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Smoky-Cool Models

This Video by Tom Vek Makes Unhealthy Addictions Appealing

— January 10, 2012 — Naughty
This new music video by Tom Vek for his latest single ‘Aroused’ features hip, sexy, model-type youths dancing and posing while smoking cigarettes in a way that effectively glamorizes the vice as a cool habit instead of a dirty one.

The video is meant to serve as a reflection of the fashion industry, which relies heavily on the use of casual smoking imagery to sell its goods and use cigarette smoking as a way of branding sex and coolness. Whether or not that message comes across in this video is up to the viewer to decide. Smoking still remains to be one of society’s most controversial issues, especially when the marketing is aimed at youth, so who knows what the reactions to this music video may in the coming weeks. One thing is for sure, lighting up has never looked as cool as it does in this video from Tom Vek.
Trend Themes
1. Anti-smoking Campaigns - Opportunity for new marketing campaigns and messaging to counteract the glamorizing of smoking in fashion and popular culture.
2. Health and Lifestyle Brands - Opportunity to develop new products and services that promote healthy habits and discourage unhealthy behaviors, such as smoking.
3. Fashion and Advertising Ethics - Opportunity to redefine the values and messaging of the fashion and advertising industries to promote positive social outcomes and responsible consumption.
Industry Implications
1. Tobacco - Opportunity to innovate new products and services that attract consumers without relying on the glamorization of smoking and its harmful effects.
2. Fashion - Opportunity to shift the messaging and values of the fashion industry to promote health and wellbeing, instead of glamourizing dangerous behaviors.
3. Entertainment - Opportunity to produce music, films, and other media that promote healthy lifestyles and discourage dangerous behaviors, such as smoking.
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