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An Ad-erage Day in the Life of a Kid - http://www.tobacco.org/Misc/kids_ad_day.html
A tobacco-ad-filled day in the life of a kid. |
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They said WHAT? - http://www.tobacco.org/Documents/documentquotes.html
Collection of quotes: what the industry says in its own internal documents on nicotine and addiction, tobacco products and health, legalese, youth, and evidence. |
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Big Bad Wolf Isn't the Only One Puffin' - http://research.unc.edu/endeavors/fall99/cartoons.htm
Study on tobacco use in children's animated feature films finds substantial tobacco use, no showing of consequences, and good characters use as much as bad characters. |
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BAT Lures Young smokers With Online Scheme - http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2001/jan/24/marketingandpr.newmedia
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. |
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Behind the Smokescreen: Tobacco Marketing to Kids - http://tobaccofreekids.org/reports/smokescreen/marketingkids.shtml
Report from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. |
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Two Studies Show: Ads Get Kids to Smoke - http://www.no-smoking.org/feb98/02-17-98-3.html
Two research studies find that cigarette advertising and promotion are the single most important factor in influencing kids to smoke, more important than family or friends who smoke. |
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Philip Morris and Targeting Kids - http://tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/philipmorris.pdf
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. |
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Addicting the Young - http://multinationalmonitor.org/hyper/issues/1992/01/mm0192_07.html
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. |
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UK tobacco firm targets African youth - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/933430.stm
BAT (British American Tobacco) hands out free cigarettes to teenagers at sports events in Africa, a BBC investigation finds. |
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Tobacco Industry Teen Smoking Ads Make Teens Want to Smoke - http://www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/news/20061031/study-teen-antismoking-ads-backfiring
Recent research shows "youth smoking prevention ads" run by Philip Morris and Lorillard increase desire of teens to smoke. |
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Cigarette Ads Stomp Out Anti-Smoking Efforts - http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=88094&page=1
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. |
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Waxman: Marketing Tobacco to Children - http://democrats.reform.house.gov/Documents/20040827161614-28789.pdf
Letter from Congressman Henry Waxman to his colleagues highlights what the tobacco industry says in private about marketing cigarettes to kids. |
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Philip Morris Schoolbook Covers - http://www.commercialalert.org/index.php?category_id=2&subcategory_id=38&article_id=45
Commercial Alert takes a hard look at Philip Morris's giveaway of school book covers. |
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Tobacco Company Magazine Ads Continue To Target Children - http://www.oncolink.com/resources/article.cfm?c=3&s=8&ss=23&id=1568
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. |
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Designing a Cigarette for the First Time Smoker - http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/11/suppl_1/i32
Article in scientific journal examines how R. J. Reynolds designed a cigarette to appeal to young starters. |