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Originally Posted by ullmandds
do we know when such cigars were sold? perhaps cigars were mainly consumed by adults whereas cigs were the "gateway" drug into smoking more likely to be picked up by kids?
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If it was a scenario where he had a "mild" aversion to children puffing... it would seem plausible that he would have no problem endorsing cigars - seen as an adult vice. But, if he was so against children indulging that he went out of his way to have his image removed from those printing T206 cards... it seems very unlikely that he would endorse a similar smoking product with packaging and advertising that prominently featured both his endorsement and image. That would paint the ole' Dutchman as quite the hypocrite... especially considering the cigars probably brought real revenue as an endorsed item, opposed to the small pittance paid for use of his image on cards.
On a side note... does it not seem odd that out of the hundreds of players that appear in The Monster, ONLY Wagner and Plank - two of the biggest contemporary stars coincidentally - served as the lone individuals to have their images pulled??