Argue against something like, for example, the law of gravity. How do you know it’s there? You can’t see it. Balloons fly up in the air and planes do, is gravity like a selective thing or something? This one might not be that easy, but tobacco companies have been doing it for years. Like in 1994, when the heads of all the major companies testified under oath that they believed nicotine was not addictive.
Download and print. Then slap it on a cockroach and leave it out for your friends. But don’t slap it on a real cockroach, that would be mean to our friends the cockroaches. So get your fake ones out and start sticking.
Think cigarettes are just tobacco rolled in paper? Think again. Sodium hydroxide is one ingredient that will take the hair right off a man’s back. Wanna see?
There are over 8.5 million Americans living with tobacco-related illnesses. With this in mind we saddled up a horse, found a cowboy with a hole in his neck as a result of smoking, and asked him to sing a little ditty.
You might
see this commercial on TV, but here’s a behind-the-scenes shot of our letter
“C” back-painter. He was brave. He put that brush in places most men wouldn’t
go with a ten-foot pole.
Yes, if you’re reading this you can’t help but be drawn to the thick, luscious back-hair that seduces all who dare look. You can try to cover your eyes, but hairy-backs have a way of calling to you. They whisper, “Look at me… I’m black and curly…”
That’s why we thought sending messages to your friends in back-hair would be a good way to say hello. It’s not like your friends will ignore a hairy-mail. If they do, they have incredible willpower and I’m jealous.
How did we come up with the idea you ask? Oh, you didn’t ask? Well, here it is either way: One of the guys here named Mike has the damn hairiest back you’ve ever seen. It borders on rug. One day he reached his arms up over his head and some of us got a glimpse of that sweet back-hair. After we stopped throwing up, the idea hit us.
Ever notice how nothing bad ever happens to unicorns? They get to hang out, frolic and be totally imaginary with no real threat or danger to their lives. Really, have you ever read a fairy tale where the unicorn goes down in a siege outside the castle? If you have, that’s amazing – send it to us. If not, here’s a bone-crunching, totally non-imaginary fact for you: About 1 out of every 3 youth smokers will eventually die from tobacco.
What does this have to do with unicorns? Great question! We’ve made a screensaver that ends the unicorns’ reign once and for all. Three unicorns hang out on the computer, frolicking in the clouds and being merry. Once two of them jump a gap in the clouds, the third one tries to make it and falls dead into a boneyard of unicorn skeletons. Bones keep stacking until someone wakes the computer up.
You’re not going to win over a whole lot of librarians with this one, but try this. Next time you’re in a library, download the screensaver on one of the computers, then take off and let the unicorns do their magic. Extra points if it’s in the library’s Fantasy section.
Generally we’re against using exclamation points, but it’s our first entry so we wanted to start with a bang. And hey, it’s true. Today, about 1,200 people in the U.S. will die a smoking-related death!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So why isn’t that on the front page of every newspaper in America? We’re not sure – probably because it happens every day and everyone’s used to it.
