http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:30:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/02/twitter-addictive-cigarettes.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:58:57 +0000 Addicted to social media? It's not so far-fetched. A new study shows that we may be more likely to succumb to media-related desires than to use more conventional drugs.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/ecigarettes-help-users-find-fellow-quitters.html Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:45:26 +0000 Smart quit-smoking devices allow those trying to give up the habit to find like-minded individuals through 'aware' packaging.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/facebook-addicted-teens-more-likely-to-do-drugs-headlines.html Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:19:25 +0000 A survey says 12 to 17-year-olds on Facebook are 5 times more likely to try alcohol, smoking and drugs.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/ar-app-lungs-shows-smokers-the-damage-they-are-causing.html Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:13:51 +0000 New anti-smoking app displays an image of your lungs based on data about how many and how often you smoke.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/michael-bloomberg-got-new-yorkers-to-quit-smoking-can-he-shut-down-coal-headlines.html Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:27:18 +0000 The New York mayor is using a $50m gift to the Sierra Club to make the case against coal on public health grounds.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/iceland-considers-banning-the-sale-of-cigarettes.html Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:39:43 +0000 Tobacco bill proposes outlawing cigarettes, with only doctors allowed to prescribe them to addicts unable to kick the habit.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/philip-morris-sues-over-australian-plans-to-ban-logos-from-cigarette-packets-headlines.html Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:30:59 +0000 Australian government plans to replace tobacco companies' branding with grisly images of the consequences of smoking.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/new-yorks-smoking-ban-extended-to-parks-and-beaches.html Tue, 24 May 2011 17:41:35 +0000 Mayor Michael Bloomberg's clampdown on smoking is the biggest since he banned the habit from restaurants and bars.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/blu-e-cigarettes-create-a-social-network-for-smokers.html Thu, 12 May 2011 11:53:43 +0000 Built-in sensors search for other blu cigarette packs and vibrate and light up when another e-smoker is close-by.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/homegrown-tobacco-in-brooklyn.html Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:19:48 +0000 As taxes increase and more anti-smoking laws are created, one smoker in Brooklyn has decided to make her own cigarettes.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/can-rebranding-encourage-better-health.html Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:48:49 +0000 A minimalist approach to cigarette packaging questions how much brand identity plays in keeping smokers in the habit.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/times-square-becomes-smoke-free-as-new-york-extends-ban-outdoors.html Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:51:24 +0000 Smoking prohibited in parks and beaches in biggest anti-smoking push since ban from restaurants and bars in 2002]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/01/averting-the-tobacco-epidemic.html Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:16:06 +0000 Lifestyle changes in countries like the UK are reducing the cases of cancer.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/designing-to-discourage-behavior.html Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:48:16 +0000 Intentionally breaking the rules of strong design can be applied to dissuade consumers from bad habits - including smoking.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/pic-more-of-san-francisco-to-go-smoke-free.html Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:02:48 +0000 A sign hanging in the streets notified the PSFK team that the city is increasing the areas where smoking is not permitted.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/monocolumn-giving-up-a-criminal-habit.html Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:34:38 +0000 There are few pleasures to be had behind bars, but smoking has always been one of them – a fixture of prison life as ubiquitous as locked doors and bare walls. For New Zealand’s jailbirds, though, those days are numbered. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/06/monocolumn-why-giving-up-is-hard-to-do.html Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:11:59 +0000 A small tax increase on cigarettes brings into question the sneaky tactics of Japanese tobacco companies.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/05/news-australian-government-bans-cigarette-branding.html Wed, 05 May 2010 15:17:45 +0000 A new law will radically change the look of cigarette package design.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/smokeless-cigarettes-and-virtuous-vices.html Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:54:26 +0000 An interesting trend has developed over the past decade- one involving vices. More than ever today, companies are utilizing technology to turn various vices into virtues.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/12/pic-transforming-phone-booths-into-smoking-booths.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:00:17 +0000 Dutch telecoms operator KPN has redesigned some of their (presumably underused) phone booths as smoking rooms.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/05/pic-branded-smoking-zone-munich-airport.html Thu, 28 May 2009 15:53:05 +0000 PSFK noticed how Camel has found a not so subtle way to get around anti-advertising laws in Germany with this heavily branded (and rather popular) booth.]]>