<p> They're incredible by today's standards, but once upon a time, these advertisements were perfectly acceptable.</p>.<p>From one that claims smoking is healthy to one telling mothers they should give Coca-Cola to their babies, they provide a fascinating insight into a time gone by, the Daily Mail reports.<br /><br />One even tries to promote cocaine a remedy for toothache."More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette" boasts one campaign for the brand which ran for eight years from 1946 in America.<br /><br />The advert also suggests smokers use their "T-zone" - taste and throat - to decide which cigarettes they like best.<br /><br />Another advertisement for American flavoured cigarette brand Tapalet even suggests men will entice a girlfriend if they smoke the brand, the Mail said Monday.<br /><br />Their poster from the early 1970's states: "Blow in her face and she'll follow you anywhere."<br /><br />An advertisement for Drummond Sweaters which featured in Esquire magazine in 1959 also has obvious sexist undertones, claiming: "Men are better than women!"<br />It features a female struggling to climb a mountain as two men stand on top next to the words: "Indoors women are useful - even pleasant. On a mountain they are something of a drag.<br /><br />"So don't go hauling them up a cliff just to show off your Drummond climbing sweaters. These pullovers look great anywhere."<br /><br />An advertisement for Kelloggs vitamins from the 1930s even states: "The harder a wife works the cuter she looks."<br /><br />And 30 years later in the 1960s a Kenwood chef entices male buyers by saying: "The chef does everything but cook - that's what wives are for."<br /><br />Women were also offered advice as one advertisement from the 1950s suggests they should give their children Coca-Cola "for a better start in life."<br /><br />The poster lists the benefits as: "Promotes active lifestyle", "Boosts personality," and "Gives the body essential sugars".<br /><br />Cocaine toothache drops were also offered as beneficial to children - with this one from 1885 advising it would get rid of the pain.<br /><br />Cocaine was sold over the counter in the US until 1914.<br />Overweight children were also catered for in the 1950s with American clothing company Lane Bryant offering "Charming chubby-size clothes. For teens too chubby to fit in regular clothes".</p>
<p> They're incredible by today's standards, but once upon a time, these advertisements were perfectly acceptable.</p>.<p>From one that claims smoking is healthy to one telling mothers they should give Coca-Cola to their babies, they provide a fascinating insight into a time gone by, the Daily Mail reports.<br /><br />One even tries to promote cocaine a remedy for toothache."More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette" boasts one campaign for the brand which ran for eight years from 1946 in America.<br /><br />The advert also suggests smokers use their "T-zone" - taste and throat - to decide which cigarettes they like best.<br /><br />Another advertisement for American flavoured cigarette brand Tapalet even suggests men will entice a girlfriend if they smoke the brand, the Mail said Monday.<br /><br />Their poster from the early 1970's states: "Blow in her face and she'll follow you anywhere."<br /><br />An advertisement for Drummond Sweaters which featured in Esquire magazine in 1959 also has obvious sexist undertones, claiming: "Men are better than women!"<br />It features a female struggling to climb a mountain as two men stand on top next to the words: "Indoors women are useful - even pleasant. On a mountain they are something of a drag.<br /><br />"So don't go hauling them up a cliff just to show off your Drummond climbing sweaters. These pullovers look great anywhere."<br /><br />An advertisement for Kelloggs vitamins from the 1930s even states: "The harder a wife works the cuter she looks."<br /><br />And 30 years later in the 1960s a Kenwood chef entices male buyers by saying: "The chef does everything but cook - that's what wives are for."<br /><br />Women were also offered advice as one advertisement from the 1950s suggests they should give their children Coca-Cola "for a better start in life."<br /><br />The poster lists the benefits as: "Promotes active lifestyle", "Boosts personality," and "Gives the body essential sugars".<br /><br />Cocaine toothache drops were also offered as beneficial to children - with this one from 1885 advising it would get rid of the pain.<br /><br />Cocaine was sold over the counter in the US until 1914.<br />Overweight children were also catered for in the 1950s with American clothing company Lane Bryant offering "Charming chubby-size clothes. For teens too chubby to fit in regular clothes".</p>
