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Daily Dose of Dr. Odd: Physcial Culture, 1920, Part II: Women & Cigarettes

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This is a continuation of the Health-into-the-Future post–for MEN!–brought to modernity in 1920 or so via your friendly neighborhood tobacco conglomerate.  Yes, these are tobacco cards, given away with a pack of smokes, and were intended in their coy way to try and keep the smoker living longer tobacco-filled lives–after all, the longer a smoker lives, the more they can smoke, and so it was to the producers’ benefit to keep their subjects both loyal and healthful. [Source:  New York Public Library Digital Collections, here.]

Exercise 1. For the thigh muscles.

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