Terrie Hall, Star of the CDC’s Anti-Smoking Ad Campaign, Dies at 53
Creativity
Terrie Hall, who starred in Arnold's brutal national anti-smoking campaign for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, died this week in North Carolina. The image of Hall hiding the [...]
Canadian PSA Takes Aim at the Noxious Epidemic of Social Farting
Creativity
"Just because I fart at parties now and then, it doesn't make me a farter." That's how I plan to begin my memoirs, and it's also a key line in [...]
Debi Austin, Star of Infamous Anti-Smoking Ad, Is Dead at 62
Creativity
Debi Austin, better known as the lady who smoked a cigarette through a tracheotomy hole in her neck in the infamous "Voicebox" anti-smoking ad, died Feb. 22 after a 20-year [...]
Smoke-Free, No Reservations
Plenty of big companies boast a celebrity endorser these days, but GlaxoSmithKline scored a coup when it recently signed restaurateur and vintner Joe Bastianich, who runs world-famous restaurants including Manhattan’s [...]
Happy New Year! Here’s a Horrible, Disgusting Anti-Smoking Ad
Creativity
Britain's National Health Service decided to close out 2012 with a feel-good PSA offering plenty of heartwarming holiday cheer. Just kidding. They released a super-disgusting anti-smoking ad. This time, a [...]
FDA Picks 6 Agencies to Handle Anti-Tobacco Ads
Brand Marketing
The FDA has picked six agencies to work on a new anti-smoking initiative, which together have a spend ceiling of $390 million over the next five years.