French people will always surprise me

I saw it too and I thought it was a joke……. This is so, so stupid! How can you think for even one second this ad will stop young people to smoke?? It has nothing to do with smoke, it was only to create some stupid buzz.

Stupid!

Bises
Moshuo

That’s very French, indeed!

Same for me Moshuo. I didn’t understand what it was about and even after I read the tag line, I didn’t get it either. Like you are being a sex’ slave if you smoke? Anyway……….

I always smoke after sex. Maybe it’s a warning no to do both at the same time

That’s horrible for victims of sex assault and harassment.

Sex has nothing to do with smoking.

French are weird sometimes

It’s not french people that are weird, it’s an ad agency who had a stupid idea. Like any other ad agency in the world can have one.

But I agree it’s really stupid……

Is it about enjoying sexual intercourse with either a (young) man or a (young) woman?

Yeah, that’s all I see from this ad!

Non-sense. And to many sexual connotations.

Look more like forced sex than smoking to me.

I’m not sure this ad would have been published in the US.

American people are puritans. But French are kinky

LOL This is the stupidest anti-smoke ad I have ever seen!!!

Agreed!

Well, I don’t see anything wrong with this ad, maybe it’s because I’m Belgian but I’m not offended by it. Of course it’s sexual but it’s aimed are young smokers so maybe it will talk to them.

I also like they show an homosexual relationship. It reflects our society. But I understand some people can be shocked by this ad.

First of all, like JBKaval said, the problem is the ad agency not the French people. Second I don’t agree with you Witz. Sex is everywhere and in this ad the message is not clear at all. I think Moshuo is right, it was about getting the buzz and that’s all.

This ad is very provocative and that’s how French are sometimes perceived. I am not shocked but it would never have been published in a Russian newspaper

The message is clear : make sex instead of smoking

French are naughty people, I can tell you, I was French in a precedent life

PtitJean I was French too ‘before’

I think Mark’s understanding is the right one: you can’t smoke and have sex at the same time

You’re very funny.

I like Witz’ comment about the same sex relationship. But I don’t think it was the point here

I want to live in France (France is best place to live in world, remember?)

French minister Nadine Morano wants to banish the ad. But it already made the buzz in France, that’s too late now…….

-Meddi

I love the French, seriously. Please don’t change, we love you just the way you are!

Toby.

Both teenagers are the same eyes color and hair. Are they brother and sister? Is it about pedophilia? See how stupidly we can understand this ad? Stupid, it is.

I am puzzled :O8:

I read about this ad in Spain, it’s getting a lot of attention in Europe! I don’t understand it at all but you should know in Spain we also had some very bad ads. One was showing a child in a very suggestive position with an adult. It was very disturbing to say the least

So French people are not the only ones to be weird I suppose!

Well said Pilar, I totally agree with you.

Of course France is not the only country with stupid ads! I think this one has got too much buzz and I think the Nonsmokers’ Rights organization should be ashame to spend so much money for such a useless campaign

Good point Juliette. If I was a member of this organization, I wouldn’t be happy my money would be spent for this kind of ad..

This ad is so, so wrong………………