года назад +5

      but then again were they real doctors or just actors ? tobacco companies have lied to us for yrs now so anything is possible

    • @elykspuz6596
      @elykspuz6596 2 года назад

      @@MegaSnake76 doctors still promote many dangerous things today. Not that long ago they caused the opioid issue.
      Why?
      Because they got paid by pharmaceutical companies. Being a doctor does not mean someone is a well meaning person. For fucks sake they killed more jews than the nazi soldiers did.

    • @lawfulbeneficiary1731
      @lawfulbeneficiary1731 Год назад

      @@kathyh4804 I don’t appear to be too inquisitive but what year was this roughly?

    • @adamgriffith6750
      @adamgriffith6750 10 месяцев назад

      they were indeed rea dr's.@@MegaSnake76

  • @arkanoiddude
    @arkanoiddude 13 лет назад +116

    Smoking is not an exclusively "American" thing, Europeans smoke much much more than Americans do.

    • @frankdenardo8261
      @frankdenardo8261 4 года назад +15

      In Asia. They are largest consumer of cigarettes. Mainland China, Phillipine Islands, Japan, South Korea, and Viet Nam are the big consumers.

    • @ghoul2164
      @ghoul2164 4 года назад +4

      Depends from country to country. Norwegians for example smoke less then americans.

    • @frankdenardo8261
      @frankdenardo8261 4 года назад +2

      @@ghoul2164 in Europe. Smoking is high among people from Ireland, the British Isles, France, Central and Eastern Europeans.
      Also smoking is very high among Asians. Mainland China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Phillipine Islands, South Korea, and Viet Nam are the biggest user of cigarettes.

    • @devonoknabo2582
      @devonoknabo2582 5 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah, but it's about smoking in America.
      Wait this comment is 13 years old eh whatever doesn't matter lol

    • @Hanakowasright
      @Hanakowasright 2 месяца назад

      Hello person of the past, smoking is no longer that popular in North America

  • @johnwright291
    @johnwright291 2 года назад +10

    I was watching a three stooges episode the one about hitler and the nazis. In it cigarettes are referred to as coffin nails which really suprised me. It was made in 1940 so evidently someone new. But i have a national geographic magazine from the same year with an ad that says 9 out of 10 doctors smoke camels. And who could forget fred flintstone and barney rubble hawking winstons on TV in 1960.

  • @Chevelle602
    @Chevelle602 11 месяцев назад +19

    I was raised by my great grandparents. My great grandpa born in 1906 was a heavy smoker. Ive seen pictures of him when he was in the Marines in WWII smiling and there was a very dark spot on his teeth from where he smoked. He quit in the early 70s and lived to be 90 although he had a nasty cough. My great grandma was a nurse, born in 1912. She participated in early treatment for emphesyma in the 1930s. They would cut the guys open and WIPE the tar off the lungs with gauze or whatever. Needless to say she was never a smoker. My dumbass, born in 1988, started smoking at the age of 12 because I wanted to look like John Wayne. I even smoked non filtered cigarettes. I mostly gave it up when I was in the Marines and had to run 20 something miles with a 70lb pack.

  • @argopunk
    @argopunk Год назад +10

    My brother has lived in Asia for years--Thailand, Taiwan, South Korea. He recounted being in an arcade and watching 9-year old boys play the claw/crane machines that contained only packs of Marlboro as the prize. Smoking is alive and well all over but especially outside N.A.

    • @jr2904
      @jr2904 10 месяцев назад +3

      The Chinese especially love their cigarettes

    • @shashankmallamraju4271
      @shashankmallamraju4271 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@jr2904never thought Chinese would smoke for some reason, maybe I’ve never seen them smoke

  • @kevinseven6524
    @kevinseven6524 Год назад +6

    RIP Ed Brecher (1912-1989)
    He ended his own live btw

  • @Ujuani68
    @Ujuani68 3 года назад +13

    My Mom-in-law was exposed to passive smoking all thru her childhood, via her parents. A short time after her 60th, she got lung cancer. She HADN'T smoked ONE cigarette her entire life!😥😡 I loved her so much.
    People seem to have all those mother-in-law jokes, but she was the sweetest and most welcoming person. I truly miss her. My wife smokes, but I Think, I'm about to win her over on the non-smoking team. She HAS been smoke-free. Even for YEARS. But something got her started again. I am still working on her, trying to make her quit again. It is SO expensive, so I am trying to tell her about the economic benefits. Please, everybody, wish me luck in my struggle. I just want her to be smoke-free. Is that too much to ask?

