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Teenage Boys Are Suddenly Pregnant in Chicago's Striking PSA Campaign It's not just the girl's problem

Illinois and Wisconsin are currently overrun with pregnant teenage boys, thanks to the Chicago Department of Public Health. Man, that's fun to say. The CDPH's Office of Adolescent and School…

May 22, 2013, 10:53 AM EDT

Child-Abuse Ad Uses Lenticular Printing to Send Kids a Secret Message That Adults Can't See 'Phone us and we'll help you'

The ANAR Foundation, a Spanish child-advocacy organization, used lenticular printing in this powerful outdoor ad to send different messages to children and adults. Anyone under about 4-foot-3 sees bruising on…

May 6, 2013, 11:52 AM EDT

Ogilvy Creates Saudi Arabia's First Major Ad Campaign Condemning Violence Against Women 'Some things can't be covered'

Saudi Arabia, which ranked 131st out of 134 countries for gender parity in a recent report from the World Economic Forum, has unveiled what is believed to be its first…

April 30, 2013, 2:11 PM EDT

Grey Crafts Hard-Hitting Ads for Gun Control Across Two Different Campaigns Visceral approaches to the subject

A guy named Ed stalks past the glum cubicles of a nondescript office suite, raises his gun and fires a single shot at a middle-aged managerial type, narrowly missing his…

April 16, 2013, 2:32 PM EDT

Canadian PSA Takes Aim at the Noxious Epidemic of Social Farting It's like being a social smoker

"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…

March 18, 2013, 9:21 AM EDT

Teenage Parents Have Only Miserable and Vindictive Babies, Say NYC Ads Provocative new poster series

Teenage pregnancy is on the rise. Wait, no it's not! Teen birth rates were at an all-time low in the U.S. in 2011, according to CBS News. And according to…

March 7, 2013, 3:22 PM EST

Safe-Sex Campaign Stars Pair of Frustrated Musical Testicles Rusty and Vern's Blue Balls Blues

Here's an unconventional approach to promoting safe sex. Instead of warning viewers about pregnancy or STDs, this campaign focuses on a different affliction personified by two testicles named Rusty and…

March 6, 2013, 10:19 AM EST

Debi Austin, Star of Infamous Anti-Smoking Ad, Is Dead at 62 1996 spot was one of a kind

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…

February 28, 2013, 11:33 AM EST

Watch the PSA That Shocked Some Celebrities, and Will Shock You Too Grim health plea from End7

If you don't plan on eating for a while, check out the video below from the End7 project, dedicated to ending some truly terrifying infections known as "neglected tropical diseases."…

February 26, 2013, 3:41 PM EST

'Crotches Kill,' Canadian Ads Warn Texting Drivers A groin-inducing tagline

Crotches have been lethal for God knows how long. But traffic-safety officials in Alberta, Canada, are using new ads to highlight the most recent source of groin-related fatalities: subversive texting.…

February 26, 2013, 8:59 AM EST

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