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70 Shocking Anti-Smoking Campaigns

Casket Packages and Deathly Adverts

— April 19, 2012 — Lifestyle
These shocking anti-smoking campaigns make no secret of their underlying message. The commonplace desire to curb smoking addictions and the tobacco industry in general has been bolstered in recent years by new research, consistently unveiling concerning health statistics. Many smokers and friends of smokers want to put an end to the habit, and although difficult to kick, these undertakings have all gone to great lengths to make a lasting impact.

Blunt advertising and practically abhorrent adverts have attracted attention in entirely different ways. By getting down to the point, and graphically so, marketing teams have had the opportunity to be unrelentingly uncanny. The lack of sugar coating here has empowered a strong anti-smoking culture rid of shame and pretense, and is moreover one that is knowledgeable on the subjects of disease and second hand-induced illness.
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Musical Smoking Deterrents
Musical Smoking Deterrents
CPAA Use Music Associated With Death to Fight Cancer
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Smoked Cancer Stick Art
Smoked Cancer Stick Art
The Flavor + 3,450 Cigarettes Video Wants Viewers to Quit
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Flatulent Anti-Smoking Campaigns
Flatulent Anti-Smoking Campaigns
Extreme Group PSA Asks the Question, "Who Smokes?"
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Anti-Smoking Autos
Anti-Smoking Autos
This Car Covered in 200,000 Cigarettes is an Impactful Installation
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Anti-Smoking Fridge Magnets
Anti-Smoking Fridge Magnets
The 'Put Out Cigarette' Leaves No Soot Behind
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Brilliant Blunt Packaging
Brilliant Blunt Packaging
Anna Astvatsatryan Creates Cigarette Packs That Will Make You Stop
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Anti-Smoking Sculptures
Anti-Smoking Sculptures
David Havetta Makes Sculptures Out of Chewed-Up Nicotine Gum
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Smoking Biker PSAs
Smoking Biker PSAs
The Pirelli Anti-Smoking Ads Encourage Riders to Forgo Burnouts
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Single Cigarette Servings
Single Cigarette Servings
The 1Z from Continuum is Designed to Help Smokers Quit
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Evolutionary Smoking Campaigns
Evolutionary Smoking Campaigns
The 'One Chance' Anti-Smoking Ad Puts Life in Perspective
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Cigarette Eating Machines
Cigarette Eating Machines
Quitters Unite Guerilla Marketing Campaign in Vancouver
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Three Year Old Smokers
Three Year Old Smokers
Is This Our Future?
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Powerful Cigarette Mosaic Ads
Powerful Cigarette Mosaic Ads
The Stivoro Campaign Asks People 'What are You Giving Up?'
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Banned Smoke Shipments
Banned Smoke Shipments
FDA Disapproves Electronic Cigarettes Entering the U.S.
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Nothing To Kid About
Nothing To Kid About
NYC Anti-Smoking Ad
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$500 Million Anti-Smoking Campaigns
$500 Million Anti-Smoking Campaigns
Bill Gates & Michael Bloomberg MPower
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Cigarette Deathbeds
Cigarette Deathbeds
Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation Shows Stark Reality
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Satirical Smoker Guides
Satirical Smoker Guides
'The Rules of Quitting Smoking' Nixes Vices in the Butt
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Coffin-Shaped Ashtrays
Coffin-Shaped Ashtrays
‘Death' by Lau Design
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Anti-Smoking Vaccines
Anti-Smoking Vaccines
Nicotine Addiction Vaccines Could Weaken Smoking Urges
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Abhorrent Ciggy Branding
Abhorrent Ciggy Branding
Plain Cigarette Packaging Exploits Disgust-Inducing Graphics
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Anti-Smoking Balls
Anti-Smoking Balls
The Glow Globe by Nebojsa Glavonic Keeps Smokers in Check
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Lighters That Cough
Lighters That Cough
Quirky Anti-Smoking Gadget
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Morbid Anti-Smoking Tools
Morbid Anti-Smoking Tools
“I Love Cancer” Ashtrays Are Brutally Honest
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Ashtray Lung Ads
Ashtray Lung Ads
These New FDA Cigarette Package Warnings Aim to Snuff Out Smoking
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Drinks to Satisfy Cigarette Cravings
Drinks to Satisfy Cigarette Cravings
'Liquid Smoking'
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Interactive Anti-Smoking Ads
Interactive Anti-Smoking Ads
QUIT Ashtray Lungs
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Entrepreneurs Embrace Smoking Ban
Entrepreneurs Embrace Smoking Ban
Smokeless Cigarettes (Follow-Up)
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Free Electronic Cigarettes
Free Electronic Cigarettes
Free E-Smoking Promo That's Not Really Free & Not Really Smoking
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Smokeless Cigarettes
Smokeless Cigarettes
