cigarettes: they make your brain go crazy

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When I first arrived in Indonesia there were little signs on all the tables in Balinese restaurants that just said "L.A. Lights". I had no idea what they were advertising. It was about two weeks before I realized they were a type of cigarette. Every single male over the age of six months smokes in Indonesia, and there are cigarette advertisements everywhere, although interestingly all of them also have the health warnings in smaller print along the bottom. I find many of them very amusing (especially as few seem to have anything to do with smoking), so spent some time in Bukittinggi photographing the ones I saw during my walks.

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Photos

Djarum black
see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil

Clas mild
talk less, do more

L.A. Lights
stay cool

runner-up for most nonsensical slogan: Absolute
"let your mind go for a walk"

and my very favourite, Lucky Strike
"like a smooth version of ourselves" -- what does that even mean!!??

my new Batman wallet, of which the compartments are too small to actually fit anything into.
I wonder who would want a Batman wallet souvenir?

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[Nic]

MMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :D