http://www.tobacco.org/newsfeed/category/advertising.rss Latest top tobacco news headlines en-us http://media.www.jhunewsletter.com/media/storage/paper932/news/2009/11/05/Editorial/Waiting.On.The.Sga-3824694.shtml http://tobacco.org/news/292234.html SGA finally returned from its fall recess this week to debate the Hopkins Kicks Butts (HKB) proposal to ban smoking on campus . . . Wait, was it not in recess? Has it been meeting all year? . . . Still, after this page published a condemnation of the attempted campus-wide smoking ban by HKB last week, it was nice to see a resolution debated, even if it was tabled, at this week's SGA meeting. Unfortunately, the response came a little late to save some Hopkins events, such as Hookah and Hemp on the Beach. Their currently unpassed resolution states that "the SGA is also strongly opposed to the imposition of a fine on smoking and a ban on events that promote tobacco" citing the limiting of the "expression of rights" of other student groups as reason for their lack of support for the HKB proposal. Too little, too late. Had SGA been more decisive at an earlier date, perhaps this event would have been saved. Instead HKB has been allowed to speak on behalf of students without an opposition voice until last week's editorial. Johns Hopkins News-Letter Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hWkf5Lbl2ri_uUA8hqFO13YMI9_gD9BPJIHG1 http://tobacco.org/news/292206.html A federal judge ruled Thursday that tobacco companies hoping to block new restrictions on their marketing have little chance of succeeding. The companies had asked U.S. District Judge Joseph H. McKinley Jr. to issue a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit they filed in August claiming new tobacco regulations violate their right to free speech. The companies, including two of the industry's three largest, are challenging provisions of a law that gave the U.S. Food and Drug Administration new authority over tobacco. In a 29-page decision, McKinley outlined the arguments in the lawsuit and found that blocking the provisions was not warranted. . . . The companies say the law, which takes full effect over three years, prohibits them from using "color lettering, trademarks, logos or any other imagery in most advertisements, including virtually all point-of-sale and direct-mail advertisements." Their complaint also says the law prohibits tobacco companies from "making truthful statements about their products in scientific, public policy and political debates." The tobacco makers say new mandated warnings for cigarettes would relegate their branding to the bottom half of cigarette packaging and make it "difficult, if not impossible, to see." In its response to the lawsuit, the FDA said the new marketing rules do not restrict free speech and serve a greater public health interest. AP Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169832.php http://tobacco.org/news/292192.html Six years after the ban on tobacco advertising and sponsorship in the UK, a London-based sports body stands accused of breaching the law by promoting a cigarette brand on its website.[1] The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) which represents the world's top male tennis players, is responsible for the sponsorship contracts for the various international tournaments. The next ATP World Tour tournament, which is due to take place in Basel, Switzerland from 31 October to 8 November, is sponsored by Davidoff, a cigarette brand manufactured by Imperial Tobacco. The Swiss indoor tournament is believed to be the only one in the world to be sponsored by a tobacco company. British-based Imperial Tobacco acquired the Davidoff cigarette brand in 2006 and has exploited the weak law in Switzerland which still allows events to be sponsored by tobacco companies, although tobacco advertising on television is banned. However, the televising of the event means that tobacco advertising will be beamed into the homes of more than one billion people worldwide, [2] contrary to Article 13 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control which has been signed by 160 countries worldwide. [3] ASH has written to the ATP urging the organisation to end its ties with the tobacco industry when the current contract comes to an end and is seeking clarification from the Department of Health regarding the possible breach of UK law. Medical News TODAY UK Switzerland Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wickedlocal.com/marblehead/news/lifestyle/health/x933817585/Hazard-in-plain-sight-Convenient-store-items-may-help-hook-kids-on-smoking-drugs http://tobacco.org/news/292164.html Redford recently spoke about the products at a Marblehead Board of Health meeting, unloading for the board a bag of such products that she's collected throughout the year. Her presentation left most board members in disbelief. "Are we the only ones who don't know about this stuff?" asked a bewildered Helaine Hazlett, the board's chairman. Take a walk into the 7-11 store in Marblehead, and here is what you will find: "grinders" (small metal contraptions that are used to grind up tobacco or drugs), pipes, hookah pipes for smoking specially made flavored tobacco, flavored chewing tobacco, boxes of blunt wraps (tobacco-based rolling papers), cigarettes that are packaged like Chanel perfume boxes, and smokeless-tobacco gum that comes in a candy-mint-like container. The list goes