The Tobacco Reference Guide

by David Moyer, MD.


Chapter 28 Advertising

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Advertising: General

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Between 1970 and 1993, cigarette advertising and promotional expenditures

increased from $361 million to over $6 billion, a 1562 percent increase.

Federal Register, August 11, 1995, p. 41329

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For advertising and promotional expenses, the tobacco companies spent: $80 million

in 1954; $250 million in 1968; $491 million in 1975; $1.58 billion in 1981; $3.99 billion

in 1990; $5.3 billion in 1992, and $6.035 billion in 1993. These tax deductible

expenditures have increased at more than triple the rate of inflation. The tobacco

industry domestic advertising and promotion budget dropped to $4.83 billion in 1994.

San Francisco Examiner, April 20, 1997, p. A5

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The U.S. tobacco industry spends about $2 billion each year for the raw material,

tobacco, used in its product, much less than its expense for advertising and

promotion.

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In 1988, tobacco companies spent $265 million giving away free cigarette samples

through direct distribution or coupons.

Strategies to Control Tobacco Use, p. 236

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Tobacco company specialty item advertising expenses increased by 84% from 1991

to 1992, from $185 million to $340 million. Specialty item advertising is the practice of

branding items such as T-shirts, caps, sporting goods, lighters, and calendars with a

brand's logo, and then giving them away or selling them to consumers.

Tobacco Control, Fall 1994, p. 288

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