There seem to be two Dr. Alan Blums. One is a tweedy academic -- the family medicine professor and director of the Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society at the University of Alabama who has devoted his dead-serious career to the prevention of tobacco-induced illnesses.
WASHINGTON -- Advertisements for Camel No. 9 brand cigarettes featuring a shocking pink logo have piqued the interest of teenage girls in what health advocates say is another example of the tobacco industry's long history of exploiting women. Within a year of the ads' debut in 2007 in such magazines as Vogue, Cosmopolitan and Glamour, the number of girls in a study who identified the brand as their favorite cigarette campaign nearly doubled.
NEW YORK - The R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., which has been under intense pressure from anti-smoking groups and members of Congress over print ads for its cigarettes, said Tuesday it would not advertise its brands in newspapers or consumer magazines next year. The company had been criticized sharply for both its colorful and feminine Camel No. 9 ads, which appeared in fashion magazines and were seen as cynically aimed at young women, and also for a recent ad in Rolling Stone.
NEW YORK - Not long ago, fax machines and e-mail inboxes at Vogue, the world's premier fashion magazine, were briefly assaulted with thousands of angry letters. Not about the latest gorgeously photographed fashion trends or beauty products in its influential pages, but about a single, colorful ad: for Camel No. 9 cigarettes. If you draw income from the advertisement of tobacco," Heidi Thompson of Freeport, Ill., wrote in one letter, "you are as guilty as big tobacco companies in selling the health and future of so many of our youth in order to pad your bank accounts.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday rescinded guidance it issued 42 years ago that has allowed tobacco companies to make claims about tar and nicotine levels based on testing by a machine. The cigarette industry uses a test known as the Cambridge Filter Method to support any factual statements about tar and nicotine content in cigarette smoke. But the commission said the test method is flawed. It also said that the resulting marketing touting tar and nicotine levels could cause consumers to believe that lighter cigarettes were safer.
WASHINGTON, March 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature for April 1 from the U.S. Census Bureau: FRIDAY, APRIL 1: CIGARETTE ADS BANNED
WASHINGTON - The government's claim that tobacco companies aggressively marketed cigarettes to children can proceed as part of a $289 billion Justice Department lawsuit against the industry, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. S. District Judge Gladys Kessler denied a motion by the companies to dismiss a section of the case alleging a youth marketing campaign was part of a decades-long effort to mislead the public about the dangers of smoking in violation of federal racketeering laws.
It's a way of being," the ad begins, showing a black man and woman, with half of a white woman's head in the background. On an image of another black man holding both a trumpet and a cigarette in one hand come the words, "It's about uptown attitude." The photo then switches to another black man and woman-he's leaning into her-"mixed with a downtown vibe." The ad continues, "It's about pursuing your ambitions and staying connected to your roots," and then we see a photo of a black man wearing headphones and standing at turntables. Across the street a single corner newsstand is plastered with no fewer than 10 cigarette ads: "NEW KOOL XL $4.25 SPECIAL PRICE!" "Newport Pleasure!" "USA Gold $3.65 Everyday Low Price." "KOOL: BE TRUE $4.25 SPECIAL PRICE! "Of course they'll tell you it's not ...
The federal government is intensifying the message that smoking is a major health hazard. The Food and Drug Administration is going to require graphic warning labels that cover half of a cigarette package's front and back, and the top 20 percent of all cigarette ads.
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