on. None of these products are illegal to sell, although in most states, including Massachusetts, to buy any tobacco-related product a person must be 18 or older. In fact, as a local tobacco-control officer, Redford's job is to conduct "compliance checks," . . . Cigarette companies spent approximately $13 billion on advertising and promotional expenses in 2005 for those tobacco-specific products, nearly double what was spent in 1998, according to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of that money, Redford says advertisers are more often targeting women and teens. In 2008, tobacco company Philip Morris USA unrolled its sleek "purse pack" cigarette packaging containing ultra-slim cigarettes; the packaging is made to look as if it is a cosmetics case. Wicked Local ngamer@cnc.com (Nikki Gamer) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=10386772 http://tobacco.org/news/292121.html Cayman Islands lawmakers have set a new date for the implementation of a smoking ban in bars and restaurants after deciding a 30 October deadline could simply not be met. The new date, set out in a legal amendment to the Tobacco Law (Commencement) Order, 2009 will be 31 December. Health Minister Mark Scotland had earlier vowed to have the smoking ban in effect "no later than that date" and said the current government fully intended to implement and enforce the smoking ban. Caymanian Compass info@cfp.ky (Brent Fuller) Cayman Islands Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2009/03/c5209.html http://tobacco.org/news/292112.html At the 6th Conference on Tobacco or Health being held in Montreal this week, numerous stakeholders are urging government authorities to declare a moratorium on new tobacco products to counter the innovative product launch and marketing strategies of cigarette manufacturers. Several public health and tobacco control experts point out that tobacco companies are constantly developing new marketing strategies to circumvent the laws and regulations currently in force in Canada. These strategies include the introduction of new products such as 'activated carbon filter cigarettes' and flavoured cigarillos, which are alone responsible for increasing smoking rates in young people in Quebec. Canada Newswire Canada Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://wfmz.com/view/?id=1292403 http://tobacco.org/news/292091.html For one in three sports fans, watching the game and lighting up a cigarette go hand in hand. And those are the fans an anti- smoking group hopes to reach during the World Series. [ WEB LINK: ( Tobacco Free Wellness Program ) ] WFMZ-TV Channel 69 webmaster@wfmz.com Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20091007005949&newsLang=en http://tobacco.org/news/292067.html Donegal newsagent and NFRN member Maurice Timony will tomorrow morning lodge a High Court challenge to contest the Irish Governments ban on tobacco display. He is backed by the world's largest cigarette company Philip Morris in the joint lawsuit which seeks to overturn the ban on the display of tobacco products at retail stores in Ireland. While the NFRN supports the Governments intentions on public health, a display ban is simply bad policy. Firstly, it is ineffective in stopping children smoking and helping adults quit. Secondly, without a coherent approach it will lead to further significant growth in illegal smuggled and counterfeit tobacco products - as already experienced in Ireland - to the detriment of both public health and retailers' livelihoods. Similarly, the NFRN`s newsagent members in the UK are not being listened to - NFRN members do not wish to resort to legal action but we may have no other options left open to us. Business Wire stefan@nfrn.org.uk UK Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.ash.org.uk/ash_sbowaiid.htm http://tobacco.org/news/292054.html Six years after the ban on tobacco advertising and sponsorship in the UK, a London-based sports body stands accused of breaching the law by promoting a cigarette brand on its website.[1] The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) which represents the world's top male tennis players, is responsible for the sponsorship contracts for the various international tournaments. The next ATP World Tour tournament, which is due to take place in Basel, Switzerland from 31 October to 8 November, is sponsored by Davidoff, a cigarette brand manufactured by Imperial Tobacco. The Swiss indoor tournament is believed to be the only one in the world to be sponsored by a tobacco company. British-based Imperial Tobacco acquired the Davidoff cigarette brand in 2006 and has exploited the weak law in Switzerland which still allows events to be sponsored by tobacco companies, although tobacco advertising on television is banned. However, the televising of the event means that tobacco advertising will be beamed into the homes of more than one billion people worldwide, [2] contrary to Article 13 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control which has been signed by 160 countries worldwide. [3] ASH has written to the ATP urging the organisation to end its ties with the tobacco industry when the current contract comes to an end and is seeking clarification from the Department of Health regarding the possible breach of UK law. ASH London UK Switzerland Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://news.nen.com.cn/jinhushiping/320/3377320.shtml http://tobacco.org/news/292026.html 香港特区政府卫生署控烟办公室日前表示，从11月1日起香港的各售报点将不能再展示烟草广告。