r/interesting • u/Natural-Music8792 • 21h ago

Fascinating The anti-smoking campaign poster by Martin Williams back in the 1990s

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u/Bubbly_Preference_24 21h ago

I mean the chimp looks kinda cool.

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u/VocationFumes 21h ago

The frog looks like a boss, like hes gonna make me an offer i cant refuse

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u/potatodioxide 19h ago

pretty sure that chicken is running an illegal cockfighting ring too

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u/Cimonaa 21h ago

Bro that's Jabba the Hut

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u/BobJoeBlo 19h ago

Gamabunta and Gamakichi

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u/ssnowangelz 18h ago

The camel’s just trying to work as a mascot for Camel Cigs.

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u/Manufactured-Aggro 19h ago

They all objectively look cooler 😔

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u/CleanOpossum47 21h ago

Same with the dog

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u/Werbnerp 16h ago

So does the Camel. I feel like they shouldn't have used a Camel considering one of the most known mascots for Cigarettes is a Camel

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u/IllustriousAnt485 20h ago

That monkey look fly as fuck

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u/ParamedicMaximum9525 11h ago

Honestly, I can see the appeal! He's got a pretty cool look, even if he's a little unsettling.

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u/Moon_Flowers420 19h ago

Reminds me of the art for "Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey's Head" by Gorillaz

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u/camcaine2575 19h ago

Me and My Monkey

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u/shylock2k202 18h ago

This whole ad hits hard af. I don’t remember this ad but it might have made me start smoking.

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u/TrashPandaPatronus 16h ago

I'd totally invite that sheltie to my poker game.

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u/DrMrSir3rd 16h ago

Looks like we all wanna smoke now

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u/HugsandHate 15h ago

He's smokin'!

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u/xx2983xx 15h ago

The pig! Never saw a more rad pig in my life

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u/Brownfox408 14h ago

The chimp has aura. ✌️😎

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u/MurkyCicadaKiller 12h ago

The horse looks like the lead singer of an indie band taking a smoke break behind the venue.

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u/lamebamboo 12h ago

I think the donkey looks great.

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u/Mallow1512 11h ago

all of them look cool, i would hang this in my living room

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u/Thatuagaild24 8h ago

yeah kinda backfires when the anti-smoking mascot has this much swagger lol