--- title: California Launches Campaign Against E-Cigarettes description: California rolled out new television and digital ads about the dangers of e-cigarettes on Monday. canonical: https://time.com/3754051/california-e-cigarette-ads/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-23T14:30:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:59:36.867Z article:section: Health og:title: California Launches Campaign Against E-Cigarettes og:description: California rolled out new television and digital ads about the dangers of e-cigarettes on Monday. og:url: https://time.com/3754051/california-e-cigarette-ads/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: California Launches Campaign Against E-Cigarettes twitter:description: California rolled out new television and digital ads about the dangers of e-cigarettes on Monday. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # California Launches Campaign Against E-Cigarettes > Sponsored content. 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Kids Aren't Alright_ by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Mar 23, 2015 2:30 PM UTC by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Mar 23, 2015 2:30 PM UTC California rolled out new television and digital ads about the dangers of e-cigarettes on Monday. The new ads air just two months after the California Department of Health (CDPH) [declared e-cigarettes a public health risk](http://time.com/3686557/california-ecigarettes-health-risk/), and warned Californians to stay away from them. The new ads are part of the agency’s new campaign called “Wake Up,” which suggests e-cigarettes are just another mass marketed product with serious health consequences. **MORE:** [California Says E-Cigarettes a Health Risk](http://time.com/3686557/california-ecigarettes-health-risk/) Both ads feature songs from the ’50s and ’60s, when traditional cigarette marketing was prevalent. One ad titled “What Could Go Wrong” underlines the fact that Big Tobacco is also involved in the e-cigarette market. The ads call e-cigarettes “a new way to inhale toxic chemicals.” Another calls out candy-flavored e-cigarette products that California health officials believe market to children. “California has been a world leader in tobacco use prevention and cessation since 1990, with one of the lowest youth and adult smoking rates in the nation. The aggressive marketing and escalating use of e-cigarettes threatens to erode that progress,” said Dr. Karen Smith, the CDPH director and state health officer, [in a statement](http://www.cdph.ca.gov/Pages/NR15-024.aspx). “Our advertising campaign is telling the public to ‘wake up’ to the fact that these are highly addictive products being mass marketed.” In a [health advisory](http://time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ecighealthadvisory01282015.pdf) released by the CDPH in January, the state reports that e-cigarette use has spiked among California teenagers and young adults. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3754051/california-e-cigarette-ads/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3754051/california-e-cigarette-ads/"},"headline":"California Launches Campaign Against E-Cigarettes","datePublished":"2015-03-23T14:30:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:59:36.867Z","description":"The new ads are part of a new campaign called \"Wake Up\"","url":"https://time.com/3754051/california-e-cigarette-ads/","keywords":["Addiction","California","E-Cigarettes","e-cigs","TV","Ads"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/addiction/","name":"Addiction"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3754051/california-e-cigarette-ads/","name":"California Launches Campaign Against E-Cigarettes"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"What Could Go Wrong","description":"What Could Go Wrong","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ZQvk78iu/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-03-23T13:11:15.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ZQvk78iu.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3754051/california-e-cigarette-ads/","duration":"PT45S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3754051/california-e-cigarette-ads/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Kids Aren't Alright","description":"Kids Aren't Alright","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/VkFxE2KI/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-03-23T13:11:21.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/VkFxE2KI.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3754051/california-e-cigarette-ads/","duration":"PT45S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3754051/california-e-cigarette-ads/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```