    • @2qwik4u
      @2qwik4u 11 месяцев назад +1

      Is she still smoking?

    • @umakemerandy3669
      @umakemerandy3669 10 месяцев назад

      lol fentanyl based heroin doesn't exist, fentanyl is fentanyl and heroin is heroin@333-75

  • @barefootandtanbarefootandt7287
    @barefootandtanbarefootandt7287 5 лет назад +21

    When I was a kid (and a carton of Winstons was $2 ) it was the C O O L E S T thing anyone could do, ever. Take me to the store and I wanted "candy cigarettes' to eat, um..pretend to smoke. Looking at this, it's easy to see why.

    • @smokesmoke677
      @smokesmoke677 4 года назад +1

      BarefootandTan barefootandtan I remember smoking those joint cigarettes 🚬 💭 i was cool

  • @novaguy509
    @novaguy509 Год назад +6

    It didn’t occur to people that inhaling super heated smoke is a bad idea. I figured that out when I was 7 and took a puff and coughed for 3 minutes. What an epiphany.

    • @M4TCH3SM4L0N3
      @M4TCH3SM4L0N3 Год назад +1

      You'd be astonished at what you can convince yourself of when the leading medical experts all "agree" that something is safe!

  • @idlehour
    @idlehour 5 лет назад +5

    Thanks again for these videos, i hope you know it is appericated by so many people. These uploads of the past need to be preserved and archived its great you share what you have with us.

  • @rr7firefly
    @rr7firefly 5 лет назад +41

    Every time my friend Mike gives me a ride to work all I can think of is how terrible his car smells. He's so addicted that while he's talking he reaches into his empty shirt pocket for a cigarette that isn't there. I'm not sure he knows how nervous he looks.

    • @ennuiblue4295
      @ennuiblue4295 5 лет назад +4

      I turned into one of those people who go to 'light' a cigarette while still holding a lit cigarette. I haven't smoked for a month but really, an addictive personality is my problem, because the (temptation) is always there. The fact it's a disgusting habit should be enough to not do it 😒 I wish

    • @johnobrien1759
      @johnobrien1759 3 года назад +6

      I smoke crack, so I know exactly what you are saying.

    • @marvinragen
      @marvinragen Год назад

      How tf tht make him nervous

  • @TheOnePhillip
    @TheOnePhillip 5 лет назад +78

    We forget that tobacco has been part of the american expierence since before it was a colony of great britian.

    • @thesnare100
      @thesnare100 5 лет назад +4

      yes, but I think what this is saying/stating is when it really took off.

    • @Dylan-lw1xc
      @Dylan-lw1xc 5 лет назад +8

      That was done with pipes mainly and this was about cigarettes

  • @dutchjames9448
    @dutchjames9448 5 лет назад +7

    My grandmother told me that her father would roll his own tobacco only. Never would be pre rolled. While my great grandmother who was very religious would always yell at him to smoke outside.

  • @RNFORLAW
    @RNFORLAW 5 лет назад +7

    This Cat has one of the best voices for narration ever and the U.S. Govt. has lied to us about everything.

    • @Tornado1994
      @Tornado1994 5 лет назад

      The Wonderful Legendary Peter “Forensic Files” Thomas. He died in 2016 at the ripe old age of 91.

  • @MrHEC381991
    @MrHEC381991 5 лет назад +44

    What I love is everybody knows smoking is bad for you. it's until you tell them how much money they spend on cigarettes is what encourages most of them to stop.

    • @voli0247
      @voli0247 5 лет назад +2

      I quit because of my god awful looking teeth

    • @MrHEC381991
      @MrHEC381991 5 лет назад

      @@voli0247 Do you pay for treatment?

    • @tdunph4250
      @tdunph4250 5 лет назад +1

      thats because its money that causes cancer.

  • @soupit32
    @soupit32 5 лет назад +8

    You've got amazing uploads. Your channel should be viral!

    • @DavidHoffmanFilmmaker
      @DavidHoffmanFilmmaker  5 лет назад +1

      Thank you. So far, I have not succeeded in reaching the audience I hoped I would. But I keep trying.
      David Hoffman-filmmaker

    • @sentientarugula2884
      @sentientarugula2884 4 года назад +1

      @@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker you went viral recently!

  • @glennbrymer4065
    @glennbrymer4065 9 месяцев назад +2

    In the 1950s, my mother smoked 2 or 3 packs of cigarettes a day. I never saw her, wothout a cigarette in her mouth. She never stopped, not even when pregnant with me.
    She died of Emphysema.
    She was 54.

