The problem with this article is that it assumes hand-drawn advertising is directed toward and appeals to only children. Not one of the examples in the article has a child even appearing in the ad. Just because they used a comic book style format doesn't mean they were aimed at children. Were these ads placed in publications specifically aimed at children? You didn't find these ads in Boy's Life or My Weekly Reader. As far as I know, the only comic book that ran a cigarette ad was the old, Willie the Penguin comic book, and that was an ad for Kool cigarettes, who must have thought it was a good idea because their mascot was a penguin. The tobacco actually self-banned tobacco ads in comics back in 1964. The Flintstones, as the article noted, was a primetime show that families watched together. While using the characters to sell cigs wasn't a brilliant move, they were not specifically aiming their ads toward the kids. Mom and Dad were watching as well. Lucy and Ricky advertised cigarettes to the same audience as well. It was a common practice to run commercials in a show that contained the show's characters. Cigarette companies were guilty of glamorizing smoking and trying to gain customers but so does every other product and, at the time, it was legal. While I doubt the tobacco companies would lose sleep if the ads did convince underage kids to take up smoking, to say that the ads were directed specifically toward them isn't correct. We are far better off that these types of ads are now banned because, adult or child, promoting smoking is a bad idea.

Because tying your shoes is hard.

It's not necessary that Jane was a teenager when Judi was conceived. She could have conceived in the early months of her 20th year and given birth before she turned 21. In those days, however, it was common for people to get married just after high school. My mother was born in mid February and was 20 years old when I was born...in late February. That means she was 19 when I was conceived. My father was in the Air Force and my mother had been out of High School for almost two years.

Oddly enough, there are healthier alternatives to just about everything. Combine that with some people's love of telling others what they are doing wrong in their lives and you get articles like this one. Is sugar good for you? Not in the amounts an average 10 year old can consume if left to their own devices. However, treats are a part of childhood. The whole obesity in children thing is a fairly recent problem and has less to do with eating and more to do with inactivity. The problem with "educating" kids to the evils of sugar is that, in the kid's mind, they are immortal, junk food tastes good, and forbidden fruits are the most desired. Basically, feed the kid healthy meals, get them off their butts and moving around and treat sugary things like treats and not a food group.

Funky Freya is correct. Since there was no year 0, the first century was from year 1 to year 100 and the second century would start in the year 101. The 20th century would have begun in 1901 and all those folks who celebrated the new millennium in 2000 were a year early