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» Ad Money Moves from Billboards to Print
   Report finds cigarette marketing to teens through magazine advertising increased after the Master Settlement Agreement took effect in November
   http://www.tobacco.org/News/000515ma.html

» Addicting the Young
   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.
   http://multinationalmonitor.org/hyper/issues/1992/01/mm0192_07.html

» Adolescent Exposure to Cigarette Advertising in Magazines
   Research by Harvard Professor.
   http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/279/7/516

» An Ad-erage Day in the Life of a Kid
   A tobacco-ad-filled day in the life of a kid.
   http://www.tobacco.org/Misc/kids_ad_day.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.
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2001/jan/24/marketingandpr.newmedia

» Behind the Smokescreen: Tobacco Marketing to Kids
   Report from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
   http://tobaccofreekids.org/reports/smokescreen/marketingkids.shtml

» Big Tobacco Up to Old Tricks
   USA Today editorial focuses on tobacco industry marketing attractive to teens.
   http://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.
   http://tobaccofreekids.org/reports/addicting/

» Brown & Williamson Campaign Targets Young People
   Article in India Express covers Brown and Williamson's campaign promoting Kool and Lucky Strike cigarettes.
   http://www.expressindia.com/fe/daily/20000703/fst01021.html

» 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.
   http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/05/17/tobacco.kids.01/

» 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.
   http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/smokead.html

» Cigarette Ads Influence Teen Smoking
   Summary of recent research.
   http://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.
   http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=88094&page=1

» 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..."
   http://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.
   http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/05/17/tobacco.kids.01/

» Court Snuffs "Kool MIXX"
   Court determines that Brown and Tilliamson's "Kool MIXX" ad campaign targets children.
   http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/kool_mixx_court.html

» Designing a Cigarette for the First Time Smoker
   Article in scientific journal examines how R. J. Reynolds designed a cigarette to appeal to young starters.
   http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/11/suppl_1/i32

» 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
   http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/321/7257/362

» Ever Wonder What the Future Holds for Joe?
   Essay comments on RJ Reynolds' Joe Camel advertising campaign.
   http://www.joechemo.org/

» Factsheets: Tobacco Company Marketing to Kids
   A dozen factsheets in PDF format on Philip Morris and tobacco industry marketing to kids.
   http://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.
   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/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.
   http://www.wweek.com/story.php?story=2962

» Marketing Professor Finds Youth More Influenced by Cigarette Advertising Than Adults
   Marketing professor finds that teens are more likely to be influenced by strategic tobacco advertising than adults.
   http://www.ndsn.org/may96/tobacco.html

» News & Opinion: Black Lungs
   Column on tobacco marketing to black teens.
   http://weeklywire.com/ww/06-22-98/gambit_feat-scut.html

» 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.
   http://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.
   http://www.commercialalert.org/index.php?category_id=2&subcategory_id=38&article_id=45

» Philip Morris and Targeting Kids
   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.
   http://tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/philipmorris.pdf

» 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.
   http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A8888-2002Jun6?language=printer

» 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.
   http://www.tobacco.org/Documents/dd/ddrjryouth.html

» Request for Investigation of Philip Morris Textbook Covers
   Letter from Commercial Alert requests Attorney General investigate Philip Morris for promotions to teens.
   http://www.commercialalert.org/tobacbookcoverlet.html

» Smoke This
   Op-ed on tobacco industry promotions to youth.
   http://www.localaccess.com/wfwc/issue7/smoke.htm

» Special Report: Philip Morris Has Not Changed
   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.
   http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/reports/philipmorris/

» 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.
   http://edition.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/08/15/tobacco.advertising/

» The Marlboro Man lives
   Article in Salon magazine. "Big Tobacco money is being spent differently than before, but it's still targeting our youth."
   http://archive.salon.com/health/feature/2000/02/10/tobacco_ads/

» They said WHAT?
   Collection of quotes: what the industry says in its own internal documents on nicotine and addiction, tobacco products and health, legalese, youth, and evidence.
   http://www.tobacco.org/Documents/documentquotes.html

» Tobacco Ads May Undermine Good Parenting
   A new study presents evidence that tobacco industry marketing undermines the best efforts of parents to prevent their kids from smoking.
   http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/Script/DisplayPressRelease.php3?Display=521

» 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.
   http://no-smoking.org/june02/06-18-02-4.html

» Tobacco Advertising and Youth
   Factsheet from the Tobacco Reference Guide.
   http://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.
   http://tobaccofreekids.org/reports/doubletalk/

» 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, finds that youth targeting persisted and even increased in the first two years after the ban went into effect.
   http://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.
   http://www.oncolink.com/resources/article.cfm?c=3&s=8&ss=23&id=1568

» Tobacco Giant's Secret Papers Revealed
   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.
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/sep/07/smoking.uk

» Tobacco Industry Promotion of Cigarettes and Adolescent Smoking
   Research measures whether tobacco advertising and promotion increases the likelihood that youths will begin smoking.
   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9480360?dopt=Abstract

» Tobacco Industry Quotes on Marketing to Kids
   Quotes compiled by MASCOT, the Multicultural advocates for social change on tobacco.
   http://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 ke
   http://www.cnn.com/US/9803/07/minn.tobacco/

» Tobacco Marketing and Young People
   Research finds the tobacco industry has detailed pictures of the values and aspirations of smokers as young as 15 years.
   http://www.tobaccopapers.com/casestudies/index.htm#tobaccomarketing

» Tobacco and Alcohol Advertisements in Magazines: Are Young Readers Being Targeted?
   JAMA article (research letter) presents results of simple study counting ads in magazines with varying youth readerships.
   http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/extract/283/16/2106

» Tobacco and the Media
   Slide presentation from Media Influence on the Health of Adolescents at Andrews University.
   http://www.andrews.edu/IPA/education/adolescent_health/Media_Influence/sld028.htm

» Two Studies Show: Ads Get Kids to Smoke
   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.
   http://www.no-smoking.org/feb98/02-17-98-3.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.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/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.
   http://democrats.reform.house.gov/Documents/20040827161614-28789.pdf

» Why and How the Tobacco Industry Sells Cigarettes to Young Adults
   Scientific report examines tobacco industry documents to analyze tobacco industry strategies that encourage smoking by young adults.
   http://www.kstask.org/pdf/LingAJPHYoungAdults.pdf

» Youth: Target Group 12-17
   Examines marketing and market analysis of 12-17 year olds by the tobacco industry.
   http://web.idrc.ca/en/ev-28828-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html