25 ads you should see before you light up another cigarette

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Who said that the last puff of a cigarette is sweeter than the first kiss of a girl? Do you think so? If yes, before you go for these sweeter-than-first kiss sensations, you should see these ads.

For all those people who think that the last puff of a cigarette is sweeter than the first kiss of a girl, and for all those who think that it is time to stop smoking before it stops you, here is a list of 20 creative anti-smoking advertising initiatives.

With cigarettes, your life goes to ashes
20071105084841496This Brazilian ad meticulously depicts the danger of cigarette smoking. With an equally powerful caption (With cigarettes, your life goes to ashes.) and suitable art direction, the ad is an effective anti-smoking effort. Advertising agency is Staff, Rio de Janeiro.

Don’t burn your life-time
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The ad symbolically indicates the life-threatening ill-effects of smoking

Benefits of leading a nicotine-free life
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This ad as part of the anti-smoking campaign by Cancer patient’s Aid Organization, focuses on the benefits of leading a nicotine-free life. This is, to some extent a bit different from other anti-smoking advertising efforts, as the main focus is a ‘positive’ one(benefits of nicotine-free life), instead of the negative approach(dangers of cigarette smoking). Advertising agency is Percept H, India.

Anti-Smoking Billboard, using 15,000 cigarettes butts
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This is indeed a ‘huge’ advertising initiative from the part of the Peruvian League of fight against cancer. The billboard, made by using 15,000 cigarettes butts, implies how a person who smokes causes damages to his family.

Smoking kills
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The ad warns us against the lethal nature of smoking.

Non-smoking areaantismoking15A slightly humorous approach to a serious subject can not ensure its ability to communicate the basic message. However, this ad clearly conveys the message and implies that smoking causes premature deaths. This ad has been created as part of the No Tobacco Day, which is observed around the world every year on May 31

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Exercise is a great way to control the urge to smoke. Go on, knock that cigarette out.

Your mouth becomes an ash trayantismokingads23Well, the ad conveys the message through the depiction of contrasting and dangerous possibilities. This beautiful mouth is, through smoking, becoming actually an ash tray.

No tobacco!
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Nothing more to say. This arresting visual shockingly communicates the idea. Thanks to photoshop.

Smoking reduces your ability to get an erection
antismokingads29Though slightly disconcerting, the ad conveys the message effectively. Sometimes, in someplace, some shock is needed, in advertising and in mental asylums.

Smoking causes impotence
antismokingcatsAnother ad warning about the dangerous impact of smoking which cases sexual impotence. Copy reads- Research shows that smokers are 50% more prone to erectile dysfunction and decreased fertility. Advertising agency is Ogilvy Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.

Your money turns into ashes
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This ad focuses on the adverse effects on smoking on your economic situation. The ad depicts that smoking causes to make your money turn into ashes.

The copy reads- Currently there are more than one billion smokers around the world, the number is expected to rise to one and a half billion by year 2025. Imagine how much smokers worldwide spend on purchasing cigarettes and how much it costs to treat the arising health conditions.

The advertisement was created by Free Picture, Saudi Arabia.

World No Tobacco Day
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Terrorism-related deaths since 2001: 11,377. Tobacco-related deaths since 2001: 30,000,000.Advertising Agency is DDB, New Zealand

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bistro 1cigarettes smoke people. This Campaign for the Canadian Cancer Patients Aid Association has been created by bleublancrouge.ca.

Smoking is not kidding
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This ad for Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation Ad, with an arresting image, features how kids are affected by second hand smoke.

The copy reads- Second hand smoke in the home hospitalises 17,000 UK children a year.

Children of parents who smoke, get to heaven earlier
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This ad has been developed for Child Health Foundation. Slightly cruel and emotionally charged statement.

A chain-smoker’s bed
deathbed asolf 22619What do you see in this ad? A bed, probably at a hospital. A bed? Only that? Oh, come on, you may not be a smoker. This is an advertisement for The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation created by Chi&Partners, London.
Smokers can find out a cigarette here. The bed is designed in the form of a brown tipped cigarette. Indeed, this ad breaks the clichés and presents a fresh idea- and, effective, too. The target audiences are smokers, and they can identify this suddenly.

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This meticulously prepared ad gives the message in crystal clear way. The ad is from The Khaleeji family in the Middle East.

Lung cancer
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Clever anti-smoking advertising effort from TBWAVancouver.

Easy to start. Very difficult to stop
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This ad depicts the problems and possible disasters caused by cigarette smoking

Smoke killssmoke kills by txou
Figurative way to depict the danger of cigarette smoking. Each bullet is like a bullet, the only difference is that while bullets may kill you fast, cigarettes kill you slow.

Smoking puts out your fire
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The ad effectively hints that smoking saps your energy.

Smoking gun
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Smoking is like forming a gun that will shoot you eventually

Smoking graph
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Thought-provoking anti-smoking ad. This smoking graph is powerful enough to make you kick the butts.

Smokers never win
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Depiction of death and failure by cigarettes.

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Well, though these are effective anti-smoking advertising efforts, you too have some of your favorite anti-smoking ads which you think as effective. If so, feel free to share them and feel free to put your valuable suggestions here.

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