Return of the Smooth Character

Free-speech loving Big Nanny shut him up, and forced him into a 14-year exile, but Joe Camel proudly announces his triumphant return. That's right, 14 years and 15,000 packs of smokes later (and looking only slightly worse for the wear) Joe begins his new career as a cigarette warning-label icon. Wishing him a long, happy, and healthy-ish comeback career.

A smoking related side-note: I was recently watching a DVD of some old Twilight Zone episodes when all of a sudden, to my shock and horror, there's non-other than Rod Serling, pushing Oasis cigarettes: "The freshest taste in smoking today... Smokers who know, now smoke the big  O". What, how can this be?!  This is a major oversight by Big Nanny! How did these vile ads for vintage smokes slip by them, and end up where anyone (even kids ) could see them? Well, without Big Nanny to protect me from myself, upon seeing the ad, I was instantly hooked! I spent the next couple of days Jonesing and searching for a refreshing pack of Oasis, but to no avail... it turns out Oasis was freshest taste in smoking today, but not anymore, in fact it seems they've been off the market for quite some time. Well, I'm not settling for less than the fresh taste of Oasis, so I guess I'm gonna have to tough it out, and quit cold turkey!

Another editorial cartoon on those gruesome new warning labels attached to cigarette packs.

© 2011 Barry/Right-Hemisphere Laboratory