Tobacco Control Images

In memory of Jean-Paul Signoret

This image was published in the French magazine l'Express in May 1995. It is a picture taken for Jean-Paul Signoret's last birthday. He died of lung cancer on March 6, 1995. It was accompanied by a letter he had co-written with his companion Michèle Affonso, on October 31, 1994, right after his surgery. He was 46 years old.

In memory of Richard Gourlain (January 9, 1999)

Richard Gourlain Jan 2d 1999,
The members of the Gourlain family were the first in France to file a lawsuit of tobacco victims against a tobacco company, SEITA that became ALTADIS after its privatization (later sold to Imperial Tobacco). The lawsuit was filed in December 1996. Richard died on January 9, 1999, seven days after his wife Lucette shot the video. He was 49 years old. On November 20, 2003, the French Supreme Court exonerated the tobacco company from any responsibility.

Tobacco is a drug (22 mai 1993)

Le tabac est une drogue (22 mai 1993), this full page ad was the back-cover for Libération and Le Monde on May 22, 1993. The goal was to raise the awareness about the health dangers of tobacco smoking but also to convince the press they could get health ads to replace tobacco ads if they were supporting adequate budgets for tobacco prevention. The press did not buy this argument and the French government never increased significantly the tobacco prevention budgets. The cost for the two ads was about $60K each.

 

The cover of Tobacco Control Journal for June 2008

4 of Australia's 14 rotating pack warnings

New Graphic Health Warnings on Packs in Brazil

Launched for World No Tobacco Day on May 31, they are particularly strong. Here the Brazilian website and here from the Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada (where the copy is easier).

From Smokefree Wisconsin

From the Smokefree Wisconsin Blog.

Weapons of mass destruction

From this blog for the Emirates Post.

A tribute to Maureen: This is what cigarettes do to you

Maureen died of emphysema at 58. Her story (with pictures) is told in the Evening Standard.
How many people die prematurely of tobacco induced emphysema?

Argentina Libre de Tabaco

A few images from the site of the Health Ministry of Argentina.

Chris Jordan revisits Van Gogh's Skull with cigarette

Chris Jordan incorporates the cigarette packs within Van Gogh's skull picture: he says the 200,000 packs of cigarettes,are  equal to the number of Americans who die from cigarrette smoking every six months. There is no direct link to the image. Enter the Running the numbers, an American Self-portrait exhibit. It is the first image of the show.

Mauritius: Véronique's Fiches Info-Santé use pictures to communicate

Fiche Info-Santé 1: La cigarette et le corps du fumeur

Véronique le Clézio who is based in Mauritius produces illustrated anti-tobacco cards, each about a specific issue. She distributes them (for free) and people do take notice (in French)

Véronique le Clézio who is based in Mauritius produces illustrated anti-tobacco cards, each about a specific issue. She distributes them (for free) and people do take notice (in French)

Kuwait: Build Your Grave

Source: Adeaters United

Brazil: With Cigarette Your Life Goes To Ashes

With cigarettes, your life goes to ashes.

Advertising Agency: Staff, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Via: kuteev Source: Linkinn

UK: No Butts on the Beach

From UK's Surfers Against Sewage.
Source: Treehugger

Blue faces in New Mexico's campaign about passive smoking

With blue-faced people and the slogan "How long can you hold your breath?" this campaign seeks to convey the dangers of secondhand smoke.
Source: New Mexico Business Weekly

Europe: How does your country rate in tobacco control?

This useful postcard is proposed by ECL.

No Smoking on the wild ocean

This is the picture of the week for Nautilus Magazine. Click on the picture to be able to read the sign :)

Photo Benoit Stichelbaut

The art of quitting

Theartofquitting.com collects images related to quitting :)

Flickr and pictures of youth smoking: censorship or manipulation?

Thomas Hawk writes on his blog that the picture above
by Joseph Szabo has been censored by Flickr or so it seems... In fact, according to a research by this French site Thomas Hawk used this picture to illustrate another case where Flicr erased a picture of a youth smoking. The debate goes on but where is the truth?

Dubai: Anti-smoking ad and 9/11

This image comes from the blog of Farrukh Naeem.

Creative Director: Prashant Sankhe
Copy: Sudeep John Koshy
Art Director: Prashant Yeware

“I thought it was an interesting take on the horrors of the terrible day,” says Prashant Sankhe, Creative Director at PerceptGulf, Dubai, UAE - the advertising agency which created the ad.

Pakistan: billboard over the highway

A worker installs a billboard on the flyover at Zero Point as the government kicks off an anti-smoking campaign in the federal capital.

Could outdoor ashtrays be more than ugly butts collectors

Cities and offices are trying to deal with increased litter where smoking is prohibited inside the buildings.
Outdoor ashtrays should be more than ugly butts collectors. This one models after the Nantucket lighthouse. Remember the transparent lung installation in Germany?
We need more imagination and better design for those outdoor ashtrays.

