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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1925
Page
7
Citywide promotion urges smokers to buy a tin of 100 Lucky Strikes at 45¢, with the dealer and government tax details noted. Promises to prove superiority of the toasting process and entice friends to try the product, limited by supply and sale timing.
Public notice explains cigarette taxes comprise about half the price, with a 75c tin incurring 30c in revenue stamps and Lucky Strike taxes totaling 182 million. It argues tax burden supports federal revenue and highlights toasting improves flavor, citing Alfred W. McCann on factory sanitation and urging trials to gain customers.
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