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December 15, 2025

Tag: cigarette ad campaigns

  • I’d Rather Fight than Switch

    I’d Rather Fight than Switch

    Bob Toal

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    Selling tobacco with a symbol (the tobacco-store indian statue) or a slogan (“I’d rather fight than switch”) has a long and storied history. But “I’d rather fight than switch” wasn’t original with the old Taryton brand. Here’s the story.

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Past Article

July 4, 2024 3 Comments
How you celebrate the 4th of July is a personal choice. Some like it loud. Some like it soft as in marshmallow soft. For me, it will be iced tea and a hotdog on the patio, listening to the John Philip Sousa marches wafting across the lake on a summer breeze.

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