“Luckies are easy on my throat.” – Lucky Strike
While Santa’s making that list and checking it twice, he might be surprised to find his name under who’s been naughty and not nice.
It wasn’t enough that doctors, auditors, and accountants backed up the claim that Luckies protect your throat against irritation and coughing. The American Tobacco Company also got Saint Nicholas holding a cigarette and professing that Luckies are easy on his throat. Tsk, tsk Santa won’t be smelling like a chimney but like Luckies.
While Santa’s been featured in many jolly advertisements, including milk commercials, soft drink billboards, magazine subscriptions, and Christmas sale ads, it’s unlikely we’ll see any posters with Father Christmas smoking a cigarette today.