16 outrageous tobacco ads that would be illegal today

Everyone knows by now that smoking isn't good for your health. The cigarette was even called "the deadliest artefact in the history of human civilisation" by Stanford University researchers.

But thanks in part to ingenious marketing campaigns throughout the 1900s, 10 million cigarettes were being sold every minute around the world by the year 2000, according to the World Health Organization.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Stanford School of Medicine's "Research into the Impact of Tobacco Advertising."

Over the years, the project has published more than 16,000 vintage tobacco ads.

Most of them would be completely illegal in many countries today - including Britain, where all tobacco advertising is outlawed.