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Thursday, 16 November 2006

Anti Smoking fun

Talk of banning smoking completely in West Lancashire council offices -- no more fag breaks etc. -- prompted memories of anti-smoking campaigns in 1960s comics, TV21 Anti Smoking Imageand the image here from TV21 #21 coincidentally arrived in my mailbox this morning. (Click here for the full strip)

Of course it would be difficult to run such a campaign now. I don't think you can even feature smoking in comics in the UK unless it's an "adult" comic -- although that doesn't explain how Simpsons Comics get away with it...
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous2:09 pm

    I remember that. An anti-smoking message portrayed as a Mod vs Rocker fight. Brilliant! (Artist was Tom Kerr, who drew lots of stuff for Lion etc. He also did a weekly advert strip for Wayfinders shoes which appeared in the comics, if anyone remembers that.)

    Lew Stringer

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  2. John Freeman10:15 am

    Were the Wayfinder shoes the ones with a compass in the sole?

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