Web Directory

» 20th Century Tobacco Advertisement Collection
   Over 8,000 slides containing tobacco advertisements, tobacco industry issue ads, and anti-smoking ads.
   http://roswell.tobaccodocuments.org/

» Advertising
   Chapter from a book on the Brown and Williamson papers documents Brown and Williamson's cigarette advertising in the 1970s and 1980s, with a focus on product placement.
   http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft8489p25j/

» Advertising and Promoting U.S. Cigarettes in Selected Asian Countries
   A look at global smoking promotional activities by U.S. tobacco companies; some activities said to be illegal, and some said to target nonsmokers and children. "James Coburn, Pierce Brosnan, and Robert Wagner starred in a series of TV commercials for Phil
   http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/zeg10d00

» Annual Report on Cigarette Sales and Advertising for 2001
   Cigarette manufacturers spent over $11 billion advertising and promoting cigarettes in 2001, up 17% from the $10 billion they spent in 2000; FTC report breaks out spending.
   http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2003/06/2001cigrpt.htm

» Athletes in Cigarette Ads
   Athletes and sports figures in ads for cigarettes from the 1930's through the 1970's.
   http://www.tcsg.org/tobacco/spring98/contentssp98.htm#athletes

» Big Tobacco "Light" Cigarette Con Exposed
   When cigarette companies were marketing "light" or "ultra-light" cigarettes as safer, the companies privately described the cigarettes as "an effective advertising gimmick" or "merely cosmetic", intended to reassure the customer.
   http://www.cancerpage.com/news/article.asp?id=4039

» Buzz Marketing
   Article on "stealth" marketing technique cites example of Brown and Williamson and other tobacco companies.
   http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_31/b3743001.htm

» Cigarette Advertising
   Six cigarette ads of the 1940's and 1950's, addressing concerns about smoking-related irritation to the nose and throat.
   http://www.library.uiuc.edu/adexhibit//cigarettes.htm

» Cigarette Advertising on TV
   Cigarette manufacturers were one of the first industries to advertise widely on television; article gives examples of shows and ads.
   http://www.tvparty.com/vaultcomcig.html

» Commercial Closet: Philip Morris
   Gay magazine looks at Philip Morris ads.
   http://www.commercialcloset.org/cgi-bin/iowa/themes.html?company=164

» Eastern Europe Tobacco Ad Library
   Over a dozen ads at different locations, thumbnail sized and fullsize, with brief analysis.
   http://health21.hungary.globalink.org/adlibrary/library.html

» Effects of Tobacco Advertising and Promotion
   Report examines: how tobacco advertising and promotion affect tobacco consumption; evidence that advertising and promotion affect overall tobacco consumption; countries with tobacco advertising bans have lower consumption (or slower increases in consumpti
   http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/docs/misc-docs/davis.shtml

» Emerging Tobacco Advertising and Marketing Issues
   Poster session from health conference focuses on recent trends in tobacco advertising including point of sale, tobacco-sponsored bars and clubs, and marketing to college age people.
   http://apha.confex.com/apha/128am/techprogram/session_3328.htm

» FTC: 1997 Smokeless Tobacco Report
   Contains tables of advertising dollars spent on advertising and promotion, by category and by year (from 1985 to 1995).
   http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/reports/smokeless97.htm

» Filter Tips
   First edition of this e-zine review of tobacco marketing in Canada, published in 1998.
   http://smoke-free.ca/filtertips_001/

» Filter Tips: A Review of Cigarette Marketing in Canada
   Magazine format, from Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada. Covers print, billboard, give-away, themed campaigns, and cigarette logos seen on TV sports.
   http://smoke-free.ca/filtertips02/

» Getting around Advertising Restrictions
   Humorous article by a filmmaker documents some new approaches to promoting product.
   http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/1/100

» Growing Up Tobacco Free: Tobacco Advertising and Promomotion
   Chapter in an online book.
   http://books.nap.edu/books/0309051290/html/105.html

» India: A Doctor Takes on Big Tobacco
   "It's a huge market in India and South East Asia. Tobacco companies are also targetting youth between 15-25. Two countries where it will zoom up are India and Indonesia".
   http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=1128

