Showing posts with label advertising. Show all posts
Showing posts with label advertising. Show all posts

Friday, January 05, 2007

The power of advertising

I love this country. I really do, but sometimes I see things here which kind of take me a moment to wrap my brain around. I come from a country where cigarette advertising is banned and the imagery I see here worries me a lot. I've found kids' drinks in vending machines outside liquor stores and then I go and see these beauties next to a school...

"Hey kids, don't listen to what those doctors tell you; smoking is really cool. We have many new flavours and colours for you to try: chocolate, coconut, rose petals...

...and death!"

The January sales are just as hectic here as any other country. Bonus points to anyone that tells me the significance of wild boars on their heads!