Silk Cut
Surrealism as Subversion
“Escape”
Cinema commercial, UK
Silk Cut
Gallaher Group
1979
Video From: The Hall of Advertising on YouTube
“Valley Curtain”
Cinema commercial, UK
Silk Cut
Gallaher Group
1985
Video From: Jocahim A/V on YouTube
Greek Silk Cut Advertisement
Cinema commercial, Greece
Silk Cut
Gallaher Group
Circa 2000s
Video From: George Glynos on YouTube
Silk Cut Calendar
Photo Calendar
Photographers:
Barney Edwards, Graham Ford, Francois Gillet, Daniel Jounneau, Masatomo Kuriya, Henry Sandbank, Tyen
Saatchi and Saatchi
Silk Cut
1995
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Fat Lady
The last print Silk Cut advertisement before a total ban went into effect in 2003.
Saatchi and Saatchi
Silk Cut
February 13, 2003
Photo Courtesy
No 75: Adlands’ last cigarette (the fat lady sings)
campaignlive.co.uk
Restrictions on the depiction of healthful and athletic images in cigarette advertising resulted in creative circumventions of the spirit and intent of regulations in the United Kingdom, France, and other countries.
Surrealism as Subversion
Professor,
Department of Family Medicine
Gerald Leon Wallace, MD, Endowed Chair in Family Medicine
College of Community Health Sciences
Director, Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society
The University of Alabama
Collections Manager and Digital Archivist
Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society
The University of Alabama
Intern, Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society;
Graduate student, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alabama