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1. Mr. eX on November 23rd, 2009 at 3:21 pm:

   I’m not even a smoker and I find most of these ads not only incredibly patronizing, but false. Second hand smoke isn’t all that dangerous.

2. Kat Gordon on November 23rd, 2009 at 6:02 pm:

   Is the goal of these ads to prove that smoking is dangerous and gross? If so, they’re terrific. I’d rather see a brilliant campaign offer help to the people in the grip of this vice. Isn’t what we want a world where smokers can quit, rather than just be chastised for their choices?

3. Dany on November 24th, 2009 at 1:53 am:

   Beautiful campaigns!

   For those who love creative ads, I also recommand: http://dyvantity.com/inspiration/focus-on-vokswagen-prints-12/

   Regards!

4. Flug on November 24th, 2009 at 5:16 am:

   Damn….What a crazy kind of advertising….Sadly, I haven’t seen this before. The people who have created these ads should get a price. And they should try to distribute it. If tv channels would broadcast it, if newspapers would print it, i think the rate of smokers would decrease.
   To be honest, i am a smoker. But since I have seen those pictures I am thinking about them.
   The creativity is amazing….Please publish those ads all over the world….

5. Vince Golangco on November 24th, 2009 at 11:19 pm:

   Wow! Do you know which ones were most effective? And what type of statistics are available as far as the effectiveness of these campaigns? This is really cool! Smoking = Stupid.

6. jimc152 on November 25th, 2009 at 8:45 am:

   According to CDC, approximately 38,000 deaths per year can be attributed to secondhand smoke. Nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke at home or work increase their risk of developing heart disease by 25 to 30 percent and lung cancer by 20 to 30 percent. In addition, secondhand smoke causes respiratory problems in nonsmokers, such as coughing, phlegm, and reduced lung function. Children exposed to secondhand smoke are at an increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome, acute respiratory infections, ear problems, and more severe asthma.

7. Cat on November 25th, 2009 at 7:35 pm:

   Today I decided to give up smoking. I looked these up to give me inspiration – job done.

8. Xobb on November 26th, 2009 at 9:29 am:

   Awesome! That’s a really inspiring to quit smoking. I should try at least.

9. bart on November 30th, 2009 at 2:42 am:

   it’s all crap and none of them will stop noone smoking. You better read a book of /allen .carr ‘ easyway to stop smoking’ and u will find a solution. since ive rode this 6 months ago I reduced smoking from 20 to 0 in one day and i have never felt better than now. Good luck

10. tom on November 30th, 2009 at 7:57 pm:

    @bart noone is saying that these ads stop you smoking instantly. Oh and the funniest thing is that some comments above you say about quiting LOL

11. Anti Smoking Ads on December 4th, 2009 at 4:29 am:

    Very creative yet powerful adverts designed to promote one message…stop smoking. I’m an ex smoker but it takes more than looking at pictures to quit – it takes will power and support from peers around you. But stick at it and you will get there in the end…it’s worth it. Now I can’t believe I used to put that sh!t inside me!

12. NoSmoke on December 5th, 2009 at 8:38 am:

    To Mr. eX. If you seriously believe second hand smoke “isn’t all that dangerous” you have a whole lot to learn. When you smoke a cigarette, at least there is a filter on the cigarette so a few things get filtered out but the smoke that still burns of the tip has no filter. meaning everyone around is inhaling more chemicals than the smoker themselves. Also many smokers don’t take full lungfuls of smoke however the people around are breathing regularly and every breath they take is filled with chemicals that they have no choice to breathe in or not adults at least can choose not to be around this person but children with smoking parents don’t even have this choice. They are basically being forced by their parents to smoke.

13. Will on December 8th, 2009 at 3:03 am:

    Some great ideas here – and a lot of dark humour.
    Always a surprise to me when people take to ash.
    Whatever lights your candle …

    Cheers

    Will

14. Kaizu on December 8th, 2009 at 11:46 am:

    NoSmoke: “meaning everyone around is inhaling more chemicals than the smoker themselves”

    What? I agree on most of your points but that doesn’t make much sence.

    I just quit smoking 2 days ago, still haven’t touched one. These adds might help a bit yeah, remembers me what i’m doing it for. At this moment it’s just willpower, and the idea to be in control of my own body instead of the nicotine.

