Turkish cigarettes that make even Santa Claus addicted in the USA

Today, almost all of us know the harms of smoking. for a very long time before these damages occur. smoking is beneficial claimed. Even doctors came out for a while and said,Smoking is good for these troubles” he was making statements.

Cigarette companies have been very serious since they first emerged. advertising campaigns doing. Cigarette companies were very important advertisers, especially in the period when advertisements were mostly stuck in print publications and billboards.

Making Turkish tobacco more Turkish than Turkish…

Americans, especially in the late 1800s. Turkish tobacco realized its quality. Turkish tobacco contained less nicotine and was more acidic. This made Turkish tobacco stand out especially in pipes and cigarettes. In addition, Turks were drying cigarette tobacco in the open air under the sun. This meant a more aromatic tobacco.

For this reason, Turkish tobacco very popular in the USA had become. Many cigarette companies were choosing Turkish figures for themselves. The popularity of Egyptian tobacco before Turkish tobacco, and the winds of orientalism fueled by the interest in Eastern civilizations at that time, caused cigarettes in the USA to become more Turkish than Turks.

This brings us to the interesting advertisements of that period.

Names of cigarettes Fatima, Murad There were many cigarettes indicating that Turkish tobacco was used, especially for advertising purposes. The figures seen in the advertising campaigns of these companies were more familiar to the people of these lands than to the Americans.

Let’s take a look at some cigarette advertisement posters from that period:

Are you looking for someone who claims that the whole of America drinks “Fatima”?

The one who makes cigarettes for Omer?

Or is it Murad who puts a cigarette in Santa’s hand?

Interestingly, one of the Ottoman sultans 4. MuradHe banned smoking during his time. There was even a decision to impose the death penalty on smoking. Even though the name of the cigarette is Murad, advertisers did not stop when it comes to making money. ‘The Fisherman Nuri Baba’ they did.