  • @jonasdewald4954
    @jonasdewald4954 5 лет назад +5

    Thank you for all you do David Hoffman! True education

  • @MrFagedaboudit
    @MrFagedaboudit 11 месяцев назад +3

    I started smoking in the 60s, still at it. I remember doctors on TV telling us how it reduced stress, increased performance, helped dieting, etc. Same gig as 2020 "Why vaccinating is good for you!"

    • @adamgriffith6750
      @adamgriffith6750 10 месяцев назад

      very good point that i myself have thought of several times. thuh lots of dr's then were wrong and lots of dr's now are wrong 2020-2021 ws a perfect example of that.

  • @hahnkf8111
    @hahnkf8111 5 лет назад +17

    Everyone in the comments: “SmOkInG iS bAd”

    • @abcdegf432
      @abcdegf432 5 лет назад +1

      You a smoker

    • @ratansu9081
      @ratansu9081 3 года назад +3

      what a bunch of pussies, i'd rather slowly kill myself and cause permanent damage to my hearing,smelling,tasting and mental capacity rather than improving myself

    • @christian.xavier.villagran
      @christian.xavier.villagran 3 года назад

      @@ratansu9081 love the sarcasm 👍

  • @George50809
    @George50809 5 лет назад +57

    That gray haired guy looked like Albert Einstein.

    • @tdunph4250
      @tdunph4250 5 лет назад +4

      Albert smoked a pipe....thus, a smoker!! LOL

    • @ratansu9081
      @ratansu9081 3 года назад

      @@tdunph4250 with the exception it wasnt brain damaging nicotine

    • @tdunph4250
      @tdunph4250 3 года назад

      @@ratansu9081 I think what you meant to say "with the exception it wasn't brain damaging Liberalism"

    • @ratansu9081
      @ratansu9081 3 года назад

      @@tdunph4250 with the exception that I'm not american and i don't know what liberianism is

    • @tdunph4250
      @tdunph4250 3 года назад

      @@ratansu9081 then in that case, I am not American either, and although I don't like the news and it's bias's, I do know what Liberalism is. Which jungle are you from??

  • @andyginterblues2961
    @andyginterblues2961 5 лет назад +20

    Until shortly after the Civil War in the U.S., cigarettes were rolled by hand. Soldiers would either smoke pipes, or carry tobacco and rolling papers with them in the field. A fellow named Lewis P. Ginter, (no relation), who had been a quartermaster with the Confederacy, moved to New York city after the war, where he made a fortune in real estate. He moved to Richmond VA, and together with his partner, a man by the name of Allen, they established several businesses in Richmond. One of these businesses was the "Allen and Ginter Tobacco Company". Allen and Ginter's began to produce the first commercially successful pre- rolled cigarettes, which was actually the innovation that made cigarettes so popular. This would have been in the mid 1860's Their advertising gimmick was to hire the best illustrators of the time to produce artworks that were printed on cards, that were packaged with the cigarettes, like modern- day "trading cards". The cards had several different themes, one series would depict popular athletes of the day, etc. Most people who live in Richmond know about Ginter, his various commercial enterprises built much of what has become modern- day Richmond, his sister (Anna?) founded the Visiting Nurse's Service. After Ginter's death, the surviving family built the Lewis P. Ginter Botanical Gardens (just outside of Richmond) in his honor.

    • @alamooji3716
      @alamooji3716 5 лет назад

      Shit too long to read, and you are related! you wasted too much time on that comment for ya not to be related!!! Hahaha just kidding bro chiiillll

    • @AimForTheBushes908
      @AimForTheBushes908 5 лет назад +1

      Interesting read

  • @JohnDavis-yz9nq
    @JohnDavis-yz9nq 3 года назад +7

    My dad was born in 1917 World War II veteran and he started smoking when he was 6 years old. Lived to be 94 and he smoked up until the day he died. He was in a semi coma and was still trying to light a cigarette but couldn’t do it.

  • @lincolnparc8897
    @lincolnparc8897 5 лет назад +32

    Forensic Files Peter Thomas narrating?

    • @Tornado1994
      @Tornado1994 5 лет назад +5

      Yes!The Late Great Peter Thomas!

    • @n6pop886
      @n6pop886 5 лет назад +3

      19!

    • @frankdenardo8261
      @frankdenardo8261 4 года назад +1

      Lincoln Parc That is him.

