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Marlboro Man

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The Resume

    (1955-1999)
    Icon for Marlboro Cigarettes
    Created by Leo Burnett agency in Chicago
    Philip Morris introduces Marlboro as a woman's cigarette (1902)
    Marlboro becomes the best selling cigarette in the world (1972)
    Marlboro overtook Winston as the best selling cigarette in the U.S. (1975)

Why he might be annoying:

    He smokes and probably has cancer.
    Wayne McLaren (a Marlboro Man model), dying of lung cancer, begged Philip Morris at shareholders meeting, to limit the ad campaign (they refuse - April, 1992).
    Wayne McLaren died of lung cancer at 51 years old (July, 1992).
    Marlboro Man, David McLaren, died of lung cancer at 71 years old (1995).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He is the rugged cowboy type.
    When the Marlboro Cowboy was introduced, Marlboro was smoked by only .0025% of all U.S. smokers (1954).

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 120 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 131 Votes: 60.31% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 243 Votes: 55.97% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 73 Votes: 56.16% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 368 Votes: 64.13% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 112 Votes: 83.93% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 24 Votes: 54.17% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 21 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 31 Votes: 58.06% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 52 Votes: 82.69% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 56 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 174 Votes: 40.23% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 69 Votes: 75.36% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 222 Votes: 74.32% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 175 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 332 Votes: 69.88% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 396 Votes: 64.39% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 768 Votes: 69.40% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 2117 Votes: 71.61% Annoying
    In 2001, Out of 5142 Votes: 66.57% Annoying