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Cigarette advertisements were banned in 1970 in the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act. It was signed by Richard Nixon on April 1. Though the actual banning didn't come into affect until Jan 2, 1971. In this act, people were told to limit the amount of smoking. The surgeon general's warning also appeared on every cigarette container, showing the hazards. But most importantly, advertisements on American television and radio were banned.

A major player in the banning of advertisements was the Federal Communications Commission. The found the cigarettes could be a major hazard to one's health and believed advertising cancer for everyone wouldn't make anything better. Children between the years of 5 and 6 recognized the Camel cigarettes' Joe Camel mascot other than ones such as Mickey Mouse. This study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1991. Arguing that there wasn't enough time allotted to give the health problems dealing with smoking. This date was chosen so college football games could still have one last chance for advertising, and also for the New Years Day game bowl.  .

At first their wasn't much of a decrease in the amount of Americans smoking, their hope was to help future generations with less advertisement. Which brings us to the last cigarette commercial, which was to air broadcast right right before midnight on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Though commercials were banned, advertisements wiggle their way into shows, such as The Simpsons, which you can find them smoking all the time. Now cigarette business's find other ways to advertise, such as printed media.

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