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“Every now and then, I still want a cigarette; something triggers that part of my brain,” Austin said. “It truly takes forever to get over smoking.” Contact Matthias Gafni at 925-952-5026.

“Every now and then, I still want a cigarette; something triggers that part of my brain,” Austin said. “It truly takes forever to get over smoking.” Contact Matthias Gafni at 925-952-5026.

They are disturbing to look at—in Thailand, cigarettes have featured a gaping tracheotomy hole; in Brazil, a man with legs amputated below the knees; in Singapore, a foot mangled with gangrene.

But in all, the message is clearer than that of a comic-book arm getting injected with a cigarette. If images are to be used, Jacobus and Wilson agree that they need to be grosser.