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<blockquote data-quote="sisyphus" data-source="post: 347547" data-attributes="member: 2514"><p>I disagree with this on a couple levels. First, only Americans were smoking these classic American Burleys. Second, the reason they were smoking them is that there was a boatload of money spent marketing Burleys in the early 20th century as the no-bite alternative. Google it and look at the Edgeworth, PA and Granger ads from the 1910s-WW2. Lots of emphasis placed on this, and they had a lot of celebrity endorsements as well with movie and sports stars on a lot of these ads. Joey Bagodonuts couldn't pick up Ogdens at the corner gas station, but these American Burleys were sold everywhere. Remember too that tobacco culture was in full swing and there weren't an antis to appease back then. </p><p></p><p>So these classic American Burleys were cheap, they advertised, and they were everywhere. That's why people smoked them. There wasn't that much thought put into it. These guys were just getting their nicotine, not wanting to scorch their mouths into oblivion because their pipes were lit most of the day, and trying not to make the wife nag them to death about a rough room note.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sisyphus, post: 347547, member: 2514"] I disagree with this on a couple levels. First, only Americans were smoking these classic American Burleys. Second, the reason they were smoking them is that there was a boatload of money spent marketing Burleys in the early 20th century as the no-bite alternative. Google it and look at the Edgeworth, PA and Granger ads from the 1910s-WW2. Lots of emphasis placed on this, and they had a lot of celebrity endorsements as well with movie and sports stars on a lot of these ads. Joey Bagodonuts couldn't pick up Ogdens at the corner gas station, but these American Burleys were sold everywhere. Remember too that tobacco culture was in full swing and there weren't an antis to appease back then. So these classic American Burleys were cheap, they advertised, and they were everywhere. That's why people smoked them. There wasn't that much thought put into it. These guys were just getting their nicotine, not wanting to scorch their mouths into oblivion because their pipes were lit most of the day, and trying not to make the wife nag them to death about a rough room note. [/QUOTE]
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