The Tobacco Reference Guide

by David Moyer, MD.


Chapter 28 Advertising

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Advertising: General

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In one 19-block stretch of a poor black area in Philadelphia, there were 73 billboards

counted, all but seven of which advertised tobacco or alcohol.

American Medical News, November 15, 1993, p. 18

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Cigarette advertisements capitalize on the disparity between an ideal and actual

self-image, and imply that smoking may close the gap.

1994 Surgeon General report, p. 195

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"...pervasive tobacco promotion has two major effects. It creates the perception that

more people smoke than actually do, and it provides a conduit between actual

self-image and ideal self-image - in other words, smoking is made to look cool."

1994 Surgeon General report, p. iii

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The annual budget for the federal Office on Smoking and Health was increased to $10

million in 1993, but this is less than what the tobacco industry spends in a single day

for advertising and promotion.

SCARC, January 29, 1993

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The tobacco industry's voluntary cigarette advertising code reads: "Cigarette

advertising shall not show any smoker participating in, or obviously just having

participated in, a physical activity requiring stamina or athletic conditioning beyond

that of normal recreation." The code also specifies that firms agree not to use models

under 25 and not to associate smoking with health, sophistication, or celebrities and

athletes.

SCARC, January 29, 1993 and American Medical News, August 15, 1992

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