    Except for parents with children i find the whole “smoking is homocide” thing pretty stupid. If you don’t want to inhale smoke make sure you don’t stand near smokers. Besides the smoke from vehicles is killing a lot more people than a few smokers could.

    I’m going to grab another cookie, not smoking makes me want to eat.

15. Ferret on December 13th, 2009 at 2:22 pm:

    This page made me want a cigarette something fierce.

16. Josh on December 13th, 2009 at 7:01 pm:

    @Ferret I hate to say it, but I agree with you. rofl I guess another one bites the dust eh?

17. Ciiiiiiiiiiiigz on December 14th, 2009 at 4:00 pm:

    @Ferret you’ve got no idea
    @Kaizu I quit two days ago as well and Ferret’s post is true, that’s what these ad’s provoked in me. I’m quitting just because I have an opportunity to and I guess I should take it, because you’re supposed to quit… right?

18. Tsveta Nesheva on December 21st, 2009 at 8:01 am:

    Brilliant ideas!

19. barnnnn on January 3rd, 2010 at 1:25 pm:

    Grats for the blog, im addicted to your contents. Weekly impressive updates. I hope u update eventually xdd

20. Brooklynn on January 7th, 2010 at 4:59 pm:

    meh, I smoke, not a chain smoker not a pack a day person or even close. but These don’t affect me. i laugh at most of those

21. johnnywar on January 8th, 2010 at 4:10 am:

    Well i smoked for 4 years. I started quitting 3 weeks ago. To be honest about the second hand smoke; with an exception to children and parents, second hand smoke isn’t more harmful than smoking. All of my friends smoke and most of my family members smoke, and all of the smokers i know are extremely considerate of “non” smokers. They all make sure they are far from others that do not smoke. I think most smokers are like this, therefore second hand smoke is bull. In addition, the non smokers that come up to smokers to ask them to put it out are stupid. They are walking into the smoke and choosing to inhale the second hand smoke. There are a lot of dumb non smokers who need to become educated about smoking before they try to persecute those who smoke. And as for these ads, they are pretty comical. And some do tempt one to smoke.

22. Adam on January 15th, 2010 at 6:21 pm:

    awesome, the simplest ones are the best. — shotgun and the hospital bed…its like wow! thats pure creativity!

23. random on January 19th, 2010 at 7:09 pm:

    “Carry on taking rubbish in to your mouth” is rubbish itself.The one who made it is either feminist or is having wierd prejudices against oral sex. Also – if sperm is rubbish, what are we, who evolve fom it? x]

24. JD on January 30th, 2010 at 5:30 pm:

    I wonder how many of these comments are from people wo actually know the statistics, or if they had to copy/paste to feel that they have proven some sort of point. The fact of the matter is that tobacco is a plant that grew on God’s green earth long before people decided to smoke it. Plant= not to blame. The use of the product, while unhealthy, is what’s called a personal choice. don’t judge me for my choices, just as i don’t judge those who drink, or eat that horrific fast food (which, by the way, i would consider to be ruining far more lives) that everyone seems to be so excited about. Smokers don’t need this grief. Ask any smoker if they know how bad it is for them, they’ll say they know and implore you to not get into it. it’s not a matter of education. if you want more people to quit, leave the information where it is and leave them alone. those who will quit will quit and those who accept the consequence of their personal choice can take the chances, which aren’t nearly as bad as it seems. cigarettes don’t cause cancer, they just increase the risk.

    creative ads, but some were too offensive to be ignored. leave me alone to smoke.

25. s on February 3rd, 2010 at 4:27 pm:

    NoSmoke: Are you serious? You mean that if i smoke cigarettes i dont inhale secondary smoke? I inhale BOTH secondary smoke and the “original one”, so how come non-smokers inhale more harmful chemicals?

26. wwwwwwwwwww on February 20th, 2010 at 3:54 pm:

    wow uhh the comment that says secondhand isnt that bad is kind of dumb..
    second hand smoke is one of the most dangerous things out there. if you work in a smoking bar for 5 years you have a greater chance of getting lung cancer than anyone else. think about it.

27. Studenten on March 2nd, 2010 at 1:30 pm:

    Fortunately, the universities have smoke-free. We’ve had enough already when we inhale the smoke of smokers. Universities should be smoke free.

