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- ABCNEWS.com: Study Says Big Tobacco Targeting Teens - In the time since tobacco companies agreed to change their marketing practices and pay states millions of dollars to fend off litigation, Big Tobacco has also dramatically stepped up advertising in magazines with large teen readerships.
abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/tobaccoads000517.html
- Adolescent Exposure to Cigarette Advertising in Magazines - Slide presentation by Harvard Professor.
www.people.hbs.edu/cking/online/index.htm
- ALAC Shoplifting Project - How Big Tobacco Encourages Shoplifting By Kids - How cigarette displays are arrranged in stores to encourage shoplifting by kids. Slide presentation from the American Lung Association.
www.smokescreen.org/alac/Index.html
- An Ad-erage Day in the Life of a Kid - A tobacco-ad-filled day in the life of a kid.
www.tobacco.org/Misc/kids_ad_day.html
- Anytown USA: Tobacco Ads in Stores - Photos of typical retail advertising shows the types of ads kids are seeing everyday throughout the country.
www.costkids.org/targetingkids/anytownusa.htm
- Bat Cave Inc. Youth Marketing Specialists - Marketing firm states its expertise in youth culture and highlights its tobacco marketing.
www.batcaveinc.com/bensonhedges.html
- 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.
www.mediaguardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,7496,427373,00.html
- Behind the Smokescreen: Tobacco Marketing to Kids - Report from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
tobaccofreekids.org/reports/smokescreen/marketingkids.shtml
- Big Tobacco Up to Old Tricks - USA Today editorial focuses on tobacco industry marketing attractive to teens.
www.usatoday.com/news/comment/2001-03-19-edtwof2.htm
- Big Tobacco: Still Addicting Kids - Research reports on tobacco industry and marketing to kids before and after the Master Settlement Agreement with the states in November 1998.
www.tobaccofreekids.org/reports/addicting
- Brand Logo Recognition by Children - Abstract of scientific paper reporting results of brand recognition. Over 90% of 6 year olds correctly recognized Old Joe, a cartoon Camel used by R.J. Reynolds.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&uid=1956101&Dopt=r
- Brand-Specific Advertising in Relation to Youth Readership - Scientific article reports that cigarette brands smoked by teens are the ones advertised more in youth oriented magazines.
jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v279n7/abs/joc7314.html
- Brown & Williamson Campaign Targets Young People - Article in India Express covers B&W's campaign promoting Kool and Lucky Strike cigarettes.
www.expressindia.com/fe/daily/20000703/fst01021.html
- Cancer Cash: Light Up. Be Cool. Drop Dead. - A new tobacco promotion at bars and clubs in Seattle area aims at the youth market; story has the details.
www.washingtonfreepress.org/22/Cigz.html
- 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.
faculty.washington.edu/chudler/smokead.html
- Cigarette Ads have More Impact Than Anti-tobacco Efforts - The tobacco industry is still coming up with cigarette ads that have a greater impact on young people than anti-smoking messages, according to new research.
www.canoe.ca/Health0106/11_smoking-ap.html
- Cigarette Ads Influence Teen Smoking - Summary of recent research.
personalmd.com/news/a1998021701.shtml
- 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.
abcnews.go.com/sections/business/DailyNews/youth_smoking_010611.html
- Cigarette Advertising and Teens - Factsheet on tobacco marketing and promotion aimed at teens.
pcr-inc.com/healthpsych/advertis.html
- 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..."
monitoringthefuture.org/pubs/occpapers/occ45.pdf
- Cigarette-makers Accused of Increasing Ads that Target Teens - May 17, 2000 - CNN report on research that shows tobacco industry has increased advertising aimed at teens, following an agreement not to do so.
fyi.cnn.com/2000/US/05/17/tobacco.kids.01
- CNN.com: Cigarette-makers Accused of Increasing Ads that Target Teens - CNN report on studies showing that the tobacco industry has increased ads targetting teens.
www.cnn.com/2000/US/05/17/tobacco.kids.01
- Comparison of Advertising and Brand Preference - Center for Disease Control lists how much the tobacco industry spends to advertise each of its top cigarette brands, what percentage of the adult market each brand gets, and what percentage of the kid market.
