More Doctors Smoke Camels Commercial from Richard Diamond—02/09/1951 by The WallBreakers published on 2020-08-20T13:09:00Z In the winter of 1951, Dick Powell was starring as Richard Diamond Private Detective Friday evenings at 8PM on ABC. The program was sponsored by Camels cigarettes. Their ad campaign touted the lack of throat irritation from smoking unfiltered camels and that more doctors were smoking their brand than any others. Genre Storytelling