Late Night Grab Bag: Asthma Cigarettes July 17, 2014July 15, 2014 thepharmaphile Pharmaculture, Pharmacy apothecary, Asthma, Cough, ephemera, history, medical, Medicine, Pharmacy, Respiratory disease, United States, vintage No words are necessary here. Asthma cigarettes didn’t contain tobacco, but a proprietary blend of herbs believed to help asthmatics breathe better. And they worked, but not that well. They were pulled off the market once safer medications were available.