Mad Men & Creative Anti-Smoking Ads

Posted by JOE WINDISH, Technology Editor in Health.
Mar 19th, 2010 | 4 responses

We’re watching the first season of Mad Men, having seen all the others. A cigarette in every shot. With that in mind, I happened upon 10Steps.SG’s 50 Most Creative Anti-Smoking Advertisements:

Many anti-smoking ads in the past are rather gruesome with rotten body parts that terrified people. Those messages are straight forward in showing the final consequences if continue to smoke. Now these ads have gone into a different approach where they are creative and inspiring to look at. In your opinion, which is a more effective method?

Click through for the lot of them. Above, a smoking gun, a personal favorite. Below, smoking lips, best Mad Men fit. Mad Men season 3 encores begin Sunday. Here’s the AMC interview with Mathew Weiner posted prior to the Season 3 premiere.

4 Responses to “Mad Men & Creative Anti-Smoking Ads”

1. Smoking Effects And Reasons For Giving Up Smoking says:

   March 20, 2010 at 6:14 am

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2. Basket of Kisses | Mad News, March 13-20, 2010 says:

   March 20, 2010 at 11:02 am

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3. GreenDreams says:

   March 20, 2010 at 10:59 am

   Tried to find a video of my favorite from past campaigns. Shows a cigarette vending machine (remember those?). Guy puts in money (lots of it), pushes a button, scene shifts the handle pull and then to spinning wheels on a slot machine. They slow to a stop with nothing matching. The cigarette pack pops out of the vending machine; voice over, “you lose.”
4. Quit Smoking – Tips says:

   March 20, 2010 at 8:14 pm

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