28. rygestop on March 10th, 2010 at 9:01 am:

    Great site and nice pictures you have posted. Awesome!
    I stop smoking after been hypnose. It is one of the best way. Give it a try.

29. Ben on March 16th, 2010 at 11:54 am:

    I smoked a pack a day for two and a half years. I’m 18. I quit at New Years eve 2010, and I’m still off it. Actually today is day #75. No ad, no matter how creative, could get me to stop smoking. Neither could will-power. I actually am getting paid to quit for six months ($1000). I can’t promise anything, but I have a feeling that this is going to be permanent. I’m not gonna say crap like, “I feel great!”. Of course I don’t feel great! I miss smoking as hell!
    Still graciously accepting donations of secondhand smoke.

30. Kong on March 24th, 2010 at 11:03 pm:

    @mr .eX you shld do some research first before you speak. It is well known that the effects of second hand smoke on a person is far worse than the effects suffered by the person who is smoking. Anyway nice ads this will be good to encourage smokers to quit and also deter people who may wanna try it. Good Job.

31. metadot on April 9th, 2010 at 8:17 am:

    I stopped smoking without the ads without anything like that I just got some sense and felt it destroying me, though it is all about self control. These ads are beautiful artistically but sick. They are simple scare tactics they aim to impose fear which is psychological torture which is what people are relying on to control others which is wrong on so many levels no matter the cause. The amount people smoke is the problem but in these days of high stress you can understand why someone might need that nicotine fix 30 times a day. Imo any parent who needs these ads to understand not to smoke near their own children should never have been parents in the first place it is common sense.

32. Factoid Factus on April 12th, 2010 at 3:05 pm:

    Most of the studies about second hand smoke are BS.

    The WHO published the biggest, most comprehensive study years ago and it came inconclusive. It also stated that people subjected to second hand smoke when kids were less prone to develop lung cancer when they were old; sort of a vaccine effect. Political correctness made the bury it straight away. The HSE also was commissioned a study before the ban on smoking on the UK with the same results.

    http://cleanairquality.blogspot.com/2004/03/who-report-passive-smoking-doesnt-cause.html

    ” The evidential link between individual circumstances of exposure to risk in exempted premises will be hard to establish. In essence, HSE cannot produce epidemiological evidence to link levels of exposure to SHS to the raised risk of contracting specific diseases and it is therefore difficult to prove health-related breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act.”

    wispofsmoke.net/PDFs/255_15.pdf

    The only argument non-smokers can brandish against smokers is that second hand smoke smells bad. This debate becomes, thus, a matter of taste. I like it, you don’t. I had to breath disgusting perfumes, sweat, etc… and I do not complain. Living in a society means having to put up with other people’s petty annoyances.

    Besides, as CS Lewis put it: “Of all tyrannies,” he wrote, “a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”

33. Marc Carlin on April 18th, 2010 at 7:16 pm:

    These are some really beautiful images that tell an amazing tale.
    Very enjoyable look at the stop smoking industry, and the
    funny way that we humans have looked at cigarette smoking
    over the years.
    If I was a smoker, I’d definitely want to stop.

34. Super Target Me on April 29th, 2010 at 4:56 pm:

    OMG!! Great ads!!!

35. millymartinez on May 2nd, 2010 at 3:55 pm:

    Jeez. theses ads are amazing… ive never seen any of these campaigns before…

36. Nate on May 6th, 2010 at 11:37 am:

    Damn, those are very creative.

    Time for a smoke!

37. Bemused on May 12th, 2010 at 3:43 pm:

    Second hand smoke, as Factoid Factus pointed out, has been proven to cause nothing. It is believed to be linked to increased risks of disease though those beliefs are, at best, based upon supposition and wishes. What truly amuses me is the argument that the smoke the “second handers” are getting is unfiltered and therefore worse. Quality of the smoke is not the only thing to consider; quantity too must factor in.

    At worst 10-20% of a cigarette, smoked by a habitual smoker, is released without first being filtered. The other 80-90% (these figures are based on the amount of burn down that I personally view when smoking) is filtered not only by the filter on the cigarette but is further filtered, absorbed, and otherwise reduces in volume by the smoker’s lungs. Assuming a 50% filtration rate, which, let’s be perfectly honest, is wishful thinking, the smoker still would ingest 40-45% of the the total chemicals in the cigarette, the filter would take care of another 40-45% and the poor second hand victim is left with the remaining 10-20%. Unless that person is literally sitting directly over the cigarette in question and purposefully inhaling the smoke there is no way that said person is going to inhale a significant portion of unfiltered smoke.

