In February 2000, the American Legacy Foundation launched a national media campaign know as truth to counter the influence of tobacco marketing and imagery targeting youths. The primary target audience for the truth campaign is 12 to 17 year old youths who are susceptible or open to smoking. The...

The purpose fo this report is to summarize awareness of and receptivity to pro-tobacco marketing influences from three national samples of teens and young adults following the MSA. The report addresses 4 key research questions. 1)How frequently are young teens (age 12 to 14), older teens (aged...

• An estimated 12,000 U.K. nonsmokers die annually from secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure at home, at work, and in social venues. In fact, SHS pollution now causes as many deaths annually as did the great London Smog 50 years ago and triple the annual number of road deaths from traffic...

The Tobacco Attitudes and Media Survey was conducted to assess the degree to which the current media program was reaching adult Delawareans. While awareness doesn’t necessarily translate into action, it is a necessary first step. The program is primarily focused on promoting awareness of...

Este informe pretende describir el problema fundamental de desigualdad reflejado y sostenido por el uso en EE.UU. de etiquetas sólo de texto y en inglés. Nuestra investigación demuestra una discriminación lingüística innegable en las advertencias de salud sobre el tabaco. El uso de...

•The California Cancer Research Act (CCRC) is an initiative on the June 2012 California ballot that, if passed by the voters, will increase the tax on cigarettes by $1.00 per pack (with corresponding increases for other tobacco products) and allocate the money to reinvigorating the...

The tobacco industry has been active in Texas politics for over 25 years. It spends money on lobbying, campaign contributions, legislative events and gifts in order to gain favor with the legislature and attempt to control the agenda set for tobacco control efforts. Political campaign...

Over the past two decades a wealth of research findings have pointed to nicotine as the key pharmacological factor underlying tobacco use. The 1988 report of the US Surgeon General identified cigarette smoking as nicotine addiction (1); the Royal College of Physicians similarly concluded that...

January 1, 1996 through May 31, 1997 was an active period for tobacco policy making in California. The fight in Spring, 1996, over the allocation of Proposition 99 revenues was more public and aggressive than it had been in the past, an increased level of public scrutiny was brought to bear on...