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 Tobacco Explained: 4. Advertising [Recommended] Description: ASH UK Paper. Reviews industry cigarette ads over the years, their messages, emphasis, and effects. (ash.org.uk) |
| "So Rich, Mild, and Fresh": A Critical Look at TV Cigarette Commercials Description: Tobacco was television's first big sponsor and a top sponsor for over two decades; this research examines how cigarette advertising influenced early TV, the medium and the shows, health claims made on the air by the tobacco industry, advertising to women, and TV cigarette ads that changed the culture. (rtvf.unt.edu) |
| ''Light'' Cigarette Claims - Heavy Deception Description: The tobacco industry privately described light cigarettes as "an effective advertising gimmick," or "merely cosmetic," which offered "the image of health reassurance", according to recently uncovered tobacco company memos. (oncolink.upenn.edu) |
| A Day in the Life of an Advertising Man Description: Internal documents from the UK tobacco industry's principal advertising agencies reveal that tobacco advertising is intended to increase consumption as well as brand share. (bmj.bmjjournals.com) |
| Ad Money Moves from Billboards to Print Description: A review of money spent promoting cigarettes finds that the Master Settlement Agreement has not reduced tobacco promotion, but merely moved it to different places. (tc.bmjjournals.com) |
| Bibliography: Advertising's Effects on Tobacco Addiction Rates Description: Bibliography of scientific articles put together by Maryland State Medical Society. (medchi.org) |
| Big Tobacco Shifts Ads from Billboards to Stores Description: UIC research shows that tobacco companies have increased retail store advertising and promotions since a ban on tobacco billboard advertising took effect. Pictures show typical retail spaces, filled with tobacco ads. (tobaccofreekids.org) |
| Brand-stretching Description: ASH-UK briefing on brand-stretching: the use of tobacco brand names on non-tobacco merchandise or services to get around bans on direct advertising. (ash.org.uk) |
| Fact Sheet - Tobacco Advertising Description: Brief factsheet compiled by the Non Smokers' Movement of Australia. (nsma.org.au) |
| Holy Smoke! Description: The Virgin Mary was a Marlboro woman--and other marketing that the industry uses abroad. (motherjones.com) |
| In-store Tobacco Ads Description: Commentary explains tobacco industry point-of-purchase advertising and promotion; how it works, who gets paid for it, and what mechanisms are used. (bizjournals.com) |
| Keep Smiling - No One's Going to Die Description: Report analyses thousands of internal documents from the UK tobacco industry's five main advertising agencies, reveals industry activities intended to recruit new smokers, discourage existing smokers from quitting, undermine advertising regulations, and subvert government policy. (tobaccopapers.com) |
| Low Tar, Light Cigarettes Called Deliberate Deception Description: Industry documents show the tobacco industry knew that low-tar and light cigarettes were no safer but marketed them to "offer an image of health reassurance". (unisci.com) |
| Marketing the Myth of "Light" and "Mild" Description: Collection of industry promotion strategies in different countries aroundthe world promoting "light" and "mild" cigarettes as less harmful. (essentialaction.org) |
| Memorandum by Centre For Tobacco Control Research Description: University of Strathclyde (UK) analysis of tobacco advertising agency documents finds they "provide a unique glimpse into the mindset and tactics of both tobacco advertisers and their clients." (parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk) |
| Operation Storefront Report 1998 Description: Massachusetts study on tobacco point-of-sale advertising analyses where the ads are placed, who is targeted, how pervasive they are, and what results they get. (mass.gov) |
| Peter Mitchell's Project -- Cigarette Advertising Description: Student project creates a poster that blends cigarette ads to make a point. (hometown.aol.com) |
| Research Review: Tobacco Advertising Description: Advertising to minorities; children as target markets. (ftcc.fsu.edu) |
| Targets of Cigarette Advertising Description: Essay on cigarette advertising and promotion. (health20-20.org) |
| The Cigarette Pack As Image: New Evidence From Tobacco Industry Docuemnts Description: Tobacco industry internal memos and reports reveal the industry used a highly sophisticated research program to develop the cigarette pack as a potent advertising tool in its own right. (tc.bmjjournals.com) |
| The Dark side of Marketing Seemingly "Light" Cigarettes: Successful Images and Failed Fact Description: Research on advertising and promotion of "light" and filtered cigarettes: what the ads promised and what the product actually delivered. (tc.bmjjournals.com) |
| The Dark Side Of Marketing seemingly 'Light' Cigarettes: Successful Images and Failed Fact Description: Extensive review of internal tobacco industry memos and documents finds that for 50 years filtered and low tar cigarettes were a marketing campaign designed to reassure smokers, not reduce risk. (tc.bmjjournals.com) |
| The Tobacco Reference Guide: Advertising Description: Collection of facts, fully footnoted, outlines the dimensions and purposes of tobacco advertising and marketing. (globalink.org) |
| Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Description: Factsheet from ASH-UK. (ash.org.uk) |
| Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Description: Short description and statistics on promotional items. (smokehelp.org) |
| Tobacco Advertising, Public relations and the Media Description: Tobacco advertising and public relations links from healthwatcher. (healthwatcher.net) |
| Tobacco Industry Advertising and Promotion Description: Review by ASH Scotland of industry documents shows the industry is primarily concerned with maintaining smoking, recruiting new smokers, and preventing current smokers from quitting. (ashscotland.org.uk) |
| Tobacco's Media Fix Description: Article in Now Toronto explores tobacco advertising aimed at reassuring smokers. (nowtoronto.com) |
