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40 Powerful Ads That Will Make You Stop And Think Hard

Adverts don’t all have to be bad. In fact, when it comes to raising awareness about important social issues, they can be very powerful indeed.

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#1. Torture Victims Are People Just Like You And Me

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#2. Stop The Violence: Don’t Drink And Drive

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#3. Premature Ending: “If you smoke, statistically your story will end 15% before it should.”

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“THE END. If you smoke, statistically your story will end 15% before it should. For help with quiting call QUITTLINE on 0200 00 22 00″

#4. World Wide Fund For Nature: Frightening vs. More Frightening

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#5. Your Skin Color Shouldn’t Dictate Your Future

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#6. Deforestation Continues With The Turn Of A Page

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#7. Unhate

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#8. Elm Grove Police Department: Slower Is Better

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#9. Save Paper – Save The Planet

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#10. Air Pollution Kills 60.000 People A Year

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#11. Liking Isn’t Helping. Be A Volunteer. Change A Life

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#12. Bird Conservation: If You Don’t Pick It Up They Will

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#13. What We See When You Smoke

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#14. Animal Anti-Cruelty League: That’s Not A Football

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#15. Bangalore Traffic Police: Don’t Talk While Driving

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#16. Child Soldiers: It’s Not Happening Here, But It’s Happening Now

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#17. Censorship Tells The Wrong Story

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#18. Distracted Driving: Think Of Both Sides

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#19. Every 60 Seconds a Species Dies Out. Each Minute Counts

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#20. Innocence In Danger: Where’s The Pedophile?

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#21. Sexual Predators Can Hide In Your Child’s Smartphone

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#22. Smoking Causes Premature Aging

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#23. You’re Not A Sketch. Say No To Anorexia

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#24. Neglected Children Are Made To Feel Invisible. Stop Child Abuse Now

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“To dramatize the issue of neglect, we placed mannequins dressed as children behind billposters. When the inevitable happened, we revealed a second message.” (Australian Childhood Foundation, JWT Melbourne)

#25. Global Action In The Interest of Animals: Plastic Bags Kill

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#26. What Goes Around Comes Around. Keep The Sea Clean

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#27. Tailgating Isn’t Worth It. Give Trucks Room

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#28. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society: When You See A Tuna, Think Panda

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#29. Sleepiness Is Stronger Than You. Don’t Drive Sleepy

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#30. See how easy feeding the hungry can be?

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#31. Causing Cancer By Yourself

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#32. Deforestation And The Air We Breathe: Before It’s Too Late

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#33. For The Homeless, Every Day Is A Struggle

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#34. The Prvention Beer Mug: Please Don’t Lose Control Over Your Drinking

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#35. One Child Is Holding Something That’s Been Banned In America To Protect Them. Guess Which One?

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#36. Breast Cancer Awareness Bra

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#37. What Goes Around Comes Around: Stop The Iraq War

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#38. UN Women: Auto-Complete Shows Perceptions Of Women

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#39. Don’t Buy Exotic Animal Souvenirs

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#40. Animal Abuse And Shelters: Same Pet, Different Owner

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#41. Buckle up. Stay alive

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