Animals: It looks just as stupid when you do it (Avec une cigarette, t'as vraiment l'air bête)

In 1989 the Minnesota Department of Health produced a famous ad campaign with their advertising agency Martin/Williams, the film being directed by Rick Dublin (both from Minneapolis). Here are two of the 12 animals smoking. This campaign was recycled in France in 1994 by the National Committee for Tobacco Control.

No Smoking 2 by TF Chen

This is the second version of the Van Gogh like No Smoking picture by TF Chen.

No Smoking by TF Chen

Neo Icon by TF Chen after Van Gogh

Smoke down

A print ad from the arabic magazine Al Mara.
Upside Down Text: Smoking is one un-natural way of going down on life. (Ad-blog Arabia)

Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité packs

Packs with the colors of the french flag and the republic's motto are now available in Kehl, the german city in front of Strasbourg.

What generic packs could look like

Becky Freeman and Simon Chapman have produced a comprehensive review (pdf) of relevant evidence about the plain or generic packaging of tobacco products. It draws from sources including internal tobacco industry documents, tobacco industry trade publications and a recent 2007 Morgan Stanley report which declared plain packaging to be one of three outstanding concerns today (along with tax and hiding retail displays).

An ounce of prevention... but not for BC Liberals

Roger Perron lost his legs because of his smoking. He now tries to help people understand the risks associated with smoking. He told his story in a book: My addiction to smoking with a striking cover.

Anti-smoking Nazi poster

Found on a Vox Blog.

The cigarette lady is tired

A picture from the blog of this French photographer in China.

From South Africa: Smoking Takes You Places, Enjoy

This print ad campaign produced for the National Council Against Smoking of South Africa is getting a negative review for Adpunch. See for yourself.

From our archives: Ligth up a Lucky... it's light-up time!

This ad was the back-cover of Life Magazine on April 11, 1955. On the cover was Grace Kelly, winner of the Academy Award. The text at the top of the ad, titled When the movie is over is reproduced below.

Smokers in a cage

I found this New Yorker's cover while sorting old papers.

Ashtray and cigarette butt hat

Ashtray and cigarette butt hat at Ascot.

A smoker's reaction to an anti-smoking ad

Sherriss (who is a smoker) wrote in her blog about her reaction to this ad (and others).

World No Tobacco Day 2007: Crime Scene in Dubai

This installment was set up in coffee shops in Dubai.
Source: Ads of the world blog

From the Indian Blog Cutting The Chai

Indian blog Cutting The Chai has collected anti-smoking ads as well as cigarette ads. An interesting collection. Most of the ads are from the Cancer Patients Aid Association.

Images from Hawaii: If Tobacco Companies Had Their Way ... and more

I just discovered the site of the Hawaii Department of Health that contains many good pictures from their campaigns. Go visit and get inspired.

Images from Western Australia

From Western Australia.

From Riyadh, Cigarettes and Ashes

From Riyadh

11 Images from past campaigns in California on TobaccoFreeCA.com

California has produced numerous tobacco control campaigns but they did not make the resources available on line. They are starting -a little- to share some (11) of their past work on this page of TobaccoFreeCA.com.

Anti-Smoking Ad Competition in Jeddah

This is an initiative by Drive Communication in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). This advertising agency has launched an anti smoking competition entitled Creative "Anti Smoking" competition aimed at attracting young creatives to participate in the fight against smoking. The winning campaign has been published in Al Hayat Newspaper.

Lungs Mat from the Al Sawy Cultural Center in Cairo

Al Sawy Cultural Centre in Cairo is sending this anti-smoking doormat to homes.
Source: Ads of the World and Scary Ideas

Strange Image from a blog

Throat Cancer Survivor in New York City Quit Campaign

Ronaldo Martinez's picture in omnipresent in New York City as he is the face (and voice) of the quit campaign (in english and in spanish -pdf-).

Secondhand Smoke: The Invisible Killer

The series of images produced by NHS for the campaign in preparation of the smoking ban in public places in England.

The proof BAT breaks its own marketing code

At BAT’s AGM on 26 April in London, Adeola Akinremi  protested that BAT was selling cigarettes in quantities of two rather than packs of ten and twenty - a practice made illegal in the UK in 1991 as it makes cigarettes cheaper to buy for underage smokers. When Jeffries Briginshaw, BAT's  Head of International Political and Regulatory Affairs, insisted this was not the case Adeola  pulled out a copy of the advertisement as proof.

Cigarette Litter Up 20% After Smoking Ban

Here are two posters from the Keep England Tidy campaign. Maybe installing new bins could also be an opportunity to communicate with smokers about quitting?

No Smoking Ban In North Carolina

This blogger tells us how the North Carolina's legislature refused a smoking ban in public places and shares the cartoon :)