Break The Tobacco Marketing Net

• The more tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship that young people see and hear, the more likely they are to become tobacco users.
• The tobacco industry portrays cigarettes as a fashion accessory to increase sales. Models in fashion shows can be seen smoking or holding cigarettes on the world’s most famous catwalks.
• Around the world, the tobacco industry sponsors fashion awards, which reinforces the false association between tobacco and glamour.
• Tobacco companies advertise their branded clothing on billboards. Many brands even have their own clothing stores.
• One of the most effective ways countries can protect the health of their people, especially youth, is to ban all forms of tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship.

Links:
http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/
http://www.smoke-fx.com/
http://ash.org.uk/