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.
• In most countries, the majority of young people see advertisements for cigarettes in magazines, but very few see anti-tobacco ads.
• Less than 1% of all articles covering health topics in popular magazines are about tobacco prevention or the negative consequences of tobacco use.
• Tobacco industry executives in Asia stated that glamour ads for cigarettes should appeal to emerging young female smokers rather than older female smokers.
• In the USA, government representatives asked publishers of 11 leading women’s magazines to stop accepting advertising for cigarettes. In the European Union, all forms of tobacco advertising in magazines are banned.
• 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/