Cultural References
Kurt Vonnegut, who was a Pall Mall smoker himself, used the brand in several of his novels. He was quoted as saying that they were "a classy way to commit suicide."
The brand was the sponsor of M Squad, a television program which ran on NBC during the late-1950s. Lee Marvin, the show's star, appeared on its commercials during the episodes.
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