During the 1940's, infact from earlier smoking was always popular it was regarded as a social thing as drinking is sometimes nowadays.
Helen is a heavy smoking it is built into her characteristics whether it is done for fashion or for relief that is debateable. I feel when I really go into the sort of person Helen is I believe it would be for fashion purposes.
After further research it's clear that people were made to believe that smoking was recommended by the doctor and that it could "give you a slender figure". All these statements completely contradict the thoughts on smoking today.
However I am maintaining the character of the time and the image that those cigarette companies were after back then.
From India,so never seen these misguided and interesting commercials. This just proves we are puppets in the hands of some major power players who steer us wherever they want.
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