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/osh/brndtbl.htm
- Daily Doc: Lorillard, Aug 30, 1978 - Presentation, references, and context of the famous Lorillard memo which states "the base of our business is the high school student."
www.tobacco.org/Documents/dd/ddbasebusiness.html
- 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.
bmj.com/cgi/content/full/321/7257/362
- Effect of Cigarette Promotions on Smoking Uptake among Adolescents - Study supports a close linkage between tobacco promotional activities and uptake of smoking among adolescents.
www.idealibrary.com/links/artid/pmed.1999.0629
- Effects of Sales Promotion on Smoking among U.S. Ninth Graders - Scientific paper concludes that large promotional pushes by cigarette marketers in the 1980s and 1990s appear to be linked with increased levels smoking among ninth graders.
www.idealibrary.com/links/artid/pmed.1998.0410
- Ever Wonder What the Future Holds for Joe? - Essay comments on RJ Reynolds' Joe Camel advertising campaign.
www.socialpsychology.org/joechemo.htm
- Expert Says Tobacco Pitched Ads to Young Smokers - CNN article shows cigarette ads placed on TV shows for kids, tobacco industry memos that talk of getting young people to smoke.
www.cnn.com/US/9803/09/minnesota.tobacco
- Factsheets: Tobacco Company Marketing to Kids - A dozen factsheets in PDF format on Philip Morris and tobacco industry marketing to kids.
tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/index23.shtml
- 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.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=7563188&dopt=Abstract
- Lorillard Elbows Portland Hoopsters Off the Court - Article on tobacco giant Lorillard's basketball promotion, and how Lorillard bounced a team off the court because of their T-shirts.
www.wweek.com/flatfiles/News2962.lasso
- Lorillard papers talk of teen tobacco use - USA Today article. Industry's internal memos say that customers smoked because they were addicted to nicotine -- and that high school students were the base of the business.
www.usatoday.com/news/smoke/smoke229.htm
- Marketing Tactics - Once-secret, court-released, internal industry documents demonstrate tactics toward increasing sales, especially toward young people.
www.ohd.hr.state.or.us/tobacco/mktng.htm
- Marketing to America's Youth: Evidence from Corporate Documents - Article in scientific journal surveys tobacco industry memos and corporate documents on marketing to teens.
tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/11/suppl_1/i5
- Memos Highlight Importance Of 'Younger Adult Smokers' - Washington Post article summarizes what the tobacco industry was saying privately about youth smoking.
washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/tobacco/stories/memos.htm
- 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.
www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9612/15/youth.smoking
- Philip Morris Schoolbook Covers - Commercial Alert takes a hard look at Philip Morris's giveaway of school book covers.
www.commercialalert.org/tobacco/index.html
- Philip Morris's "Youth Smoking Prevention" Ads Make Kids Smoke More - Research finds that exposure to the Philip Morris ads "was associated with an increase in the odds of youths intending to smoke in the next year."
www.cosmiverse.com/news/science/science05300202.html
- Philip Morris, Lorillard Targetted Kids - Tobacco industry documents released by Congressman Henry Waxman.
www.house.gov/reform/min/pdfs/pdf_inves/pdf_tobacco_morris_let.PDF
- Question It - Spotlights how the tobacco industry targets youth.
www.questionit.com
- R.J. Reynolds Documents Detail Cigarette Marketing Aimed at Children - Washington Post article; reports that R.J. Reynolds memos show it developed aggressive marketing to reach 14 year olds.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/tobacco/stories/memos1.htm
- R.J. Reynolds Fined for Ads in Youth Magazines - Washington Post article; a judge found that a major tobacco company violated the terms of the 1998 national tobacco settlement by running magazine cigarette ads aimed at teenagers.
