Spoiler Alert: For all of us
Mad Men fans who have been
holding our breaths these past
weeks leading up to the finale,
the first character bombshell
was dropped last night when
Betty, Don's ex-wife, played
by January Jones, found out
that even though she's barely
forty, she has Stage 4 lung
cancer brought on by smoking
two packs of Salems a day. My
dad died the same year this is
set from lung cancer after
smoking two packs a day.
I can relate.
Take a puff...it's Springtime!
This is quite the parable for a
show that began with her
account executive husband Don
securing the Lucky Strike
advertising account for their up
and coming ad firm. Here are a
few of the ads that no doubt got
Betty hooked on the up and
coming menthol brand...
and one of Betty in action...
Romancing The Smoke is John Aaron's blog about his lifelong battle to quit smoking (which he did more than nine years ago) and the stories, history and news in the absurd world of Tobacco and Nicotine. Author of Romancing The Smoke: Reflections of a Nicotine Addict, John illustrated writer Sean Daly's memoir and completed his second book, Aaron's Book of Contemporary Demons. Romancing The Smoke can be found on Amazon. Twitter: @romancethesmoke
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Are you paying over $5 / pack of cigs? I'm buying high quality cigarettes over at Duty Free Depot and I'm saving over 70% from cigs.
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