The 'Zero Style Mint' is a Cigarette that Avoids Public Annoyance
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Suicidal Anti-Smoking PSAs
Suicidal Anti-Smoking PSAs
Thought-Provoking Help Line Ad
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Sinister Anti-Smoking Campaigns
Sinister Anti-Smoking Campaigns
'Smoking Kill' by Khalil Damak Shows the Dangerous Cycle
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Cartoons Against Cigarettes
Cartoons Against Cigarettes
"A Magical Amount" Truth Campaign
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Lung Ashtray
Lung Ashtray
German AOK Anti-Smoking Campaign
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Anti-Smoking E-Pipes
Anti-Smoking E-Pipes
The Stop Smoking Kit is a Stylish Alternative to the Original
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Blunt Anti-Smoking Ashtrays
Blunt Anti-Smoking Ashtrays
'3 Days' Weighs Ash, Calculates Life Expectancy
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Shocking Anti-Smoking Ads
Shocking Anti-Smoking Ads
The New FDA Anti-Smoking Health Warnings are Graphic and Effective
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Public Cages For Smokers
Public Cages For Smokers
Glass Segregation Chambers
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Cigarette Butt Billboards
Cigarette Butt Billboards
The Cancer Society of Finland's Epic Anti-Smoking Campaign
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Bloody-Nosed PSAs
Bloody-Nosed PSAs
Off-Road Studios Anti-Drug Ads Make You Think Twice About Taking a Hit
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Visualize Your Grave
Visualize Your Grave
Anti-Smoking Ad
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Casket-Shaped Cigarette Cases
Casket-Shaped Cigarette Cases
R.J. Reynolds 'Antismoke Pack' Reminds Smokers of Cigs' Dangers
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Futuristic Anti-Smoking Ads
Futuristic Anti-Smoking Ads
Live to See Naked Chicks & Bin Laden Caught
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Censored Anti-Smoking Ads
Censored Anti-Smoking Ads
Russian Anti-Smoking Billboard Meets Controversy
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Ghostly Fading Health Campaigns
Ghostly Fading Health Campaigns
These Truth Anti-Smoking Ads Shine a Light on Mortality
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Personified Cigarettes
Personified Cigarettes
Smoking Surrealist Art
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Unbranded Cigarette Packaging
Unbranded Cigarette Packaging
The 'Rethink' Packaging from Build Follows Minimalist Aesthetics
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Cigarettes Smoking People
Cigarettes Smoking People
Witty Anti-Smoking Awareness Ads Reverse The Concept
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Morbid Vow Billboards
Morbid Vow Billboards
Great Copy Makes Great Statement in Anti-Smoking Ads
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Infantile Smoking Campaigns
Infantile Smoking Campaigns
Raina Rocha Uses Pacifiers to Shock Smokers Into Quitting
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Cigarette Drawings
Cigarette Drawings
Smoking Kills More Than Hitler & Bin Laden
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Cigarettes as Lipstick
Cigarettes as Lipstick
Anti-Smoking Ads Target Self-Conscious Females
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Stun Gun Smoking Gadgets
Stun Gun Smoking Gadgets
The 'Multi-Function Cigarette Lighter and Self-Defense Device' is Bizarre
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Anti-Smoking Contests
Anti-Smoking Contests
Would High School Students Help Katherine Heigl Kick Some Butts?
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Sinister Cigarette Ads
Sinister Cigarette Ads
The Smoking Kills Campaign Wants to Extinguish Your Habit
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Cigarette Collages
Cigarette Collages
Sharad Haksar Intricately Shows the Dangers of Smoking
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Self-Hurting Editorials
Self-Hurting Editorials
A Dazed & Confused Nicolas Rippol Strangles Himself
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Sinister Cigarette Packaging
Sinister Cigarette Packaging
Anti Smoking Campaign Extinguishes Marlboro's Sales
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Artful Anti-Smoking Photography
Artful Anti-Smoking Photography
'Smoking Death' by Aki Quang Makes Smoking Unglamorous
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Child Shockvertising in PSAs
Child Shockvertising in PSAs
Anti-Smoking Ads Feature Kids with Adult Hands Holding Cigs
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Shocking Cigarette Labels
Shocking Cigarette Labels
UK Follows Canada With Graphic Attempt to Discourage Smoking
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Shockvertising Smokefree Campaign
Shockvertising Smokefree Campaign
NHS: Get Unhooked
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Custom Cigarette Packs
Custom Cigarette Packs
Build Your Own Death Project
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Fatal Crotch Campaigns
Fatal Crotch Campaigns
Controversial French Anti-Smoking Ads Cause Uproar
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Pushing Gross Packaging
Pushing Gross Packaging
New Images on U.K. Cigarette Packs
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Glamorizing Careless Motherhood
Glamorizing Careless Motherhood
Vogue Raises Eyebrows With ‘No Smoking' Editorial
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