Gone are the days of gory, in-your-face imagery. It just doesn’t work. Smokers know they need to quit, why do we continue to shame them? Our idea was to approach cessation from a tale of personal stories. Our priority audiences were focused on African Americans, the LGBTQ+ community, and rural Louisiana. We needed to connect with each while underscoring the importance of being tobacco free. 

We found real Lousianians willing to tell their cessation stories. All of them were compelling and each person had multiple reasons for needing to quit. Our job was to take the best of those stories and compile them into statewide, targeted campaigns driving users to digital and traditional conversion tactics, mainly the state’s cessation quit line.

Throughout the year, we target our campaigns digitally with flighting surrounding heavy cessation events like the New Year and World No Tobacco Day. Tactics include OTT, pre-roll, programmatic display, paid social media, and digital out of home. We’re continuously monitoring and reporting on their effectiveness and shifting budget in real-time to over-performing mediums.