Everyone seems to know about how The Flintstones promoted cigarettes in the show's early years (usually under the false pretense of it being advertised to kids), but how many are aware of these toys where smoking was the main feature? Below are the Lovable Smoking Traveler's Pets, issued in the early 1960s. Each of the three figures is accompanied by faux cigarettes, which can be lit to emit smoke like an actual cigarette. Fun for the whole family! I think what I love most about these figures though is their expressions. They have this strange, almost "deer in the headlights look" to them. Yogi Bear especially looks hilarious here.
As weird as these toys are, I guess they sold well. Or, at least, well enough to package all three into one set. This one might be a bit weirder, if only for the packaging depicting Yogi, Huckleberry Hound, and Quick Draw McGraw smoking their cigarettes. Definitely not something that would fly today!
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