Well, there was nothing over-complimentary about this particular puff piece.
Censors and hypocrites aren’t the only targets that HUSTLER has taken aim at virtually since its inception. Early on, America’s Magazine took a hard stance on the dangers of smoking in a campaign that included this graphic gem from the November ’76 issue.
It doesn’t get much more blunt than this: A man holding a gun with a cigarette as a barrel to his mouth, smoke flowing from the cigarette’s tip as the guy’s bloody brains lay splattered behind him.