In article <fvdi64$ndl$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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(Paul Ciszek) wrote:
> <tlwright6@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> >I used to be a Marlboro smoker, and yes, there is a definite
> >difference in the way brands taste. The old "Winston tastes good like
> >a cigarette should" is a bunch of crap. Winstons always tasted flat.
> >Kents were better (my FIL used to be a Kent smoker), but still not as
> >good as the old red cowboy killers.
>
> I read somewhere that the original Marlboro man drown while riding
> a horse across an artificial pond for a photo shoot. Does anyone
> know if that really happened?
Snopes says a number of people ****trayed the Marlboro Man across Philip
Morris' advertising, two of whom died of lung cancer, ironically. Yep,
both smoked cigarettes.
<http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/marlboro.asp>
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