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Nicotine Angel: 1918

Submitted by Dave on Tue, 03/14/2017 - 9:10am.
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June 24, 1918. "Representative of American Red Cross Home Communication Service distributing cigarettes in hospital at Contrexeville, France." 5x7 glass negative by Lewis Hine for the American National Red Cross. View full size.

June 24, 1918. "Representative of American Red Cross Home Communication Service distributing cigarettes in hospital at Contrexeville, France." 5x7 glass negative by Lewis Hine for the American National Red Cross. View full size.

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Lucky Strikes and Red Cross ciggies

Submitted by Jim Page on Tue, 03/14/2017 - 4:00pm.

The famous slogan regarding the change from the green Lucky Strike package to the white is in this ad.

My dad, a WWII 82nd Airborne vet, also mentioned how he liked getting Red Cross smokes.

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Soldiers' best friend

Submitted by sometimes_dave on Tue, 03/14/2017 - 3:16pm.

Cigarettes were issued in U.S. government rations through the 1970s and to this day the Geneva Conventions prescribe a tobacco ration for prisoners of war.

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Green Lucky Strike packs

Submitted by bwayne on Tue, 03/14/2017 - 2:28pm.

Boy, I wish I had an unopened green pack of Luckies sitting in a display case. They were green until the start of WW2 when the chromium used in the ink was diverted to war production.

L.S.M.F.T. Childhood TV memory!

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Cigarettes

Submitted by Dag on Tue, 03/14/2017 - 1:52pm.

Its funny how times have changed. My dad a World War II vet used to tell me how welcome the Red Cross with the cigarettes were. He said the soldiers looked forward to it.

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Ty Cobb Approved

Submitted by bohneyjames on Tue, 03/14/2017 - 3:05pm.

of Tuxedo Tobacco in this 1915 ad. Apparently that was good enough for our young soldier.

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Holy Smokes!

Submitted by Root 66 on Tue, 03/14/2017 - 10:25am.

Could you imagine if the Red Cross passed out cigarettes in a hospital today?!? Yeah, me neither.

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