Report finds cigarette marketing to teens through magazine advertising increased after the Master Settlement Agreement took effect in November

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.

Research by Harvard Professor.

Article looks at the ads in the 1998 Sports Illustrated annual swimsuit issue, in light of nearly 24 percent of the magazine's readers being between the ages of 12 and 17.

A tobacco-ad-filled day in the life of a kid.

Marketing firm states its expertise in youth culture and highlights its tobacco marketing.

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.

Report from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.

Sudy 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.

Two of Canada's tobacco companies make a final effort to market cigarettes to young people before a sponsorship ban kicks in.

USA Today editorial focuses on tobacco industry marketing attractive to teens.

Research reports on tobacco industry and marketing to kids before and after the Master Settlement Agreement with the states in November 1998.

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.

Article in India Express covers B&W's campaign promoting Kool and Lucky Strike cigarettes.

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.

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.

Summary of recent research.

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.

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..."

CNN report on research that shows tobacco industry has increased advertising aimed at teens, following an agreement not to do so.

CNN report on studies showing that the tobacco industry has increased ads targetting teens.

USA Today article covers R.J. Reynolds youth marketing plans that led to Joe Camel.

Court determines that Brown and Tilliamson's "Kool MIXX" ad campaign targets children.

Analyzes advertising and marketing techniques, helps students learn how to deconstruct ads and create their own anti-ad or parody.

Article in scientific journal examines how R. J. Reynolds designed a cigarette to appeal to young starters.

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.

Factsheet from the National Institute on Media and the Family.

Essay comments on RJ Reynolds' Joe Camel advertising campaign.

CNN article shows cigarette ads placed on TV shows for kids, tobacco industry memos that talk of getting young people to smoke.

A dozen factsheets in PDF format on Philip Morris and tobacco industry marketing to kids.

Information and advice for parents, teachers, and health educators on how to recognize and counter tobacco industry promotion to youth.

Scientific paper finds cigarette advertising is a stronger influence on teen smoking than other factors.

Article covers Lorillard Tobacco's attempts to shut down a tobacco education program for teens that is widely seen as effective.

Article on tobacco giant Lorillard's basketball promotion, and how Lorillard bounced a team off the court because of their T-shirts.

Marketing professor finds that teens are more likely to be influenced by strategic tobacco advertising than adults.

Column on tobacco marketing to black teens.

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.

The nation's largest tobacco company used pollsters through the 1970s and 1980s to learn more about teens' smoking attitudes.

Commercial Alert takes a hard look at Philip Morris's giveaway of school book covers.

Tobacco industry documents released by Congressman Henry Waxman.

Spotlights how the tobacco industry targets youth.

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.

Letter from Commercial Alert requests Attorney General investigate Philip Morris for promotions to teens.

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.

Op-ed on tobacco industry promotions to youth.

Report on tobacco giant Philip Morris finds the tobacco giant is still bombarding kids with cigarette advertising, and still fighting effective tobacco education programs for kids.

Summary of recent research.

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.

Article in Salon magazine. "Big Tobacco money is being spent differently than before, but it's still targeting our youth."

Collection of quotes: what the industry says in its own internal documents on nicotine and addiction, tobacco products and health, legalese, youth, and evidence.

A new study presents evidence that tobacco industry marketing undermines the best efforts of parents to prevent their kids from smoking.

Despite tobacco industry claims, big tobacco's marketing campaigns continue to have the greatest influence on children to start smoking, a new study finds.

Factsheet from the Tobacco Reference Guide.

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.

NIH analysis of what caused smoking to increase over the last 70 years.

JAMA article (research letter) presents results of simple study counting ads in magazines with varying youth readerships.

Slide presentation from Media Influence on the Health of Adolescents at Andrews University.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Research measures whether tobacco advertising and promotion increases the likelihood that youths will begin smoking.

Summarizes research showing how tobacco advertising and promotion can influence nonsusceptible never smokers to start the process of becoming addicted to cigarettes.

Quotes compiled by MASCOT, the Multicultural advocates for social change on tobacco.

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.

Summary of finding from research on tobacco industry documents.

Research finds the tobacco industry has detailed pictures of the values and aspirations of smokers as young as 15 years.

United Methodist Church expresses outrage at "the use of marketing techniques aimed at children by leading cigarette manufacturers".

Industry youth-oriented marketing strategies in the US and around the world.

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.

BAT (British American Tobacco) hands out free cigarettes to teenagers at sports events in Africa, a BBC investigation finds.

Letter from Congressman Henry Waxman to his colleagues highlights what the tobacco industry says in private about marketing cigarettes to kids.

Scientific report examines tobacco industry documents to analyze tobacco industry strategies that encourage smoking by young adults.

Examines marketing and market analysis of 12-17 year olds by the tobacco industry.