www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A8888-2002Jun6?language=printer
- Request for Investigation of Philip Morris Textbook Covers - Letter from Commercial Alert requests Attorney General investigate Philip Morris for promotions to teens.
www.commercialalert.org/tobacbookcoverlet.html
- 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.
www.tobacco.org/Documents/dd/ddrjryouth.html
- Secret Memos Show Cigarette-maker Targeted teens - CNN article: "The tobacco industry has been caught in a lie, according to newly unveiled secret memos. They show that R.J. Reynolds, despite past denials, aimed its advertising at teen-agers".
www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9801/15/tobacco.kid.settlement
- Secret Memos Show R.J. Reynolds Targeted Teens - News article; "R. J. Reynolds memos show the No. 2 cigarette maker tartgeted teen-agers as young as 13."
www.s-t.com/daily/01-98/01-15-98/a02wn016.htm
- Smoke and Mirrors: Tobacco Industry-Sponsored Youth Prevention Programs In the Context of Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs in Canada - Report by the Ontario Medical Association concludes that tobacco industry sponsored youth programs don't work, identifies the reasons the industry runs the programs, and outlines how these programs actually make smoking attractive to teens.
www.oma.org/phealth/smokeandmirrors.htm
- Smoke This - Op-ed on tobacco industry promotions to youth.
www.localaccess.com/wfwc/issue7/smoke.htm
- Study Suggests Cigarette Companies Target Youth - Summary of recent research.
www.cfah.org/hbns/newsrelease/study12-20-99.cfm
- 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.
europe.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/08/15/tobacco.advertising
- Teenage Fun Bankrolled by Tobacco Giant - A description of how Philip Morris is using the Internet to run fashion parades and raves aimed at teenage girls.
news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,1506226%255E421,00.htm
- The Marlboro Man lives - Article in Salon magazine. "Big Tobacco money is being spent differently than before, but it's still targeting our youth."
www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/02/10/tobacco_ads/index.html
- The Smoking Gun: Tobacco And Teenagers - "The documents the tobacco industry didn't want you to see." E.g. RJR 1975 RJR marketing memo: we must increase our share of the "young adult market, the 14-24 age group".
www.thesmokinggun.com/tobacco/tobacco.html
- They said WHAT? - Collection of quotes: what the industry says about youth in its own internal documents.
www.tobaccofacts.org/tru-quotes-youth.html
- Tobacco Ads in Magazines - Gallery of ads shows how tobacco companies advertise in magazines with high youth readership, and looks at some of the messages in those ads.
www.costkids.org/targetingkids/magazineads.htm
- Tobacco Ads Still Luring Teens - Despite tobacco industry claims, big tobacco's marketing campaigns continue to have the greatest influence on children to start smoking, a new study finds.
www.argusleader.com/update/Mondayarticle5.shtml
- Tobacco Ads, Promotional Items Linked with Teen Smoking - Longitudinal research indicates that even if a teenager has no intention to start smoking, tobacco advertising and promotional items can lead one-third of them to try.
www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/sci-news/1998/snr0218.htm#joc71624
- Tobacco Advertising and Promotional Activities and Young People - Section of 1994 Surgeon General's Report outlines tobacco industry advertising and promotion and its effects.
www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgryth2.htm#Chap.5
- Tobacco Advertising and Youth - Factsheet from the Tobacco Reference Guide.
www.globalink.org/tobacco/trg/Chapter28/Chapter28Advertising.html
- Tobacco Advertising in Magazines with Youth Readership - Analysis of market research data shows the largest tobacco company is still spending $15 million a day on advertising, much of it in magazines and other venues that impact kids.
tobaccofreekids.org/reports/doubletalk
- Tobacco Advertising influences adolescents to start smoking - NIH analysis of what caused smoking to increase over the last 70 years.
www.nida.nih.gov/Meetsum/Nicotine/Pierce.html
- Tobacco and the Media - Slide presentation from Media Influence on the Health of Adolescents at Andrews University.
www.andrews.edu/IPA/education/adolescent_health/Media_Influence/sld028.htm
- 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, dinds that youth targeting persisted and even increased in the first two years after the ban went into effect.
