Cute babies are used to drive up sales even today, but some of these vintage ads took things a little too far when they used babies to advertise all sorts of harmful products!
#1 Kids want their mothers to smoke.
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#2 Babies should eat meat at the age of 3 weeks! WHO guidelines don’t recommend meat before 6 months.
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#3 It’s totally safe for babies to be wrapped in plastic.
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4. Revolvers are ‘absolutely safe’.
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#5 Kids should drink cola as early as possible.
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#6 There’s nothing wrong with a baby holding a razor in his hand.
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#7 Men should tell their wives to hold the baby in while they finish their cigarettes.
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8. Pregnant women should smoke.
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#9 Malt beer is good for breastfeeding mothers.
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#10 Soft drinks are ‘pure and wholesome.’
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