Get your goat with French anti-smoking ads Judging by the copy (“Smoking is harmful to your breath”), this is an anti-smoking campaign, not a pro-bestiality campaign. We saw the same idea in Washington state’s Ashtray Mouth work: Tell smokers it’s disgusting to kiss them, and they’ll quit. This time the message comes from the National Committee Against Tobacco in France. A second ad, showing a man kissing a dog (a good-looking dog, but still), is after the jump. Via Houtlust. —Posted by Tim Nudd

February 20, 2007 | Permalink

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Well sure, it didn't set out to be a pro-bestiality ad...

Posted by: CorruptedJournalist | Feb 20, 2007 3:40:12 PM

Considering the amount of taxes paid on a pack of cigs in the U.S.; I wonder where the government will get their money when everyone stops smoking?

Posted by: Librarybot | Feb 20, 2007 8:13:22 PM

I shouldn't be getting aroused by this, should I?

Posted by: Hugh McLoudmouth | Feb 21, 2007 9:10:53 AM

Shocking, yes. But also condescending, and definitely not very effective.

Any smoker knows that when kissing another smoker, the two cigarette mouths actually cancel each other out, thus producing no bad flavor when kissing.

Also, most smokers carry packs of gum, just to not offend non-smokers.

To get better insights, the non-smoking creatives should probably try actually speaking to smokers as human beings. Smokers may be reckless and nihilistic, but they aren't stupid.

Posted by: Einstein | Feb 21, 2007 2:25:17 PM

Einstein, I've kissed non-smokers that didn't taste all that nice. So let's not delude ourseelves here.

Posted by: Bobby | Feb 22, 2007 5:22:04 PM

I take offense to these ads - my dogs kiss me... and their breath is way better than a smoker's.

Posted by: raisingruckus | Feb 23, 2007 3:03:33 AM

I agree with the last post...my dog's kisses are no where near as stinky as some smokers' breath I've smelled. Now I don't know any goats so I cannot speak on that topic.....

Posted by: Lisa | Feb 24, 2007 1:59:05 PM

That anti-smoking ad is an insult to animals. Smokers breath is much worse!

Posted by: Paul | Dec 9, 2007 11:06:48 PM

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