I heard that the actor who was the Marlboro Man in TV commercials died of lung cancer from smoking. Is that true? Origins: When a prominent study was released in the 1950s linking smoking to lung ...

In one of the 20th century’s most famous ad campaigns, which began in the 1950s, he was a rugged but ... who have played him in ads have died of smoking-related diseases. The latest was Eric ...

"We knew the first modern studies on smoking and lung cancer were posted in the 1950s but the tobacco industry ... announced that it would no longer air tobacco commercials before 9 p.m. The ...

they were cheap and widely popular — costing just 25 cents a pack on average in the 1950s. In 1965, 42% of adults smoked. Since then, the adult smoking rate has declined and now stands at 14%.