Tobacco Control Videos

A Thematic Typology Of Anti-smoking Spots, by Richard Raskin

This article published by Richard Raskin in March 2005 is an interesting attempt to build a typology of anti-smoking spots. Unfortunately many of the links to the actual spots posted at the end no longer work. Interviews with film makers and producers bring  useful context.

Don't Pass Gas: Take It Outside

This campaign about secondhand smoke and kids was produced as a Public Service Announcement by Crispin Porter and Bogulsky, the Florida's Agency that worked for the Legacy Foundation and the first Florida's antismoking campaigns until their funding was shot down by the Republican majority. Now that the Constitution has been amended to oblige the legislature to fund antismoking programs maybe they'll come back. WATCH

Quando fumi, rifletti

When you smoke, think is the motto of this TV ad produced in 2005 in Italy by the Societa Italiana di Tabacologia.
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The Ad-Folio Media Observatory

The EU Help-Campaign has created Ad-Folio, a media observatory that allows you to consult the different communication campaigns in European Union countries concerning the anti-smoking battle.

Tak Nak from Malaysia

The Tak Nak campaign took place in Malaysia in 2005. Apparently with mixed results.
WATCH the five TV Ads.

Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health

The Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health produced several videos along the years. A few found their way into YouTube. Like this one about the smokefree workplace (2005).

The Stupid campaign - 2005

This campaign was aired in Ontario in 2004/2005.
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The EU campaign: HELP - For a life without tobacco

The key objective of this EU advertising campaign launched in june 2005 is to use humour to highlight how ridiculous smoking really is, as well as to inform EU citizens of the various channels which they can seek support. By substituting cigarettes with party-whistles, the adverts show the abnormality of smoking and problems it can pose in all sorts of situations. There are 3 different films: Peer Pressure (H1), Smoker's Daily Life (H2), Passive Smoking (H3)

WATCH (Peer Pressure) , WATCH (Daily Life) , WATCH (Passive Smoking)

If you smoke, you stink

Recent TV ads by NHS in the UK include two messages targeting young adults: If you smoke you stink for young women and the Finger Legs spot (about male impotence in smokers) for young men.
WATCH (Stink) on MMC and on YT

WATCH (Finger Legs) on YouTube

All reasons are good to quit smoking

Two messages produced for 2005 cessation campaign of the National Council for Tobacco Control in Quebec (in French). All the reasons are good to quit smoking: what's yours? (Toutes les raisons sont bonnes pour arrêter de fumer. Avez-vous la vôtre?)
WATCH (Baby)  WATCH (Hospital)