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Camel Cigarette Advertising Analysis

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The advertisement features John Wayne, the famous actor of the 1950s, in a 1950 magazine ad for Camel cigarettes. The Camel cigarette brand had become the top selling cigarette in the U.S. by the 1950s, thanks in part to the company’s dense advertising. John Wayne had been a chain smoker since young adulthood, so it was not out of his personality for him, or shocking for those times, to see him in a cigarette ad. John Wayne, by the time he appeared in the 1950 print ad at right, was at the top of his movie career. Wayne had already reached stardom in motion pictures by the early 1940s, and by the end of the decade was one of Hollywood’s top ten box office attractions. During the last half of the 1940s Wayne had played the lead in notable westerns and other films. Which explains why he was chosen for the ad? …show more content…

So I smoke Camels — they are mild.” Wayne continues his advertising below the passage, stating “I’ve been around movie sets enough to know how important mildness is to an actor. So when it came to deciding what cigarette was right from my throat — I was particular. I made a sensible test — my own 30-Day Camels Mildness Test. I gave Camels a real tryout for 30 days. The most pleasure I ever had from smoking. My own T-Zone told me just how mild a cigarette can be.” Here Wayne is not only appealing to his fans, but also to his fellow Actors, singers, and dancers. He is basically saying that this is the only brand that will not hurt your voice or your career in any

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