    • @four4four636
      @four4four636 2 года назад +1

      @@Tornado1994 the legend

    • @four4four636
      @four4four636 2 года назад

      This was before forensics files you can hear it in his voice

  • @oldgoat100000
    @oldgoat100000 13 лет назад +17

    I HAVE NOT AFFILIATION. Read "The Easy Way to Stop Smoking" by Allen Carr, smoke while reading the book, then never smoke again. Going on 3 years smoke free from 20-40 cigs a day for 20 years.

    • @angelwingz892
      @angelwingz892 3 года назад +1

      I did the same. It helps you rewire your brain and you are happy to stop. 34 years wasted. 4 and a half years breathing easier 🎉

    • @Ujuani68
      @Ujuani68 3 года назад

      Allen Carr's method is really good! 🙂👍

  • @claytonbouldin9381
    @claytonbouldin9381 10 месяцев назад +2

    My Grandpa didn't start smoking till he was drafted in WW2. He said they were part of his K rations. He would trade the cigarettes he got for Hershey bars, or whatever.

  • @dennisvance4004
    @dennisvance4004 5 лет назад +24

    I never smoked a cigarette in my life. I didn’t see the appeal of setting fire to something and putting the other end in my mouth.

    • @ShawntiaKnott
      @ShawntiaKnott 3 года назад +4

      @0000030331 at least he doesn't have a name with numbers. Lmaao

    • @ShawntiaKnott
      @ShawntiaKnott 3 года назад +3

      @0000030331 also, it takes an idiot to know an idiot.

  • @b.buster
    @b.buster 2 месяца назад +1

    4:25 - such an eye opening clip into the mind of advertisers. thank you for sharing.

  • @picklenick1565
    @picklenick1565 4 года назад +7

    The way they talk about it seems so joyful. But being a smoker it’s nothing like that

  • @10percentwierd
    @10percentwierd 5 лет назад +5

    My wife smokes over 1 pack a day at $36 per pack. That’s $15K after tax or $23K before tax. She works part time and earns $35K, that’s 70% of her salary to smoke!

    • @YankeeNationalist
      @YankeeNationalist 5 лет назад +2

      Where does it cost $36 a pack? Holy shit that is expensive. That’s about the cost of a dinner at a nice restaurant.

    • @10percentwierd
      @10percentwierd 5 лет назад +2

      Yankee Doodle Australia. We seem to balance the country’s budget on cigarette and alcohol taxes

    • @KrisVic91
      @KrisVic91 Год назад

      ​@@10percentwierdthat is insane mate.
      In Uk it is £13 on average. 25.42 ASD
      In Portugal it is 5 Euros or 8.44 ASD!

  • @joedirt6212
    @joedirt6212 5 лет назад +8

    I liked the smell but never could get around putting smoke in your lungs

  • @miguelguzman8207
    @miguelguzman8207 Год назад +1

    I was smoking in my kitchen four years ago. While I was smoking, I took the time to read the General Surgeon’s warning. Turned around, open the tab, killed the cigarette 🚬 in my mouth and never lighted up one ever again. Life is better, money is used in other things, and my life got extended. You can quit today. Not tomorrow, not the day after tomorrow. Today!

  • @artheemisia
    @artheemisia 8 месяцев назад

    Back in 1978, there was a a smoking room at my high school in Montreal. Kids as young as 12 smoked. In my group of friends, I was the only non smoker despite the peer pressure. I just told them that I’d had TB spots on my lungs as a child and that it would be stupid of me to start smoking. They all agreed

  • @leggettnada1
    @leggettnada1 4 года назад +1

    If I only new then what I know now. It's a hard habit to quit. Thank you Mr. Hoffman... Much Love xo

  • @vmr2017
    @vmr2017 13 лет назад +35

    If people wanna smoke let em it aint my buisness and i could care less I and just about most people smoke ciggs and weed lol

    • @robbiefrentz9427
      @robbiefrentz9427 4 года назад +1

      Vanessa Rodgers thank you. I feel the same way. But I tell you one thing it was so much harder to stop smoking cigars. Then it was to stop smoking pot

    • @ianperry8557
      @ianperry8557 4 года назад +1

      Robbie Frentz well nicotine is a hard drug so it causes addiction.

