Today is Thanksgiving in the U.S., so that means I, like all Americans, will spend the day being as gluttonous and self-indulgent as possible. And in honor of this decadent holiday here is an advertisement for Camel cigarettes that was in Life magazine in 1936. The ad argues that smoking cigarettes improves digestion and Camel recommends smoking at least one cigarette between each course of one’s Thanksgiving dinner “for digestion’s sake”. I wonder if this didn’t catch on because too many people were ashing in the gravy boat? Whatever the reason may be, I’d like to wish everyone a happy and healthy Thanksgiving.

Click on the image to see it full size. The entire text from the advertisement is below, too.