» Marketing Tobacco and the USA
   Photos of cigarette ads worldwide, followed by analysis of the tobacco industry strategy of marketing cigarettes by marketing "America".
   http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/usa.html

» Marketing: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Collection
   Documents from the Mangini suit provide an inside look at how RJR markets and promotes its products.
   http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/mangini/archives/browse175_1.html

» Mike Basil's Tobacco Advertising Page
   Concise summary of what communications research reveals about tobacco advertising.
   http://people.uleth.ca/~michael.basil/tobacco.html

» New Study of Tobacco Retail Marketing
   Santa Clara University study finds tobacco industry marketing is giving small retailers more money to push tobacco products.
   http://www.scu.edu/news/releases/release.cfm?month=0999&story=tobacco

» Patterns of Tobacco Billboard Advertising
   Research reveals patterns of tobacco billboard advertising in a metropolitan region.
   http://tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/1/16

» Peter Brown Cigarette Ads
   Magazine and TV ads featuring TV cowboy stars in the 1950's and 1960's
   http://www.williamsmith.org/camels.html

» Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
   Article in Salon magazine on magazines created by the tobacco industry entirely to promote cigarettes and smoking.
   http://www.salon.com/media/1997/12/15media.html

» Smokeless Tobacco Advertising and Promotional Expenditures by Category
   FTC report lists the large variety of ways the industry promotes spit tobacco, from billboards to magazine ads, from point of sale ats to free samples, and from promotional offers to endorsements.
   http://www.ftc.gov/reports/tobacco/smokeless98_99.htm#B

» Sports Marketing Conference
   Speech at Sports Marketing Conference describing R. J. Reynolds sports sponsorships and selection of sports strategies, including auto racing, motorcycle racing, rodeos, soccer, golf.
   http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/mangini/html/f/116/

» The Marlboro Man: The Making of an American Image
   Paper on the creation of the world's most popular brand, and its chief marketing gimmick: the Marlboro man.
   http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CLASS/AM483_95/projects/marlboro/mman.html

» The Most Heavily Advertised Product in America
   From the Tobacco History Timeline, a concise section on cigarette advertising in America in the 1970's.
   http://www.tobacco.org/resources/history/Tobacco_History.html#aacjr

» The Tobacco Industry Goes Alternative
   Article on industry marketing that aims for an "alternative" look, including brands like Red Kamel, music tie-ins such as Philip Morris's Woman Thing, color ads in alternative papers, and cigarette promotions at bars and clubs.
   http://ink.uchicago.edu/page_olga_made/archives/april97/cigs.html

» Tobacciana and Tobacco Advertising
   Tobacciana and Tobacco Advertising
   http://www.the-forum.com/ephemera/tobacco.htm

» Tobacco Ad Gallery
   Searchable by country, company, brand, or type of ad.
   http://tobaccofreekids.org/adgallery/

» Tobacco Industry Documents on Advertising
   Collection of tobacco industry memos and ads shows how tobacco advertising strategies are developed, ad campaigns are designed, and populations targetted.
   http://www.tobaccofreedom.org/issues/documents/advertising/

» Tobacco Industry Spends Record Amounts on Advertising and Promotion
   FTC report finds that the five largest cigarette manufacturers spent $8.24 billion on advertising and promotion in 1999, 22.3% more than the $6.73 billion they spent in 1998, and the most ever reported.
   http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2001/03/cigarette.htm

» Tobacco Marketing: Photos From Around The World
   Cigarette ads and promotions around the world, captured in photos of tobacco billboards, magazine advertisements, concerts, sports events, point of sale ads, and trinkets.
   http://www.essentialaction.org/tobacco/photos/

» Tobaccopapers.com:: Tobacco Industry Advertising Documents Database
   Lets you search, display, and download over 650 documents from the UK tobacco industry's main advertising agencies ranging from 1994 to 1999; also provides case studies drawn from the documents.
   http://www.tobaccopapers.com/

» UICC Factsheet: Effects of tobacco advertising
   Review of published research on advertising of tobacco products concludes tobacco advertising increases consumption.
   http://factsheets.globalink.org/en/advertising.shtml

» Women Magazine Ads
   Cigarette ad campaigns targeting women.
   http://www.moalpha.org/docs/news/tob_partnership/women_target.html