    • @hannahlobaugh2402
      @hannahlobaugh2402 4 года назад +2

      I'd always take a blunt over a cig

    • @cjturner2008
      @cjturner2008 3 года назад

      Thank u

  • @dbharcadia2
    @dbharcadia2 9 месяцев назад

    Yuk Brenner was a major help in getting me to quit smoking. His final plea to everyone was, "Whatever you do, don't smoke". Soon after that was broadcast he died from lung cancer. It took me at least 3 attempts to be able to break away from smoking. Had I continued I would not be here now,I'm sure.

  • @freelywheely
    @freelywheely Год назад +1

    Good ol Edward Bernayes, Freud’s nephew. Featured in the Adam Curtis doc Century of the Self. Essential viewing

  • @austingode
    @austingode 5 лет назад +5

    One of the worst things to happen to me ..... I bitterly regret the day I started smoking.... quit many times to just fall back into them .....

    • @C.G91
      @C.G91 5 лет назад +1

      Weak minded man

    • @lindabingham394
      @lindabingham394 3 года назад

      get you some colon liver cancer you quite allkind of vices if you care!!

    • @pulledtrigger
      @pulledtrigger 3 года назад

      @@C.G91 you rename yourself the wimp

  • @litaperna1128
    @litaperna1128 3 года назад +5

    This was excellent. I loved cigarettes; they made me feel grown up, sexy and sophisticated. I was so addicted. so hooked.

  • @Johncourt409
    @Johncourt409 9 месяцев назад

    I quit back in 2016. I do still miss my favorite cigarettes of the day which was after waking up with my coffee and right after dinner.

  • @DavidHoffmanFilmmaker
    @DavidHoffmanFilmmaker  13 лет назад +1

    @collegeman1988 i agree and thank you for noticing!
    David Hoffman - filmmaker

  • @priestland1
    @priestland1 2 года назад +3

    I count myself very lucky when it comes to cigarettes. When I was around 8 or 9, I took two puffs on a cigarette I some how acquired and they were the last puffs I ever had. Thank God I disliked the taste of the smoke.

  • @trugangsta4real
    @trugangsta4real 5 лет назад +16

    What if we're being sold a similar message, more surreptitiously, about marijuana?

    • @JorgeMartinez-ft9wq
      @JorgeMartinez-ft9wq 5 лет назад +1

      the world as we know it would have been so different as in, 200 years into the future!

  • @thelastbison2241
    @thelastbison2241 2 года назад +1

    Not much have changed in advertising by companies or politicians. This is significant because it was before consumerism.

  • @edspencer7121
    @edspencer7121 5 лет назад +21

    I hear a pack of smokes runs about $20.00 in New York. I don't smoke and don't intend to.

    • @andyginterblues2961
      @andyginterblues2961 5 лет назад +7

      Maybe they do in NYC, upstate Newports run around $11, but most smokers here go to "The Res" to buy smokes, the cigarette stores run by the various Native American tribes, where a carton of generics goes for around $25 or less. And many smokers here save money by hand- rolling filter cigarettes using a machine, you can buy huge bags of loose tobacco here very cheaply, a box of 200 filter tubes goes for around $3.

    • @bryanfrombuffalo7685
      @bryanfrombuffalo7685 5 лет назад +2

      Ed Spencer 10 in buff ny

    • @bryanfrombuffalo7685
      @bryanfrombuffalo7685 5 лет назад +3

      AndyGinterBlues seneca cigs...tbeyre horrendous

    • @FD_and_B
      @FD_and_B 5 лет назад +1

      @@bryanfrombuffalo7685 yeah senecas taste like blood and paper

    • @malakaibrown94
      @malakaibrown94 5 лет назад +1

      They run for 12 or 13 bucks and they run towards the 20 dollar range based on your brand preference

  • @abcbatman1966
    @abcbatman1966 3 года назад +2

    Smoking is a decision for adults to make for themselves…We blame advertising for “making” us do things, when it has only the power to guide us toward brands.

    • @kennethsouthard6042
      @kennethsouthard6042 Год назад

      If that were true RJ Reynolds would have never come up with a Joe Camel campaign.

  • @arnoldrantala4945
    @arnoldrantala4945 5 лет назад +7

    IVE SMOKED FOR 40 YEARS NOW AND HAVE PULMINARY HEART DISEASE. HEART ATTACK 2017. IM DYING FROM SMOKING

  • @PRIMUS1990
    @PRIMUS1990 5 лет назад +5

    The voice behind this is Peter Thomas

    • @four4four636
      @four4four636 2 года назад

      IKR I JUST SAID THE SAME THING. HE VOICE IS LEGENDARY.. RIP PETE THOMAS..

