March 5, 2010
Egyptian ads use sex to discourage cigarette smoking
Worldfocus partner GlobalPost brings us a revealing story from Egypt that shows a variation on the pillar of Western-style marketing — sex sells.
But, as John Jensen reports, sex is being used to promote better health, and in the process, these advertisements are also breaking some taboos.
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6 comments
Looks more like a Viagra add!
It is ingenious.
Oh this is very funny.Even the Egyptians think so!
I agree Glen rather than help people live a healthy life… they should take it up a notch or two … do a little weed, smoke a bit of crack and try a little heroin…. I say let the people be free by convincing them via the media which is not a powerful force of influence, that smoking is not a gateway drug or cancer or all those indirectly indecent. Who know the future kids would hold a cigar its so kool…. if you have a GED equivalence i was being sarcastic.
This whole ad campaign in so ridiculous it must have been thought up in the US. We are subjected daily to this kind of mindless reasoning.
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03/06/2010 :: 06:54:29 PM
Mr. Wuxtry Says:
Very surprised to learn from this video that there’s such a brand as “Denver” cigarettes. Apparently they’re not sold in the U.S.; the manufacturer seems to be in Dubai. This may be a compliment to my old hometown, but I’d just as soon they’d picked El Paso or even Laramie (as seen on “The Simpsons”).