Washington State Department of Health: Youth Tobacco Prevention
With our “Tobacco Smokes You” brand, we personalized negative health effects of smoking, portrayed the addiction affliction, and associated smoking’s effect on appearance and attractiveness with an un-cool lifestyle. Smoking is gross. The result was an astounding 48% decline in youth smoking rates. Youth in Washington State are outpacing the nation in resisting smoking. And 9 out of 10 youth who saw the “Tobacco Smokes You” campaign said the ads gave them good reasons not to smoke.