    • @four4four636
      @four4four636 2 года назад

      Pete Thomas could have gotten people to smoke a cigarette with his voice.

  • @BETTERWORLDSGT
    @BETTERWORLDSGT 5 лет назад +10

    Both of My Parents were Heavy Smokers. I had my first cigarette at about 9. I was smoking regular by 14
    But luckily I quit at 19. I peaked at 2 packs a day . I probably would be gone by now if I hadn't Quit.

    • @tdunph4250
      @tdunph4250 5 лет назад +1

      Seriously, how many people have you managed to fool into believing that total BS???

    • @BETTERWORLDSGT
      @BETTERWORLDSGT 5 лет назад +5

      @@tdunph4250 I did quit at 19, My Grandfather died of Emphysema a couple years before and I didn't want to end up like that. I remember when cigarettes were 40 or 50 cents a pack, I was obsessed with tobacco, Smoked cigarettes, even tried pipes, cigars and rolling Prince Alberts ( my grandmother's thing) I even used Copenhagen and Skoal as well as chewing tobacco, all before even turning 18 . The only thing I didn't like was Snuff ( powder snuff) So its no wonder when I decided to quit I smoked so much. Both parents were heavy smokers as well. When I quit I used Skoal to wean me off cigs until I quit altogether, then gave it all up. So think what You like but I had quite a bit of different experiences with tobacco! Some of my friends took to drugs then, but Not me, I liked Winston's, Marlboros, Camels, beech nut chewing tobacco, Swisher sweets.

    • @tdunph4250
      @tdunph4250 5 лет назад +4

      @@BETTERWORLDSGTThanks for explaining that. I appreciate it. I understand and respect where you are coming from. Sorry for being so crass.

    • @lindabingham394
      @lindabingham394 3 года назад

      if you smoked that much you still will have problems trust me copd or something

    • @adamgriffith6750
      @adamgriffith6750 10 месяцев назад

      @@tdunph4250 4 years after your comment i say why you say sorry. you were correct in the first place when you strongly doubted someone quitting at bareley age 19. that very likely bout never happens and is few and far between. anyone who starts smoking in teens even if decide or plan to quit will not at least unil late 20's, 30's or into 40's.

  • @miltonbuu
    @miltonbuu 9 месяцев назад

    I held my uncles arms as he passe away from lung cancer. His last word were that he wished he never smoked. He kept saying how he was on constant pain.

  • @LedZeppelin13k7
    @LedZeppelin13k7 13 лет назад +7

    @PLATINUM3NDO They don't have to "make" them addicting tobacco contains nicotine naturally.

  • @eirikrdberg1161
    @eirikrdberg1161 2 года назад +1

    I loved smoking. All the Cool packaging. The fun adverts in magazines and on huge billboards along highways. Literally all of them were for cigarettes. It was fun. Then people started getting sick. My parents smoked many decades. Thankfully they quit in time. My mom smoked from 1960-2000. My dad from 1955-2005. Both survived, but they were lucky. Smoked all the time. I sat there suffocating between them for many years and it was unpleasant. The commercials though were great!

  • @bilalahmed2123
    @bilalahmed2123 5 лет назад +57

    Smoking is bad, and I find women who smoke a turn off !

    • @theempyrean1227
      @theempyrean1227 5 лет назад

      me too, buddy

    • @leeellenwood5461
      @leeellenwood5461 5 лет назад +3

      And I'm an ex smoker myself and I find it nast that humans smoke...saying just females is a dumbass thing to comment.

    • @kia9631
      @kia9631 5 лет назад

      Same

    • @papichapo4939
      @papichapo4939 5 лет назад +2

      Bilal Ahmed
      The opposite for me. But still agree they are bad.

    • @juwogaming246
      @juwogaming246 5 лет назад

      fr man i find all those thick booty chicks and it turns out they all fucking smoke, i instantly step back from them

  • @Richie8a8y
    @Richie8a8y 11 дней назад

    Diabolical
    I started in the 1980’s as a young teen. I’ve quit several times over the years, always picked it up again. Trying again with help from a research team at Massachusetts General Hospital.

  • @jerrelllawrenceberg6188
    @jerrelllawrenceberg6188 5 лет назад +3

    People were sold on cigarettes long before tv ads or the marlboro man were a thing.

  • @cadetri9716
    @cadetri9716 5 лет назад +2

    This is a 1930s example of feminism being used only as a marketing ploy. Man, history does repeat itself doesn't it.

