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Manage episode 362823493 series 2907557
Smoking is almost too on-the-nose a subject for Cursed Objects. But vapes - candy-coloured, daftly-named, targeted at children, making wads of $$$ for the same tobacco companies - vapes are perfect. How are these cursed little dummies - cheap plastic disposable tat, destined for landfill - marketed? Why did fags disappear from the movies? How has Big Tobacco adapted to bans on its lobbying, advertising and product placement?
In 1974, 45% of British adults smoked. People smoked not just in restaurants and pubs, but on the tube, and in hospitals. Those numbers have fallen to 13% today - a huge social change - but what else has changed, since smoking ceased to be an integral part of the fabric of everyday life?
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Theme music and production: Mr Beatnick
Artwork: Archie Bashford
78 episodes
Manage episode 362823493 series 2907557
Smoking is almost too on-the-nose a subject for Cursed Objects. But vapes - candy-coloured, daftly-named, targeted at children, making wads of $$$ for the same tobacco companies - vapes are perfect. How are these cursed little dummies - cheap plastic disposable tat, destined for landfill - marketed? Why did fags disappear from the movies? How has Big Tobacco adapted to bans on its lobbying, advertising and product placement?
In 1974, 45% of British adults smoked. People smoked not just in restaurants and pubs, but on the tube, and in hospitals. Those numbers have fallen to 13% today - a huge social change - but what else has changed, since smoking ceased to be an integral part of the fabric of everyday life?
FOR REGULAR BONUS EPISODES - OVER 20 IN ALL ALREADY - AND A FREE STICKER PACK, SIGN UP HERE....... ONLY £4 A MONTH TO SUPPORT YR FAV CULTURAL HISTORIANS: https://www.patreon.com/posts/73409944
Theme music and production: Mr Beatnick
Artwork: Archie Bashford
78 episodes
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