When you are designing an advertisement for a social campaign you are given the liberty to go over some decency limits and shock people in order to get the message to them clearly. This is why a lot of awareness campaigns regarding subjects like lung cancer are so scary and gruesome.
In this article there are 53 examples of print ads from anti-smoking advertising campaigns as well as unofficial ads or flyers created by designers to increase awareness regarding the disadvantages of being a smoker.
The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation: Deathbed

Cigarettes smoke people

Non Smoking Area

The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation: Passive Smoking

The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation: Passive Smoking 2

Suicide vs Homicide

Ashes to ashes

Smoking causes lung and respiratory system destruction

Smoking can kill your eyesight first

Smoking kills 14,000 people every day

Secondhand smokers are on the worst side of the cigarette

Terrorist related deaths since 2011: 11,337. Tobacco related deaths since 2001: 30,000,000

ADESF

Smoking is a trap. Quit today

ADESF: Lungs

No Smoking

Nicotinell: Smoking causes premature aging

The Smoke

Smoking? It will be your fault!

Smoking kills

Hangman

Throat cancer will leave you speechless. Quit smoking.

Antismoke pack

Truth: You fade away with every puff

With cigarettes, your life goes to ashes

Smoking is Suicide

Anti smoking campaign

Nicomild

Notes are not the only things children share in school today

No smoking

SMOKING KILLS

Your body is your home. Don’t smoke.

Smoking

Anti-smoking handout

Save lives. Stub it out.

Smoking kills

Cancer Society Of Finland

CPAA: Family

Smoking. Pleasure for you. Poison for your family.

No smoking Poster

Cancer loading. Please wait

NHS Quit Smoking Support

Smoking kills

Smoking Drains You Out

Smoking kills

Smoking kills ad

Smoking

SMOKING KILLS

FIGHT SMOKING

No smoking

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