  • @lindaeasley5606
    @lindaeasley5606 10 месяцев назад

    In Europe ,smoking has been a big part of their cultures even into the 21st century
    America has been the leader in getting their population to quit .
    Europeans act surprised when they find out that smoking is not allowed in most public places in the US . Especially restaurants

  • @trillfa9774
    @trillfa9774 5 лет назад +8

    I’m sure I’m not the only one who noticed that Peter Thomas a.k.a. the guy who is on Forensic Files is the one doing the documentary.

    • @MakeTheVid61
      @MakeTheVid61 5 лет назад +3

      Treal FA his voice is as distinct as the taste of my Marlboro reds

    • @dmac3551
      @dmac3551 5 лет назад +1

      Knew it right away

    • @four4four636
      @four4four636 2 года назад

      @@MakeTheVid61 lol!

  • @shantolion1576
    @shantolion1576 5 лет назад +8

    I stopped smoking after 27 years since a was 14! I smoked 2 packs a day when i was 20 but in recent years have gone down to 6 -7 a day. Yet it was still bad for my lungs. I got a very bad thort infection 3 weeks ago. I tried to smoke but my body rejected it the F! I can even smell the nicotine of someone next to me without wanting to puke! I use vitamin C and apple cider viniger to eliminate the cravings. You can do it! I dident know i could its like the cold started it for me and now i am continuing my war against this horrible addiction

    • @TheNurplePurple
      @TheNurplePurple 5 лет назад

      Shanto Lion how the hell did you smoke 2 packs a day? A pack usually lasts me 3 days, I never understood how people can get to a pack or even 2 packs a day.

    • @alamooji3716
      @alamooji3716 5 лет назад

      How's it going now for you sis?

    • @KrisVic91
      @KrisVic91 Год назад

      Are you still quit?

  • @TheOnePhillip
    @TheOnePhillip 5 лет назад +4

    My father born in 1926 started smoking when he was 12. He also served in WW2 on the aircraft carrier Saratoga in the battle of the coral sea. Was horribly wounded in battle. The last 2-3 years of his life had a 2 pak a day habit. Pall mall red unfiltered. If he didnt get them. Hed get so violent hed start to break things in his room. To be fair smoking didnt kill him. He died of kidney failure. My mom who had emphysema from smoking died of heart failure.

    • @hawaiisidecar
      @hawaiisidecar 5 лет назад +1

      I am sorry to hear that.

    • @buster1173
      @buster1173 5 лет назад

      My dad smoked the same and you are absolutely correct he didn't get those cigarettes all hell would break loose. But I have to say he always told me don't be stupid like he was don't ever start smoking he knew what he was into

    • @kennethsouthard6042
      @kennethsouthard6042 Год назад

      Your dad's kidneys, having to filter the toxins in his blood from tobacco may have caused his kidney failure.

  • @ferociousgumby
    @ferociousgumby 5 лет назад +5

    I don't think they are a "dilemma" or a "debate" any more. The evidence is clear that they are deadly, and that second-hand smoke is deadly. There is no "safe" way to smoke.

  • @jimrosson1987
    @jimrosson1987 5 лет назад +1

    This is going to sound terrible but when we will leave the embassy in Beirut it was so good when we could be able to stand down for a few minutes to have a hot cup of coffee and a cigarette it gave us 10 minutes of peace

  • @Mani_Matter
    @Mani_Matter 3 года назад +1

    thank you for uploading

  • @maogu1999
    @maogu1999 4 года назад +1

    The voice of the narrator ironically sounds like the voice of someone who would also do cigarette commercials

    • @DavidHoffmanFilmmaker
      @DavidHoffmanFilmmaker  4 года назад +1

      He never did. He refused to. The famous narrator Peter Thomas.
      David Hoffman-filmmaker

  • @borobinson7005
    @borobinson7005 2 месяца назад +2

    I enjoy my Marlboro reds for the last 18 years it's one of the best parts of my morning when I wake I'll quit some day not now 🚬💨💨💨🤘

  • @Spaghetti_policy
    @Spaghetti_policy 10 месяцев назад +2

    Buy. Consume. Sleep. Repeat. Capitalism.

  • @mnfreeman
    @mnfreeman 14 лет назад +9

    @GabrielZamoraMoreno
    yes, a clear example of how the decisions human beings make are controlled / directed by pictures and words that impulse their emotional patterns. A world of organic robots

  • @88hyperman
    @88hyperman 5 лет назад +71

    I miss those days when we could smoke inside restaurants.

