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I’m not an anti-smoking crusader, so don’t take this the wrong way. I am an advertising junkie and, as such, had to share two images from a Brazilian anti-smoking effort. I discovered them at BestAdsOnTV.com:
In case you’re wondering, the white text against the black background reads as follows: CIGARETTES: JUST LOOKING AT THEM MAKES [...]
Tags: · ads, advertising, anti-smoking, best ads on tv, Brazil, brazilian, Cigarette, creative advertising, smoking, Tobacco
I’m not a smoker, but I might have an answer to the mystery of why, according to a just-released report (pdf) from a coalition of public health organizations, Missouri ranks 49th in the nation in funding programs to protect kids from tobacco.
First, some background from a news release about the report:
Missouri currently spends $2.7 million [...]
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Yesterday, the never-ending controversy I’ve dubbed the “War Against Tobacco” made headlines when the state of New York began charging smokers an additional $1.25 per pack of cigarettes, bringing the total tax to a whopping $2.50. While I don’t smoke and have never been a smoker, I find the arguments on both sides [...]
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The headline for this post caught my attention this morning — not for any obvious reason, mind you — when it appeared above an article published by the Independent.
The headline made me think about the way Paul Marcarelli, the 30-something actor from New York City who plays the lead role in the Verizon Wireless “Can [...]
Tags: · advertising, brain cancer, can you hear me now, Cancer, Cell Phone Radiation, Cell Phones, david mclean, handset, icon, Independent, lung cancer, marcarelli, marlboro, marlboro man, mobile phones, paul marcarelli, phones, smoking, Tobacco, verizon, verizon wireless, wayne mclaren
“…nothing more than a veiled attempt to sell more cigarettes to girls and young women.”
That’s howAmerican Legacy Foundation and 45 other groups described R.J. Reynolds‘ marketing of its Camel No. 9 cigarettes in a letter to the tobacco giant dated Aug. 14. Surprisingly, the name, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, was listed as a [...]
Tags: · Abortion, AdRants, American Legacy Foundation, anti-tobacco, Big Tobacco, Camel No. 9, common sense conservative, lung cancer, Planned Parenthood, R.J. Reynolds, Tobacco
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