    Beyond that many of the chemicals that are released from cigarettes are those that the body can handle and digest in relatively small quantities. Unless you live with a heavy smoker, or work in a bar as was mentioned earlier, there is absolutely no way that you are going to, in the course of your daily lives, inhale enough second hand smoke to cause any health concerns. I will not even get into the bogus research that claims cigarette smoking itself is a cause of cancer or that if you smoke between the ages of 20-55 and maintain a healthy lifestyle it has been shown that your risk for any of the diseases associated with smoking is increased infinitesimally.

    This reminds me of the legalization debate; I hate it because everyone else does and, no, I have not, and will not, try it. The TV tells me what believe….sheep.

38. Taco on May 23rd, 2010 at 3:07 am:

    To all those saying that second hand smoke isn’t dangerous at all, I highly, HIGHLY doubt that. Don’t lie to yourself and spread anything around that could give people out there the “OK” to smoke around others.

    We should all just assume the worst can happen from smoking. DON’T DO IT. Don’t take your chances and think yourself and OTHERS will be completely unaffected by YOUR bad habit.

    And good ads, by the way. I don’t smoke and never plan to. I think smoking is for tools. :/

    Smoking Maryjane on the other hand… :O I have no problem with!

39. sophistes on May 25th, 2010 at 3:11 pm:

    Argh.

    From a copywriter’s point of view, these ads range from pretty good to borderline brilliant, with a couple odd ones out that bug me (the ““You wouldn’t ignore this warning. Why ignore them on cigarette packs?” slogan is terrible, for instance). But despite my appreciation of the creative work here, the message just makes me angry.

    We smokers hear about the bad effects of our habit every other day, we don’t need it shoved in our faces yet another way. I endorse presentations in schools about why smoking is bad, just as I grudgingly accept that my friends’ constant nagging is just a sign that they care about my health. But I don’t need strangers, or even worse, billboards and tv spots preaching to me, especially not in this holier-than-thou way. I enjoy smoking, and I will do it even with the knowledge that I am shortening my own lifespan. I go out of my way not to inconvenience non-smokers, other than that, it is noone else’s business what I do with my own body. People are welcome to inform me about possible consequences, and they may even show care, but I am always outraged when my habit is treated like it is a sickness or a sign of weakness or whatever. I don’t need your pity, I don’t need advice, I JUST NEED MY FUCKING SPACE.

    Thank you, carry on.

40. Alison on June 8th, 2010 at 12:49 pm:

    Some of these ads are absolutely ridiculous. The two most offensive are “Carry on” and “Non-smoking area”. Carry on is implying that smoking women and men are sexually promiscuous which is absolute bullcrap. There are some smokers who are and there are non-smokers who are. Anti-cigarette ads should not make crude assumptions such as this, it is highly offensive and just plain disgusting. As for the “Non-smoking area”, that graveyard is quite obviously a military graveyard and using a place as sacred as that is horrific. Graveyards as a use of advertisement (which is what it is in this context) is horrific and absurd. It is implying that smokers die and non-smokers live forever which is, again, absurd. And the arguments on secondhand smoke are ridiculous as well. With the exception of a child in a home or a car of a smoker without any fresh air, secondhand smoke is NOT a “leading cause of death” or anything like that. Yes, there are chemicals that are unfiltered – but the chemicals get so diluted from the surrounding oxygen that there is no way it could affect any surrounding people any more than exhaust from cars, etc. I understand that smoking is very bad for health but making implications to make unfair judgments on people and their personal LEGAL choices is ridiculous and counter-productive. THOU SHALL NOT JUDGE.

