"If we really had come a long way,
nobody would be calling us baby.”
Flo Kennedy
Tell it like it is Flo!!! I recall the days of Virginia Slims. All the "cool" women smoked them - perhaps it was the word "slim" in the title....I myself was a Benson & Hedges Longs kind of gal.....sigh......I guess the good old days weren't actually that good, were they?
nobody would be calling us baby.”
Flo Kennedy
Tell it like it is Flo!!! I recall the days of Virginia Slims. All the "cool" women smoked them - perhaps it was the word "slim" in the title....I myself was a Benson & Hedges Longs kind of gal.....sigh......I guess the good old days weren't actually that good, were they?
Virginia Slims Menthol - those were the ones that rocked!
ReplyDeleteI look at the picture and the slogan "you've come a long way baby" and I cringe. It is certainly not from the slogan, it is what comes with the promotion of the picture and the end results.
ReplyDeleteWorking in a cancer center has given me a whole new perspective about smoking. As a young woman, I would tell people if it tasted like steak and ice cream then I would be hooked, but fortunately it didn't. I have learned that what comes with smoking is almost a guarantee of a visit to your local cancer center.
My husband has been treated for the past two years for Stage I Bladder Cancer (if you are going to get cancer, Stage I is good) and they told him you can contribute that to all your years of smoking. I recall when we got married 16 years ago, I wouldn't let him smoke in the house. He gave it up because we lived in Oregon and he got tired of standing in the rain. I believe that is the best gift I could give him. Linda
Linda J. Klinefelter, MS
Patient Navigator
Olympic Medical Cancer Center
844 North 5th Avenue
Sequim, Washington 98382
email address: lklinefelter@olympicmedical.org
Office: 360-582-2845
Fax: 360-582-5616
Wow - thanks Linda. That was powerful indeed.....I wish my husband would quit smoking. At 55 he is playing with fire.....but it has to be his choice.
ReplyDeleteI myself,was all about the Virginia Slims,so there,that says it all,now I know for sure ,I was cool!
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