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How ‘Mad Men’ Made Smoking Glamorous—Then Deadly
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Betty and Don’s cigarette smoking was once supremely seductive. Then came Betty’s shock cancer diagnosis, and suddenly cigarettes have become a symbol of ‘Mad Men’s’ own death.
Lizzie Crocker
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May 12 2015
5:15AM EDT
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