During the period of government monopoly, cigarettes had a completely different image from the way they are regarded today as agents of harm, as the "factory song" on a wall of the factory bears witness: "... When talk is flowing smoothly, a cigarette after wine or tea boosts your health. Their sales bolster the national treasury, and sent abroad they bring glory to the nation!"
專賣時代，香菸的形象地位也迥異於菸害防制觀念盛行的今日，刻在牆上的「廠歌」即是證明：「… … 煙雲憑一息，眾口分讚揚；文人助文思，武人添力量；交際場中皆歡暢，酒後茶餘補健康；增產報國傾銷遠洋，為我國家爭榮光！」