The Tobacco Reference Guide

by David Moyer, MD.


Chapter 28 Advertising

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Advertising: Advertising and Children

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Teenagers are three times as likely as adults to respond to cigarette advertisements,

and 79% of teenage smokers prefer brands depicted by the Marlboro Man, Joe

Camel, or the Newport fun couples. Whenever a brand increased its advertising

budget by 10%, its share of the adult smoking market grew 3%, but its share of

teenage smokers increased by 9%.

Associated Press, April 3, 1996

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A 1998 study found that teenagers still choose to smoke the most advertised cigarette

brands. 88% of 12th grade smokers, 86% of tenth grade smokers, and 82% of eighth

grade smokers choose Marlboro, Newport, or Camel, the three most heavily

advertised brands.

USA Today, April 14, 1999, p. A8

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Most people smoke only one to three cigarette brands in their lifetimes, making

cigarettes the most "brand loyal" consumer product in the United States. Only about

18% of smokers begin to smoke at age 18 years and older, and only 5% begin at age

21 years and older.

Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, September 1999, pp. 935-936

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When cigarette advertising intensity doubles, it has three times the impact on teens'

choices as on those of adults, an April 1996 report in the Journal of Marketing

concludes. According to the author, "If I am a cigarette manufacturer, it means that if I

double my advertising, adolescents will flock to me three times faster than adults;

adults are brand loyal."

JAMA, April 24, 1996, p. 1223

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Recent research not only confirms that advertising affects smoking rates, but in

addition indicates that this effect is three times greater for teenagers than adults.

JAMA, February 19, 1997, p. 532

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