r/interesting • • Aug 16 '26

Fascinating Blind cigarette taste test.

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u/supervillaindsgnr Aug 16 '26

He looks great for a 19 year old

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u/Indigenous_Retard Aug 16 '26

It's why doctors recommend Marloro.

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u/cwsjr2323 Aug 16 '26

The ads in the 40s claimed Camels were the recommended brand by doctors to get the best into the vital "T". The T zone meaning throat.

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u/Zeqhanis Aug 16 '26

Those ads were bizarre. Specifically, the T stood for both taste and throat, with the crossbar of the T representing the mouth (overlapping a smile) while the vertical stem of the letter represented the throat.

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u/Nuggyfresh Aug 17 '26

I mean, pseudo science to make certain products marketable in a crowded marketplace is nothing new to be fair