How did corporations convince women to smoke? How/why did smoking become less masculine over time?

by domocke

I know the story of Edward Bernays organizing a parade celebrating feminism (calling cigarettes 'freedom torches'), but I want to know more.

mimicofmodes

I actually have two answers dealing with women smoking! I hope they are helpful:

When did it become socially acceptable in the United States for women to smoke?

In Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited," the character Julia is depicted as smoking as a 19-year-old in 1923. Is this historically accurate? I know about "torches of freedom," but when and how did women in Europe start smoking?