Edie Adams made smoking sexy and fashionable

(citizensvoice) For more than a decade, Edie Adams appeared in magazine ads and television commercials as the pitch-lady for Muriel cigars. Clad in a sequined, low-cut dress, the blonde temptress taunted men with her scintillating come-on line, "Why don't you pick one up and smoke it sometime?" More popular was the commercial in which Adams pitched the 10-cent cigars by breathily singing, "Hey, big spender, spend a little dime with me." Continued