READ WHAT AMERICA'S LEADING NATURAL FOODS TEACHER HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE ADVANTAGES OF NATIVE AMERICAN NATURAL TOBACCOS

READ WHAT AMERICA'S LEADING NATURAL FOODS TEACHER HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE ADVANTAGES OF NATIVE AMERICAN NATURAL TOBACCOS

This 1983 advertisement uses a Native American "leading health food expert" to market American Spirit cigarettes to Native Americans. The text suggests that "Native American" tobaccos are safer than "commercial cigarettes" and intimates that users of "Native American" cigarettes won't get lung cancer if they also follow a "traditional way of eating."

Features a photo of, and quote from a "leading natural foods teacher" who says

For centuries the North American Indians have smoked Tobacco without developing cancer, and have utilized the plant for many medicinal purposes...Current studies suggest that in societies where a traditional way of eating is still followed and where smoking is widespread there is no clear correlation between smoking and lung cancer.

Title READ WHAT AMERICA'S LEADING NATURAL FOODS TEACHER HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE ADVANTAGES OF NATIVE AMERICAN NATURAL TOBACCOS Date 19830000 Type ADVERTISEMENT Bates 2044123811 Master Bates 2044123808/3822 Collection Philip Morris Pages 1 URL: http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/fqq81f00

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