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The same Edward Bernays also did a PR stunt to market cigarettes to women, calling them "torches of freedom", associating women's smoking (which was considered taboo at the time) with feminism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torches_of_Freedom

It is covered in the Adam Curtis documentary, 'The Century of the Self'.

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