Cover of the March-April 1960 issue of The Doctor’s Wife, featuring a wedding cake topped with a bride and groom figurine beside a card that reads, “We are honored to present a new Mrs. The Doctor’s Wife. You are cordially invited to read this magazine designed especially for you.”
Full-page vintage Parliament cigarette advertisement showing a cigarette standing upright like a match against a dark background with the slogan, “Someday all cigarettes will probably be made this better way.”
Full-page vintage Drambuie advertisement showing a man seated at a white table in front of a large portrait, holding up a glass of liqueur, with a bottle of Drambuie pictured at lower right and the headline “After Dinner, a DRAM of DRAMBUIE.”
Black-and-white text page from The Doctor’s Wife titled “Cancer Information Available,” describing a self-detection and examination program kit for possible cancer symptoms prepared for the Woman’s Auxiliary to the American Medical Association by the American Cancer Society.
In a 1960 issue of The Doctor’s Wife cancer information appeared alongside ads for cigarettes and Drambuie.
A lesson in contradiction: health awareness and cigarette promotion sharing the same pages without apparent conflict
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