至此，所有的烟草广告将在香港消失。(《武汉晚报》10月29日) 东北新闻网, Northeast News Online spnews@nen.com.cn China Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2009-11-01/125216534823s.shtml http://tobacco.org/news/292024.html 由11月1日起，香港所有持牌小贩包括报摊，禁止展示任何形式烟草广告。 Sina.com China Hong Kong Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0fedaa137ffa4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=&s=news http://tobacco.org/news/292015.html Display boxes showing cigarette packets replaced banners and posters at newspaper stands yesterday, as tobacco advertisements disappeared across Hong Kong in the final phase of the cigarette advertising ban. But the government said the display boxes could be regarded as advertisements and it would consider prosecution. Both vendors and smokers said the ban would not affect how many cigarette packets they bought or sold. Tobacco advertisements have been banned in newspapers, magazines, radio, television and public spaces since the 1990s, but newspaper stands and hawkers were exempted until yesterday. In Causeway Bay, large display boxes equipped with spotlights were observed at almost all newspaper stands. Packets of cigarettes were seen revolving inside the boxes. Ms Chim, a vendor, said tobacco companies helped her renovate the stand by adding the display boxes, and were still paying her about HK$3,000 a month in "advertising fees", even though her posters and banners had disappeared. But display boxes were not advertisements, she said. "It is not an advertisement if there are no words." South China Morning Post info@scmp.com (Ng Yuk-hang ) Hong Kong Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.cspnet.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=4D2493E664B743FA93588117BA6692B1&AudID=6C81F2B488CE41838BC84AF1AE2AF9CD http://tobacco.org/news/291981.html In the past three months, the major tobacco companies have altered their promotional strategies, pulling back from umbrella programs and rechanneling efforts to specific brand promotions. Based on an exclusive survey conducted by CSP Daily News and UBS Tobacco Analyst Nik Modi, nearly 80% of c-store chains said manufacturers have overhauled their total promotions, while only one of five said marketing promotions essentially have remained steady. Among key comments from retailer respondents to the survey: "From Altria I have notice more regionalized promotion deals. From R.J. Reynolds, they have cut back on their monthly discounts. Lorillard has given extra dollars off to the state of Wisconsin," responded one retailer. Convenience Store/Petroleum Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/front/Federer_fires_up_anti_smoking_emotions.html?siteSect=105&sid=11425120&ty=st http://tobacco.org/news/291942.html As Roger Federer sets out to win his fourth consecutive Swiss Indoors title in Basel, a debate has reignited over tobacco sponsorship in sport. The tournament, which has been sponsored by Swiss luxury brand Davidoff since 1994 and starts on Monday, is one of the last in the world to be sponsored by a tobacco company – and health campaigners aren't happy. "First of all, linking sport and tobacco is utterly perverse," Jürg Hurter, president of Pro Aere, Switzerland's largest organisation against passive smoking, told swissinfo.ch. "Second, the tobacco industry – who aren't idiots – try to get around tobacco promotion laws by sponsoring sporting events or by branding various products." Pascal Diethelm, director of the anti-smoking group OxyRomandie, said last year "players drowned in an advertising soup for Davidoff". "At the end of the match the young ball boys and ball girls received a medal from Roger Federer in recognition of having served the cause of Davidoff so well. Each medal bore the Davidoff logo in order to make sure that these potential smokers would know which cigarette brand to choose," he said. . . . "This discussion is like the Loch Ness monster – it comes back every year!" Jürg Vogel, a member of the Swiss Indoors organising committee, told swissinfo.ch. "Davidoff sells not only tobacco but also perfumes and other accessories. I think you have to see the whole picture. swissinfo Switzerland Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://wvgazette.com/News/200910300916 http://tobacco.org/news/291925.html A former tobacco industry executive said Friday in Charleston that cigarette companies have targeted black people in America. LaTanisha Wright began working for the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., based in Louisville, Ky., in 2001. She resigned after the company merged with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco in July 2004 to form Reynolds American. "My goal is to educate people in churches, schools and community centers, as well as public health officials," Wright said. She said her experience in the tobacco industry makes her better able to help people now. "Our training stresses how Big Tobacco targets black communities. A lot of people living in black communities don't recognize that," Wright said. "They targeted black communities and youth. They post many more billboards and signs in black communities than in white communities." About 40 people attended Wright's five-hour training session on Friday at the Blessed John XXIII Pastoral Center. Charleston Gazette Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT