NHS smoking Advert - Too much imagery?

[simon!]

Who'd want a hook in their gob pulling them places?
I wouldn't for starters, glad I quit last year I'm telling you, I feel healthier, well I AM healthier [:

[-Soph-]

not really, its obvious that picture isn't real.

[cocaine]

no cos it makes people realise how horrible cigarettes are.

[benjamin]

imo, no it isn't.

[Josh-H]

Not vulgar, it is there to do a purpose and if it works then its done that purpose.

[YoManGo!]

If the government really cared they'd just ban smoking.
Unfortunately the government gets billions in taxes from tobacco sales every year.

The worst over-the-top advert is (was?) an anti-drink driving one that was running in Ireland for a few years where a small boy gets killed by someone crashing through his garden fence and knocking him down. Pretty gruesome.

[mat64]

These images don't get the message accross better than any other median, Smokers know the facts they will quit when they want to. This sort of advertising will have little effect imo.

[louder]

yes -- i think it's disgustingly horrible.. but it gets the point across + hopefully will stop people smoking, therfore the advert is affective.

[PigsNose]

why dont they show a man with a pen between his legs and then a smaller pen? Itd be comic gold

They did something like that.
They showed a hand with a cigarette inbetween the fingers and they explained what happened if you smoked too much. And they some ashes came off the cigarette making it smaller.
(The two fingers holding the cigarette were the legs)
And I voted yes because the picture was disgusting.

[Ashhizzle]

Tbh, if your stupid enough to smoke, you won't be affected by that.. So mabye it could be worse