In the early 20th century, advertising posters for cigarettes and cigars emerged as a dominant art form, blending commercial interest with the aesthetic movements of the time, such as Art Nouveau and Art Deco. Unlike the text-heavy ads of the previous century, these posters relied on bold visual storytelling and vibrant color lithography to capture the public's imagination.
Tobacco companies hired renowned illustrators to create iconic imagery that associated smoking with prestige and luxury. For cigars, posters often featured tropical landscapes or regal figures to emphasize the “exotic” and premium nature of the tobacco. Meanwhile, cigarette posters began to shift toward lifestyle branding, depicting the “New Woman” or the “Sophisticated Gentleman” to make smoking appear as an essential accessory for modern life.
These posters were not just advertisements, they were powerful cultural artifacts that utilized psychological triggers, such as social belonging, health claims, and romanticism, to cement tobacco’s place in the daily routine of the early 1900s.
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| Manufacture de cigares C. Müller & Co, Payerne, Switzerland, circa 1900 |
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| Cigarettes Saphir, circa 1900s |
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| Cigarillos Paris, Fides, 1900 |
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| Los Cigarrillos Paris son los mejores, circa 1900s |
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| Murad, The Turkish Cigarette, 1900 |
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| Papier à Cigarettes Bloc Suez, circa 1900s |
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| Smoke Turkish Régie Cigarettes, circa 1900s |
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| Cigarrillos París son los mejores, 1901 |
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| Cigarrillos Paris, circa 1901 |
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| Cigarrillos Paris, Montmartre, 1901 |
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| Cigarrillos Paris, Tabaco Habano, circa 1901 |
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| Mokka, 1901 |
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| Peacock Cigarettes, 1902 |
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| Cigarrillos Mauser, 1905 |
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| Van Nelle's Shag Tobacco, "The Rising Hope", 1905 |
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| Cigarrillos La Marina, circa 1907 |
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| Phänomen Gold Feinste Cigarette, 1909 |
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| Cigarettes Gerber, Zürich, 1910 |
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| Dobbelmann's Goldhair Cigaretten zijn de beste, 1910 |
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| Dubec Cigarettes, circa 1910 |
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| Koninklijke Trio sigaren, circa 1910s |
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| Voilá, Le meilleur papier à cigarettes, circa 1910s |
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| Yphandi Cigarettes, circa 1910s |
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| Sefira Cigaretten, A. Constanin, Cigarettenfabrik, Hannover, 1912 |
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| Cigarettes Bastos, 1913 |
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| Egyptienne Luxury Cigarettes, Cork Tip, Convincingly Mild, 1913 |
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| Fatima Cigarettes, December 12, 1914 |
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| Salomé Cigarettes Orientales, Jean Sessler & Co., 1914 |
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| Helmar Turkish Cigarettes, 1915 |
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| Cigarillos Paris son los mejores, 1917 |
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| Riz La Croix cigarette papers, 1917 |
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| Je ne fume que le Nil, 1918 |
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| Murad, The Turkish Cigarette, 1918 |
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| Chesterfield Cigarettes, 1919 |
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| Les Cigarettes Mekka sont délicieuses, 1919 |
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