When Listerine made cigarettes

A long-lost brand, and singularly odd one. Like discovering Spicy Cajun Visine Hot Sauce lurking in the product's history.

listerine cigarettes.....

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PhosPhorious

Is this supposed to provide protection against smoker’s breath? Because that would make some kind of sense. . . I guess. . .
Navin_Johnson

Seems like the same kind of twisted brain that conjured up menthol cigarettes.
petertrepan

When it burns your lungs, that’s how you know it’s working!
http://evilbobdayjob.blogspot.com/ Deidzoeb

For a minute I thought it was Listerine that made the “feminine odor” ad from the fifties, but that was Lysol. What a relief. Cuz I’m thinkin “Honey, why does the mouthwash taste so funny?”

http://boingboing.net/2010/07/03/remarkably-frank-lys.html
http://twitter.com/linuggz chris rogers

man, Spicy Cajun Visine Hot Sauce would be really rough if used for either one…..
pjcamp

Here:

http://books.google.com/books?id=OigDAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false

you can see how it gets rid of dandruff too.
Matto

This still happens. In India there is a company that makes chewing tobacco and mouthwash. They were recently caught up in a controversy in Australia where they had advertising material at Australian Cricket matches that were broadcast in both Australia and India, although there is a ban on advertising tobacco products on Australian TV. Not many Australians noticed because the signs were in Hindi, however the company claims that they were advertising the mouthwash. It’s a bit like if Marlboro also sold chewing gum and had ads everywhere saying “Celebrity X enjoys Marlboro!”.
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  Even the BBC admitted that they weren’t sure what was going on with that one.
magister418

i knew a cute charming mongolian girl who used minty eye drops. that freaked me the hell out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya-FfsooBkU
magister418

i tried them (the drops). they do in fact sting. but after the sting, it does have a somewhat refreshing feeling too.
ryane

A lot of my friends love sricha. I do too. However, when they say it makes everything better, I usually reply with “except contact lens solution”.