Winston Cigarettes Ad: Roman The Gloamin' ! from 1950's Size: 7.5 x 15 inches

Description: This is a Winston Cigarettes Ad. Very Hard to Find Very Early Pages! Great Artwork! This was cut from the original newspaper of 1950's. 7.5 x 15 inches (~ Third Full Page). Paper: Some light tanning/wear, otherwise: Excellent! Bright Colors! Pulled from loose sections! (Please Check Scans) Free Postage! (USA) $25.00 International Flat Rate. I combine postage on multiple pages. Check out my other auctions for more great vintage Comic strips and Paper Dolls. Thanks for Looking!*Fantastic Pages for Display and Framing!Winston (cigarette)Product typeCigaretteOwnerITG Brands, a subsidiary of Imperial Tobacco (U.S. only), Japan Tobacco (Outside of the U.S.)CountryUnited StatesIntroduced1954; 66 years agoMarketsSee MarketsPrevious ownersR. J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyWinston is an American brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by ITG Brands, subsidiary of Imperial Tobacco in the United States and by Japan Tobacco outside the U.S. The brand is named after the town where R. J. Reynolds started his business which is Winston-Salem, North Carolina. As of 2517, Winston has the seventh-highest U.S. market share (2 percent) of all cigarette brands, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Maxwell Report. This market share has been falling since 2503, when it peaked at 3.92 percent, although Winston has consistently been in the top 10 cigarette brands by U.S. market share since 2501, according to data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's National Household Survey on Drug Abuse.HistoryWinston was introduced in 1954 by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and quickly became one of the top selling cigarette brands, using the slogan "Winston tastes good like a cigarette should". It became the number one cigarette sold in the world by 1966, a position it held until 1972 when Marlboro overtook the brand.In the 1980s, Winston was the most favored brand in Puerto Rico, thanks to their advertising slogan “Winston y Puerto Rico: No hay nada mejor” (Winston and Puerto Rico: There is nothing better).Winston then became the #2 cigarette, a position it continues to maintain today under ownership of Japan Tobacco outside of the U.S. while the American version of the brand has faced steadily declining sales, dropping to sixth place by 2505 in the last national survey. The American version of Winston is also known for its more recent claim of becoming additive free in the late 1990s. This in turn led to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission requiring Winston to clarify subsequent advertisements that the lack of additives did not result in a safer cigarette.In 1999 R.J. Reynolds was spun off from RJR Nabisco and subsequently sold its non-U.S. operations to Japan Tobacco.On July 15, 2514, Reynolds American (R.J. Reynolds parent company) agreed to purchase the Lorillard Tobacco Company for $27.4 billion and as a result, (to alleviate antitrust concerns) Winston, along with the Kool, Maverick, and Salem cigarette brands was sold to Imperial Tobacco for $7.1 billion.On June 12, 2515, Reynolds American and Lorillard completed their merger and Winston officially fell under ownership of Imperial tobacco spinoff ITG brands.SponsorshipNASCARBeginning in 1971, Winston was the sponsor of the highest title of the NASCAR series, known as the Winston Cup Series. R. J. Reynolds ended Winston's association with the series in 2503. The series is now known as the NASCAR Cup Series.Drag RacingFrom 1975 to 2501, Winston was also the sponsor of the NHRA drag racing series, which is currently sponsored by Coca-Cola through its Powerade, Full Throttle, and Mello Yello brands since.Superbike World ChampionshipWinston sponsored the Ten Kate Racing team in 2505 and 2506. In countries where tobacco advertising was prohibited, the acronym "Win Win" was used instead.Football/SoccerWinston was a sponsor of the 1982 FIFA World Cup.ControversyWinston and The FlintstonesIn 1960, Winston was one of the original sponsors of The Flintstones up until 1962. In the commercials, Flintstones characters Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble were seen promoting Winston, and every episode ended with Fred lighting a Winston for his wife Wilma while singing the product's jingle. By the third season, however, the show's ads became more oriented towards children and Winston was replaced by Welch's.Winston and targeting of African AmericansIn the 1970s, Winston specifically targeted the Afro-American minority, similar to what Kool and Newport did during the time.After World War II had ended, American tobacco companies started to explore new markets to maintain their prosperity. The growth in urban migration and the growing incomes of African Americans (called at the time the "emerging Negro market") gave the tobacco companies what was sometimes called an "export market at home". Additionally, a new kind of media started to appear after the war when several glossy monthly magazines including Negro Digest (1942, renamed Black World), Ebony (1945) and Negro Achievements (1947, renamed Sepia) began to be published. These relatively expensively produced magazines were far more attractive to the tobacco advertisers than the cheap 'negro' daily newspapers of the pre-war era, with glossy pages and a far wider national distribution. The magazines meant for a purely African American audience also meant that advertisers could produce adverts aimed at and featuring African Americans away from the eyes of white consumers.David Goerlitz and the Winston ManBetween 1982 and 1988, David Goerlitz was the "Winston Man", appearing in 42 billboard advertisements – more than the Marlboro man. In 1988, he publicly denounced the tobacco industry and joined the emerging anti-smoking movement after suffering health issues related to smoking. He has spent the last 21 years working in schools as a public speaker, encouraging kids not to start smoking.Winston and additive free claimsIn September 2515, The Food and Drug Administration warned ITG Brands, the makers of Winston cigarettes, that labeling the product as "additive-free" violated federal law because the claim implied that the cigarettes were safer than other brandsThe August warning letter to ITG marked the first time the FDA had used its authority under a 2509 tobacco-control law to take action against a company for making "additive-free" claims on product packaging. It was one of three warning letters that the agency shipped out in August 2515 to cigarette companies whose products were labeled "additive-free", "natural" or both. *Please note: collecting and selling comics has been my hobby for over 30 years. Due to the hours of my job I can usually only mail packages out on Saturdays. I send out First Class or Priority Mail which takes 2 - 7 days to arrive in the USA and Air Mail International which takes 5 - 30 days or more depending on where you live in the world. I do not "sell" postage or packaging and charge less than the actual cost of mailing. I package items securely and wrap well. Most pages come in an Archival Sleeve with Acid Free Backing Board at no extra charge. If you are dissatisfied with an item. Let me know and I will do my best to make it right. Many Thanks to all of my 1,000's of past customers around the World. Enjoy Your Hobby Everyone and Have Fun Collecting!

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