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Japanese “Smoking Manners” Posters Get Philosophical

Mar 20, 2013 by Daniel McBane 10 Comments

Smoking Manners Sign Japan

After the intentionally funny “smoking manners” poster I put up last week, I decided to go with an unintentionally funny—and deeply philosophical—one this week. I’ll post a few more of these in the future, but don’t worry, I won’t go through all 70 or so in the long-running ad campaign by Japan Tobacco.

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  1. Shalu Sharma says

    Mar 20, 2013 at 10:03

    Quite funny, are these real posters in Japan? Where are these posters situated?
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    • Daniel McBane says

      Mar 20, 2013 at 10:55

      They’re real and I’ve seen them pretty much everywhere, but especially on trains and in public smoking areas.
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      • Shalu Sharma says

        Mar 20, 2013 at 13:50

        Really – they seem to be coming out with unique and creative ideas. I am sure they must be working otherwise they wont be doing it.
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        • Daniel McBane says

          Mar 21, 2013 at 07:23

          It was a very long-running campaign, so the posters must have been effective. In fact, they might still be using them–I haven’t been to Japan in a few years now.
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  2. Hogga says

    Mar 25, 2013 at 11:14

    aw it’s kind of cute!

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    • Daniel McBane says

      Mar 27, 2013 at 06:25

      At least until he chucks her (him?) in the dirt like yesterday’s trash…
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  3. erica says

    Apr 1, 2013 at 19:46

    omg these new ones are amazing. now the ones I laughed at while living in Japan seem so… normal.
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    • Daniel McBane says

      Apr 2, 2013 at 11:55

      I don’t think any of them are really all that new, but I know what you mean. I kept seeing the same ten or so when I was in Japan, but it turns out there are over 70 of these things.
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  4. Natalia | Always Trekking says

    Apr 5, 2013 at 22:24

    This is hilarious. Meet, love, the end. Oh, the sad tale of a cigarette.
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    • Daniel McBane says

      Apr 6, 2013 at 12:54

      Even Shakespeare himself couldn’t have told the cigarette’s story any better…
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