tobacco-quitting cigarettes help break smoking habits

tobacco-quitting cigarettes help break smoking habits
all images courtesy of tseng yi wen

taiwanese designer tseng yi wen has conceived a series of 4 tobacco-quitting cigarettes aimed to break smoking habits. the concept behind each would make tobacco consumption significantly less, while still allowing for an occasional smoke.

 tobacco-day’ prints the date on every cigarette, reminding the smoker of how many they have consumed, and to limit the allowed number of smokes per month.  

the month is printed onto the box, with one cigarette per day as a limit

‘could you give me a cigarette?’ is a common question often asked by smokers. yi wen has conceived a single cigarette that is sharable, to be broken into two parts. by dividing the tobacco, you help reduce the other person’s smoking amount, and your own.

the smoke is to be broken in two parts so that less tobacco in consumed

the single cigarette is able to be broken in half

‘tobacco-trace’ is a series that assigns a number to a purchased cigarette. when a smoker throws one on the road, 
others will be able to find out that person’s identity. yi wen asks, ‘will you still throw cigarette wherever you go?’ 

the identity number printed on the cigarette allows for tracking discarded butts

‘tobacco-luck’ increases the size of the filter tip so that the smoke inside is considerably less. each passing day allows a smaller amount of tobacco consumption. 

the size of the filter gets larger, so that the smoke inside is less

each passing day provides less and less tobacco

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