41. Elena on June 8th, 2010 at 1:01 pm:

    I don’t believe ads stop people from smoking for the most part, although awareness of the health impact of smoking increased my motivation to quit, i struggled with it for years – the first time i quit, i’d had an auto accident and was laid off for a month; the second time i quit, i did it through nic-anon. There is a lot more to quitting than just motivating people to do it and ads don’t provide the kind of information to cut through the “i know i should but i can’t” belief system. too many people have tried and failed so many times they just give up.

    on the other hand, i do think ads fulfill a very positive function, which is to PREVENT people from ever starting smoking.

    what i wish they could also do, is effectively show how incredibly difficult it is to stop once you’ve gotten hooked, because if you’ve never been physically addicted you have absolutely no appreciation for how tortuous it really is and what a mind-f*ck it really is. i know when i first started i had no appreciation for what i was getting myself into. also, i wish there was more information out there for active smokers about *how* to go about quitting and particularly how to deal more effectively with the cognitive distortions that go with addiction. the “give up, you’ll never make it” voices in your head that get louder and louder as time goes by. the physical craving. nicanon absolutely saved my life, and for the guy who was in the chatroom the day i came in on day 3 having a panic attack and crying my eyes out, and told me to try deep breathing, you got me over the hump and i will be forever grateful.

42. Smoker Joe on June 8th, 2010 at 1:38 pm:

    f*cking retarded

43. unknownkadath on June 8th, 2010 at 3:46 pm:

    well, I started smoking at 13. You could walk into any convenience store and find 8 different candy tobacco products. I’m 40 now. I quit smoking 2 years ago. Now I smoke occasionally, when I’m at a party or just when the mood strikes me. Maybe 2 packs a month.I’ve come to grips with it. But seriously, if it’s so harmful, why is it not illegal? Same for alcohol. Shit kills more people than heroin and it’s legal? oh yeah, lots o tax money and fines levied there. Whine all you want, we need the money.

44. jayyy on June 8th, 2010 at 5:50 pm:

    I don’t know statistics on chemicals, secondhand smoke or how many people quit after seeing these ads. All I know is that both my younger brother and I have been hospitalized on multiple occasions for lung diseases. Neither of us were born with them. We developed them after too much time with our smoking parents. So I don’t need statistics to know that it’s awful to be told that as captain of the swim team that you have to quit, or to see your three-year-old brother in an oxygen tent, or to see your godmother dying of throat cancer. I know my mother quit three years ago and I couldn’t be prouder. And I’m only 17 but I know that I will never touch a cigarette as long as I live.

45. Erin on June 8th, 2010 at 6:59 pm:

    What a waste of money. Ads like these do not get smokers to quit.

46. Ness on June 8th, 2010 at 7:29 pm:

    F*cking stupid. Everybody who smokes knows it could kill them. It does some, it doesn’t others. So f*ckin’ what? I don’t even smoke and I think this sh*t is stupid.

47. Deanna on June 8th, 2010 at 10:38 pm:

    Wow! These ads are great! They should be posted everywhere!

48. Trib neek on June 9th, 2010 at 12:02 am:

    These ads are dumb. I smoked for 3 years and never payed attention to any of these ads or any warning label. The only way I managed to quit was through reasoning with myself and getting myself to quit.
    If anything they promote smoking’s bad image, which in turn gets more frustrated youth to turn their feelings of rebellion into smoking cigarettes.

49. James on June 9th, 2010 at 12:31 am:

    Wow these are some great Ad’s…..wish I saw them around more often.

50. James on June 9th, 2010 at 12:32 am:

    Some great Ad’s. Wish I saw them around more.

51. shubham wadhwa on June 9th, 2010 at 4:12 am:

    it is really bad

52. bwhitevc on July 5th, 2010 at 3:56 pm:

    now i need a smoke.

53. dylan on July 10th, 2010 at 7:57 am:

    i agree with all these ads, but honestly after looking at all that i really need a smoke…

54. kayla on July 29th, 2010 at 7:20 am:

    im smoking while reading this. how can they equate my smoking outside my home, on the porch, to putting a plastic bag over my daughters head or handing her a cigarette? completely absurd. and why cant i publish pro-smoking ads? if this was truly a free country i would be able to.

55. Vincent on July 30th, 2010 at 6:39 am:

    Many are saying good advertisements and they should be everywhere. Then please be kine enough, take permission and put the advertisements which you like in the place you live. And believe me people who do this, there were will be many advertisements everywhere.

    Secondly, if you want to SMOKE, THEN PLEASE GO AHEAD. BUT PLEASE DO NOT HAVE THE GUTS OF KILLING OTHER PEOPLE BY YOUR SMOKE. PLEASE INHALE THE SMOKE.

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