Factors and influences that promote teen smoking.
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- Tobacco Industry Reviewed Potential Smoking Habits of 5-year-olds Brown and Williamson Tobacco engaged a marketing research firm to look at the potential smoking habits of children as young as 5, according to internal company documents. A judge said Brown and Williamson "blatantly abused" attorney-client privilege to keep these documents secret.
- Philip Morris Polled Teens on Smoking The nation's largest tobacco company used pollsters through the 1970s and 1980s to learn more about teens' smoking attitudes.
- Ever Wonder What the Future Holds for Joe? Essay comments on RJ Reynolds' Joe Camel advertising campaign.
- They said WHAT? Collection of quotes: what the industry says in its own internal documents on nicotine and addiction, tobacco products and health, legalese, youth, and evidence.
- An Ad-erage Day in the Life of a Kid A tobacco-ad-filled day in the life of a kid.
- Tobacco Industry Quotes on Marketing to Kids Quotes compiled by MASCOT, the Multicultural advocates for social change on tobacco.
- Tobacco Companies Finding Easy Way Around Magazine Advertising Ban to Target Youth A new study examines how the tobacco industry has complied with a 1998 court settlement banning magazine advertising directed at teenagers, finds that youth targeting persisted and even increased in the first two years after the ban went into effect.
- Smoke This Op-ed on tobacco industry promotions to youth.
- RJR on the "youth market" Document from R.J. Reynolds (RJR) site shows that 14 year old smokers were not just a viable, but a very sought after market for RJR.
- Cigarette Brand Preferences Among Adolescents Paper from the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan. Concludes: "The very high rates of cigarette smoking found among American teenagers in the late 1990s are associated with the popularity of just three brands..."
- Big Tobacco Up to Old Tricks USA Today editorial focuses on tobacco industry marketing attractive to teens.
- Marketing Professor Finds Youth More Influenced by Cigarette Advertising Than Adults Marketing professor finds that teens are more likely to be influenced by strategic tobacco advertising than adults.
- Cigarette Ads - A Promise Broken Summarizes research showing that tobacco ad spending has not decreased since the tobacco industry agreed to stop targeting youth; examines where the ad budget goes.
- UK tobacco firm targets African youth BAT (British American Tobacco) hands out free cigarettes to teenagers at sports events in Africa, a BBC investigation finds.
- Addicting the Young Article on recent tobacco industry tactics to recruit young customers, such as cartoon characters in cigarette ads, rock music promotions, and making cigarettes easily available to youth.
- Philip Morris and Targeting Kids Factsheet outlines how tobacco giant Philip Morris (Altria) targets kids, and documents what Philip Morris says in private about marketing to kids and about its anti-youth-smoking ads as a public relations ploy.
- Study: Tobacco Companies Still Market Cigarettes to Teens New England Journal of Medicine study finds that a 1998 tobacco industry promise not to market to teens has had little effect; advertising for youth brands of cigarettes in youth-oriented magazines has not decreased.
- News & Opinion: Black Lungs Column on tobacco marketing to black teens.
- Ad Money Moves from Billboards to Print Report finds cigarette marketing to teens through magazine advertising increased after the Master Settlement Agreement took effect in November
- Philip Morris Schoolbook Covers Commercial Alert takes a hard look at Philip Morris's giveaway of school book covers.
- Adolescent Exposure to Cigarette Advertising in Magazines Research by Harvard Professor.
- Cigarette Ads Stomp Out Anti-Smoking Efforts Study concludes that cigarette ads lead young people to identify smoking with popularity and relaxation, and these associations are stronger than any perceived risk picked up from anti-smoking ads.
- Tobacco Ads May Undermine Good Parenting A new study presents evidence that tobacco industry marketing undermines the best efforts of parents to prevent their kids from smoking.
- Tobacco Marketing and Young People Research finds the tobacco industry has detailed pictures of the values and aspirations of smokers as young as 15 years.
- Influence of Tobacco Marketing and Exposure to Smokers on Adolescent Susceptibility to Smoking Scientific paper finds cigarette advertising is a stronger influence on teen smoking than other factors.
- Tobacco Industry Promotion of Cigarettes and Adolescent Smoking Research measures whether tobacco advertising and promotion increases the likelihood that youths will begin smoking.
- Tobacco Giant's Secret Papers Revealed Britain's biggest tobacco company was so concerned that it would lose market share to hard drugs such as cocaine and heroin that it attempted to market a 'rebellious' image for cigarettes to make them more attractive to youngsters.
- BAT Lures Young smokers With Online Scheme British American Tobacco is planning an extraordinary internet campaign to drive unwitting young consumers to bars and clubs where it promotes its cigarettes, according to a leaked company memo. Article explains, and provides the memo.
- Designing a Cigarette for the First Time Smoker Article in scientific journal examines how R. J. Reynolds designed a cigarette to appeal to young starters.
- Do Candy Cigarettes Encourage Young People to Smoke? Paper in British Medical Journal. Executives of both the tobacco and candy industries regarded candy cigarettes as good advertising to future smokers; tobacco companies granted candy makers permission to use cigarette pack designs and tolerated trademark infringement.
- The Marlboro Man lives Article in Salon magazine. "Big Tobacco money is being spent differently than before, but it's still targeting our youth."
- Tobacco Company Magazine Ads Continue To Target Children Research report from Harvard Business School analyzes advertising expenditures in 30 adult- and youth-oriented magazines, finds that young people smoke cigarettes advertised in youth magazines.