Cancer Society of Finland Campaign

Anti-smoking campaign poster mimicking a perfume advertisement, featuring a shirtless couple where one person exudes a repulsive tobacco odor, visibly discomforting the other, with the tagline ‘Eau De Nicotine’.
Anti-smoking campaign poster mimicking a perfume advertisement, featuring a shirtless couple where one person exudes a repulsive tobacco odor, visibly discomforting the other, with the tagline ‘Eau De Nicotine’.
Anti-smoking campaign poster mimicking a perfume advertisement, featuring a shirtless couple where one person exudes a repulsive tobacco odor, visibly discomforting the other, with the tagline ‘Eau De Nicotine’.

Project Summary

For the Cancer Society of Finland’s anti-smoking campaign, this concept addressed the aesthetic consequences of smoking by highlighting the unpleasant smell it leaves behind. Styled to mimic luxury perfume advertising, the campaign featured visuals of intimate moments disrupted by the smoker’s scent, with their partner visibly recoiling. Titled “Eau de Nicotine,” the execution used sophistication and irony to make its message impactful and relatable. The campaign was strategically placed in high-visibility urban locations to challenge perceptions and spark conversations around the hidden impacts of smoking.

Client

Cancer Society of Finland

Project Scope

Outdoor media campaign

Note: This project was done while I was in another agency. The result is a compounded effort of the talented professionals I had the good fortune to work with at the time. The reason I’m featuring this project, is that I carried the primary responsibility of the creative end result within this project.