Smokers: A Cold Turkey Does Not a Trusty Friend Make

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Quitting alone is perilous, so say three ads that demonstrate how sporadic and undependable “cold turkey” really is. Catch spot one, spot two and spot three.

Created by Wongdoody for the Washington State Dept. of Health, Cold Turkey builds upon the previous No Stank You! campaign.

The whole pimply uncooked bird gimmick is weird. And what’s wrong with cold turkey, anyway? Cold turkey’s helped us quit hundreds of times. As any experienced smoker will tell you, quitting hundreds of times is way better than starting hundreds of times.

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