    • @suspicioususer
      @suspicioususer 5 лет назад +16

      @Dirk Diggler Except your race isn't a fucking choice

    • @helbeze770
      @helbeze770 5 лет назад +11

      I remember smoking in Denny's back in 04. 2am with a smoke, a slice of pecan pie, and a pot of coffee. back when a young man could enjoy himself.

    • @Crooner-ds9sy
      @Crooner-ds9sy 5 лет назад +1

      Agreed.

    • @toddsterben6647
      @toddsterben6647 5 лет назад +2

      When the Navy banned it from mess areas and berthing areas I loved seeing the smokers squirm.

    • @dutchjames9448
      @dutchjames9448 5 лет назад +2

      Just go to Austria or Eastern Europe. It’s old school over still.

  • @pughshipp
    @pughshipp 11 лет назад +5

    It hurt us all in the end !

  • @equarg
    @equarg 5 лет назад +2

    As a woman, a man who smokes is a LOOSER.
    It is an instant permanent turn off for me.
    I can't STAND the smell and the mens teeth look NASTY.
    Plus I can't stand has crazed they get when denied their nicotine for 5 damn minuets.

    • @jimmycoleman5853
      @jimmycoleman5853 10 месяцев назад

      Loser is probably what you were going for here

  • @billyskittles1036
    @billyskittles1036 2 года назад +1

    That’s Peter Thomas from Foresnic Files narrating. RIP.

    • @four4four636
      @four4four636 2 года назад

      Sure is never heard his voice sound this young but recognized it immediately

  • @andrethegiant2877
    @andrethegiant2877 3 месяца назад

    I quit smoking on Sep 10, 2002. Best decision I ever made for MYSELF. To be a pack a day smoker today would cost $4400 per year.

  • @ganjaman407
    @ganjaman407 5 лет назад +3

    I was 12 when I started smoking regularly, i remember vividly the first time I took a *real* inhale, I thought my friends laced the cigarette with some kind of drug. I've been chasing that feeling for 13 years now and I don't see me stopping anytime soon

  • @GabrielZamoraMoreno
    @GabrielZamoraMoreno 14 лет назад +10

    Fascinating so see how little it takes to program human beings

  • @MaidenUtah1
    @MaidenUtah1 5 лет назад +4

    My mom smokes 1/3 a pack a day. Me? Hate the stuff.

    • @abcdegf432
      @abcdegf432 5 лет назад

      My mom smokes and she’s quitting. I’m glad she’s taking an effort to live with me longer.

  • @PotterPossum1989
    @PotterPossum1989 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks to all the anti-smoking campaigns on TV lately, now I have taken up smoking again. Good job. I'm sick of your whining.

  • @tony232cool
    @tony232cool Год назад

    i smoked a few times in highschool with friends. never aqcuired a taste for it. most people in my highschool became habitual smokers.

  • @TheTrh2130
    @TheTrh2130 13 лет назад +1

    Great point! It reminds me of the 1970 Dick Van Dyke movie titled Cold Turkey where a whole town tries to quit smoking to win something!

  • @Bevity
    @Bevity 5 лет назад +2

    Titillates the erogenous zones of the lips? People are crazy... always have been, always will be.

  • @asaasaalmirol4348
    @asaasaalmirol4348 Год назад

    Winston spirit of the USA. I am smoking for thirty years upto now I work and make a living.

  • @billykrul8698
    @billykrul8698 4 года назад +2

    Be PROUD of your country! Don't be a square, REPRESENT!! Light up a cigarette 😎🚬💨 for 'Merica!! 👍🇱🇷

  • @bopbopbobert
    @bopbopbobert 15 лет назад +10

    such an amazing product, keeps on killing & we keep on buying em.

  • @leeellenwood5461
    @leeellenwood5461 5 лет назад +1

    It's always been the all mighty dollar. Profits above people...they didnt right the book on greed but they sure did etch a few chapters.

  • @thomasjones7115
    @thomasjones7115 2 года назад +1

    .... too funny !! ... our dentist smoked like a stack .. his teeth were yellow and he always smiled ..... 1967 .... those were the days !!! Hahahahahaha ....

  • @backinnam1975
    @backinnam1975 Год назад +1

    Why did pipes go out of fashion?

  • @dannytetreault8494
    @dannytetreault8494 3 года назад +1

    At 0:33 the narrator's voice made me feel like I was watching forensic files for a second.

  • @InvertedWorldDeux
    @InvertedWorldDeux 5 лет назад +3

    This is how feminism started