Bizarre Ideas to Sell More Smokes from Philip Morris
This 1987 Philip Morris brainstorming document is full of bizarre ideas for how to make cigarettes more appealing and marketable […]
Tobacco
ALEC: Big Tobacco’s “Third-Party” Ally
Tobacco industry documents reveal that the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has abetted the failure of state legislatures to take
Advertising, Economics, Ethics, Front groups, Health, Lobbying, Media, politics, Tobacco
Female, African-American Doctor Backs Tobacco Industry in New Ad
The tobacco industry’s front group, “Californians Against Out-of-Control Taxes and Spending,” is spending millions to run a 30-second TV ad
Corporations, Health, Lobbying, Tobacco
How to Search Online Tobacco Industry Documents
A video by Marty Otañez, Assistant Professor, Anthropology Department, University of Colorado, Denver Smoking Gun from Marty Otañez on Vimeo.
Philip Morris and Monsanto Sued over Birth Defects in Tobacco Farmers’ Children
Tobacco farmers in Argentina filed a lawsuit (pdf) against Monsanto and Philip Morris for requiring them to use herbicides and pesticides
Transnational Tobacco Companies Target Poor Countries
A new study reveals PR strategies transnational tobacco companies use behind the scenes to derail, delay and undermine public health
Education, Health, Tobacco
Vivid Anti-Smoking Ads Prompt Flood of Quitline Calls
On March 19, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) started a new print and television ad campaign called “Tips
Ethics, Health, Media, Tobacco
Philip Morris: “Get sick children on Oprah”
In 1993, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officially listed secondhand tobacco smoke as a Group A Human Carcinogen, the
In-Your-Face Ad Leverages Smoker Frustration to Sell E-Cigarettes
The maker of the “blu” brand of electronic cigarette is hoping smokers will respond to a particularly aggressive ad campaign