www.healthaffairs.org/press/marapr0202.htm
- 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.
www.oncolink.com/templates/resources/article.cfm?c=3&s=8&ss=23&id=1568
- Tobacco Documents Show Companies Vied for Youth Market - CNN.com reports that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. was envious of Philip Morris' domination of the youth market and designed a marketing strategy in the mid-1970s to try to increase its share, according to a secret document.
www.cnn.com/US/9810/30/tobacco.trial
- Tobacco Industry Bombards Kids With Retail Store Marketing - Despite agreeing as part of the 1998 state tobacco settlement to stop marketing to kids, the tobacco industry in 1999 saturated convenience stores and other retail outlets with advertising and promotions that influence kids, according to a recent CDC study.
www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?day1/220660296&ticker=
- Tobacco Industry Promotion of Cigarettes and Adolescent Smoking - Scientific article measures the relationship between cigarette advertising and consumption.
jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v279n7/abs/joc71624.html
- Tobacco Industry Promotion of Cigarettes and Adolescent Smoking - Summarizes research showing how tobacco advertising and promotion can influence nonsusceptible never smokers to start the process of becoming addicted to cigarettes.
www.ohd.hr.state.or.us/tobacco/studies/yad.htm
- Tobacco Industry Quotes on Marketing to Kids - Quotes compiled by MASCOT, the Multicultural advocates for social change on tobacco.
www.mascotcoalition.org/education/facts/own_words2.html
- 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.
www.cnn.com/US/9803/07/minn.tobacco
- Tobacco Industry Saw Benefit in Promoting Candy Cigarettes - Summary of finding from research on tobacco industry documents.
www.urmc.rochester.edu/pr/News/Candycigarettes.htm
- Tobacco Industry Youth Programs Alert - "Tobacco companies use their youth programs to improve their public image; thus, making them appear to be good corporate citizens while they continue to addict young smokers"
www.scarcnet.org/alerts/youthprograms.htm
- Tobacco Marketing by Philip Morris and RJR Nabisco - United Methodist Church expresses outrage at "the use of marketing techniques aimed at children by leading cigarette manufacturers".
umns.umc.org/98/jun/349.htm
- Tobacco Marketing to Young People - Industry youth-oriented marketing strategies in the US and around the world.
www.infact.org/youth.html
- Tobacco Sales Target Was Youth - Collection of articles focuses on tobacco industry memos on how to get young people to take up smoking.
www.prn.usm.my/tobacco/teens.html
- Tobacco Targeted at Youth on the Internet - Updated report from the Center for Media Education surveys pro-tobacco sites for their appeal to children.
www.cme.org/publications/alcohol_tobacco/tobrep.html
- 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.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_933000/933430.stm
- Waxman: Marketing Tobacco to Children - Letter from Congressman Henry Waxman to his colleagues highlights what the tobacco industry says in private about marketing cigarettes to kids.
www.house.gov/reform/min/pdfs/pdf_inves/pdf_tobacco_reynolds_let.pdf
- Youth Targeting By Tobacco Manufacturers Since the Master Settlement Agreement - Research analyzes ads in U.S. magazines from 1997 to 2000, finds that all three major tobacco companies (Philip Morris, R. J. Reynolds, and Brown and Williamson) failed to comply with the youth-targeting ban in the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement.
130.94.25.113/1130_abstract_c.php?ID=130.94.25.113/Library/v21n2/s32.pdf
- Joe Camel Campaign: Mangini v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Collection - Once-secret R. J. Reyolds internal memos cover the design and implementation of the Joe Camel cigarette ad campaign, along with a report on the campaign by UCSF researchers.
www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/mangini
- Tobacco Explained: 3. Marketing to children - ASH UK Paper. Heavily documented with quotes from the industry's own internal documents, reports on how the tobacco industry promotes cigarettes and smoking to kids.
www.ash.org.uk/html/conduct/html/tobexpld3.html
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