“Blow in her face and she’ll follow you anywhere.” – Tipalet
First off, secondhand smoke causes many health concerns, such as severe asthma attacks, lung cancer and many other cancers, high blood pressure, heart attacks, stroke, and emphysema. It doesn’t matter if it smells like grapes, cherries, or wild blueberries, no woman should follow a man who just increased her risk of heart disease.
Perhaps both men and women back then weren’t aware of the hazards of smoking, but the scandalous double meaning of “blow in her face” and the sexual innuendo in this ad are rather blatant. This is probably influenced by the sexual revolution of the 1960s, a time of sexual liberation when people openly talked about activities in the bedroom.
That last tagline though, “Smokers of America, do yourself a flavor.” is pretty lame and the overall ad just objectifies women as slaves of men who would follow them anywhere once the man has engaged in sexual activity with them.