Smoking Billboard color-yellow City Hall stands in front

City Hall stands in front of Newspaper Row -- the former publishing headquarters of The World (left)

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Smoking Billboard color-yellow City Hall stands in frontThe landmark Camel sign blew its last oversized puff of smoke in Times Square more than 50 years ago. The two story sign had been "smoking" since a few days after the attack on Pearl Harbor. During World War II, the model morphed from sailor to soldier to marine to airman and back again, every four months, The New York Times reported. But in 1966, RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company decided that the iconic puffing billboard had done its work. The company's