One of the best ways to grab people’s attention is shocking them, and these 37 advertisements do it for a good reason: raising awareness for very important issues of our society.
While many times the most talented people in advertising try to sell us products we probably don’t need, this time they made use of their creativity to catch people’s attention for a good reason, and we have to say that these 37 ads do it in the most exceptional ways.
These advertisement are made to stay in our minds, and we frankly have to say that we’ll hardly forget them.
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1. One Child Is Holding Something That’s Been Banned In America To Protect Them. Guess Which One?
![Grey, Toronto, Canada](https://i0.wp.com/justsomething.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/social-issue-ads-26.jpg?resize=660%2C435&ssl=1)
2. Save paper, save the planet
![Saatchi & Saatchi, Copenhagen, Denmark](https://i0.wp.com/justsomething.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/social-issue-ads-38.jpg?resize=660%2C518&ssl=1)
3. 46 days in hospital
![Cramer-Krasselt, Milwaukee, USA](https://i0.wp.com/justsomething.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/social-issue-ads-37.jpg?resize=660%2C437&ssl=1)
4. Victims are people just like you and me
![Advico Y&R, Zurich, Switzerland](https://i0.wp.com/justsomething.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/social-issue-ads-2.jpg?resize=660%2C499&ssl=1)
5. What we see when you smoke
![JWT, Atlanta, USA](https://i0.wp.com/justsomething.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/social-issue-ads-4.jpg?resize=660%2C476&ssl=1)
6. Plastic bags kill
![BBDO Malaysia, MALAYSIA, Kuala Lumpur – Duval Guillaume, Belgium](https://i0.wp.com/justsomething.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/social-issue-ads-15.jpg?resize=660%2C357&ssl=1)
7. WWF
![DDB&CO., Istanbul, Turkey](https://i0.wp.com/justsomething.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/social-issue-ads-25.jpg?resize=660%2C472&ssl=1)
8. Your skin color shouldn’t dictate your future
9. Same pet, different owner
10. Don’t buy exotic animal souvenirs
![LOWE GGK, Warsaw, Poland](https://i0.wp.com/justsomething.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/social-issue-ads-30.jpg?resize=660%2C452&ssl=1)
11. Liking isn’t helping
12. Before it’s too late
![TBWA\PARIS, France](https://i0.wp.com/justsomething.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/social-issue-ads-22.jpg?resize=660%2C431&ssl=1)
13. Don’t talk while he drives
14. You are not a sketch
![Revolution Brasil](https://i0.wp.com/justsomething.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/social-issue-ads-13.jpg?resize=660%2C433&ssl=1)
15.Smoking causes premature ageing
![Euro RSCG Australia](https://i0.wp.com/justsomething.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/social-issue-ads-12.jpg?resize=660%2C956&ssl=1)
16. Innocence in danger
![Herezie, Paris, France](https://i0.wp.com/justsomething.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/social-issue-ads-11.jpg?resize=660%2C467&ssl=1)
17. What goes around comes around. Keep the sea clean
18. Stop the abuse
![Lowe Bull, Cape Town, South Africa](https://i0.wp.com/justsomething.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/social-issue-ads-5.jpg?resize=660%2C494&ssl=1)
19. For the homeless, everyday is a struggle
![Clemenger BBDO, Melbourne, Australia](https://i0.wp.com/justsomething.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/social-issue-ads-23.jpg?resize=660%2C746&ssl=1)
20. Stop handguns before they stop you
21. Greenpeace
![LINKSUS, Beijing, China](https://i0.wp.com/justsomething.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/social-issue-ads-36.jpg?resize=660%2C280&ssl=1)
22. Air pollution
23. Buckle up, stay alive
![Lg2, Quebec, Canada](https://i0.wp.com/justsomething.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/social-issue-ads-34.jpg?resize=660%2C881&ssl=1)
24. Think of both sides
![Red Pepper, Ekaterinburg, Russia](https://i0.wp.com/justsomething.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/social-issue-ads-42.jpg?resize=660%2C476&ssl=1)
25. Censorship tells the wrong story
![Memac Ogilvy & Mather Dubai, UAE](https://i0.wp.com/justsomething.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/social-issue-ads-41.jpg?resize=660%2C461&ssl=1)
26. They would if they could
27. Women need to be seen as equal
28. What goes around, comes around
![Big Ant International, New York, USA](https://i0.wp.com/justsomething.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/social-issue-ads-27.jpg?resize=660%2C863&ssl=1)
29.sleepiness is stronger than you
![BBDO Bangkok, Thailand](https://i0.wp.com/justsomething.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/social-issue-ads-19.jpg?resize=660%2C950&ssl=1)
30. Cancer, which is thrown into your lung by yourself
![Dentsu, Beijing, China](https://i0.wp.com/justsomething.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/social-issue-ads-21.jpg?resize=660%2C304&ssl=1)
31. See how easy feeding the hungry can be?
![TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris, Johannesburg, South Africa](https://i0.wp.com/justsomething.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/social-issue-ads-20.jpg?resize=660%2C534&ssl=1)
32. It’s not happening here, but it’s happening now
![Pius Walker, Amnesty International, Switzerland](https://i0.wp.com/justsomething.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/social-issue-ads-8.jpg?resize=660%2C990&ssl=1)
33. Neglected children are made to feel invisible
(h/t: boredpanda)
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