http://www.tobacco.org/newsfeed/category/advertising.rss Latest top tobacco news headlines en-us http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2009/11/16th-asian-games-to-be-tobacco-free/ http://tobacco.org/news/293080.html The 16th Asian Games, part of the worldwide Olympic movement and governed by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), will be “going smokeless” with firm prohibitions on the sale of tobacco products and tobacco sponsorship of the Games. The Asian Games are the second largest sports event in the world after the Summer Olympic Games. Governed by the Olympic Council of Asia, the 16th Asian Games follows all mandates of the International Olympic Committee in which Games’ organizers are prohibited from accepting sponsorship of the Games by tobacco manufactures. Organizers are also prohibited from allowing the sale of cigarettes or tobacco products at any athletic venue. Northwest Asian Weekly China Asia Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/story/866558.html http://tobacco.org/news/292947.html There seem to be two Dr. Alan Blums. One is a tweedy academic — the family medicine professor and director of the Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society at the University of Alabama who has devoted his dead-serious career to the prevention of tobacco-induced illnesses. The other is the self-described “Bart Simpson of the anti-smoking movement” — the alter ago who donned a fake pharmacist’s lab coat Wednesday to help set up “Your Cancer and Drug Store,” an exhibition on tobacco advertising that opens today in the Buffalo Museum of Science. . . . The approach reflects a lesson learned in 1977 when Blum, then a Miami hospital intern and nascent anti-smoking crusader, lost a contentious radio talk show debate with a tobacco industry spokesman while the host, Larry King, blew smoke in Blum’s face. Ever since, “I’ve tried to bring some humor and satire to a depressing issue that many people take very seriously,” Blum said. The strategy has included “house calls” to tobacco festivals and “anything else we could do to ridicule the brand names.” Satirical references abound in “Your Cancer and Drug Store,” which was gleaned from a trove of tobacco advertising and promotional materials that Blum started collecting 15 years ago and now fills 2,500 boxes in his Alabama center. He started by buying items distributed by cigarette companies that a Connecticut store owner had accumulated over two decades. “He must’ve thought it had collectible value, but it cost more to ship it [to Alabama] than I paid for it,” Blum said. From the outset his goal was to mount an exhibition that underscored the everyday irony of seeing tobacco products on the shelves of pharmacies that dispense drugs prescribed to combat cancer, heart disease, hypertension and other diseases linked to smoking. “I wanted to do an over-the-top, walk-through exhibit,” he said, citing the role that drugstores have played in keeping America smoking. “I’m not going after individual pharmacies as much as the chains that own them.” . . . By touring “Your Cancer and Drug Store,” he said, “you are looking at origins of cancer just as much as you would by looking through a microscope.” Buffalo News tbuckham@buffnews.com (Tom Buckham News Staff Reporter) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/cigarette_adverts_ban_in_shops_will_help_save_lives__says_cumbrian_health_boss_1_637449?referrerPath=/1.50001 http://tobacco.org/news/292931.html Cumbria's public health chief believes a new law could prove a life-saver in the county. Dr John Ashton has welcomed legislation aimed at protecting children and young people from the harmful effects of tobacco. Tough new rules will stop cigarettes being advertised openly in shops - a move supporters hope will reduce the number of children taking up the habit. Three people a week, on average, die every day from a smoking-related illness in Cumbria. And Dr Ashton, NHS Cumbria's director of public health, believes new rules will break the "depressing cycle" tobacco brings. Peers in the House of Lords last week backed laws to remove cigarettes and tobacco from display at points of sale and to get rid of cigarette vending machines. News & Star UK Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.interfax.com/3/530232/news.aspx http://tobacco.org/news/292882.html The Kyrgyz parliamentary committee on social policy has approved the government's proposal to fully ban tobacco advertisements in the mass media, the parliament press service told Interfax. Kyrgyz Health Minister Marat Mambetov told the committee that "a full ban on all forms of advertising in the mass media reduces the social attractiveness of smoking and reduces the consumption of tobacco products, especially among young people." interfax eng.editors@interfax.ru Kyrgyzstan Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=303609&sc=79 http://tobacco.org/news/292795.html The application for certification was filed by Ches Crosbie on behalf of Victor Todd Sparkes - the class action's representative plaintiff - against Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd., Imperial Tobacco Company Ltd. and the Attorney General of Canada. Sparkes' lawyers claimed the tobacco companies descriptions of "light" and "mild" as well as other descriptive terms were part of a deliberate misinformation campaign by the tobacco manufacturer to mislead and deceive the public into thinking the use of such products would have less harmful effects than smoking "regular" cigarettes. But Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador Justice James Adams said in 2008 the plaintiff failed to establish a cause of action under the federal Trade Practices Act. Adams denied the certification on the basis consumer Victor Sparkes did not buy the cigarettes directly from Imperial Tobacco. But the matter is being heard again by the Court of Appeal Wednesday and Thursday. Crosbie argues people can't buy cigarettes directly from the supplier. Lewis originally joined the class action because it sounded like his life story. "We were blindsided. We were misled and taken advantage of. ... At the end of the day, I wanted to quit. I thought the switch to light cigarettes was going to help me take that edge off from smoking regular cigarettes," Lewis said. "So they had me. I couldn't win." St. John's Telegram bsweet@thetelegram.com ( BARB SWEET The Telegram ) Canada Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/antismoking-ads-rekindle-desire-20091116-iibr.html http://tobacco.org/news/292769.html ADVERTISING encouraging people to quit smoking may be making it harder for quitters to stay on the wagon. In the world's first long-term international study of people who have given up smoking, researchers found that respondents showed widespread resilience to cravings in the first 30 days. But after that, cravings occurred more often in those reminded of smoking, by being exposed to stimuli such as friends who smoke or by viewing advertisements. Ron Borland of Cancer Council Victoria, who co-wrote the study published in the international journal Addiction, said people who experienced long-term cravings were much less likely to kick the smoking habit. Sydney Morning Herald Australia Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/ireland/no-evidence-that-tobacco-ad-ban-linked-to-smuggling-increase-434518.html http://tobacco.org/news/292713.html Officials today rejected claims that the removal of point of sale advertising and display of tobacco products in shops has led to an increase in tobacco smuggling. The Office of Tobacco Control (OTC) has said that there is no evidence to back up the claims. “We have to stick with the facts and the facts are that there is no basis for any link between recent tobacco control measures and smuggling,“ said OTC Chief Executive Eamonn Rossi. Ireland Online Ireland Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.prlog.org/10411925-nhs-trust-removes-latest-antismoking-propaganda.html http://tobacco.org/news/292698.html Strong representation was made today by Dave Atherton of Freedom2Choose and freelance journalist Pat Nurse who objected against the material on the grounds of incitement to hatred towards smokers, with the inference that smokers could be treated as nothing more than ‘punch-bags’. Accompanying them was Dudley councillor Malcolm Davis. The NHS Trust had recruited the photographer Rankin to assist with the hard-hitting anti-smoking film, which was being used as part of a multimedia campaign launched in September. Rankin had co-directed the film with Chris Cottam, which shows a smoker suffering an assault from an invisible assailant as he walks down the street. Freedom2Choose lodged a complaint against the material and upon consideration, the NHS Trust has agreed to remove it from all venues within the next two weeks. PRLog UK Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/27402/city-tobacco-expo-organiser-fined http://tobacco.org/news/292652.html A Nonthaburi court yesterday fined the organiser of the controversial Tabinfo Asia expo 20,000 baht for displaying tobacco products at the event. The Thai Health Promotion Institute took action against the organiser, Tobacco Reporter magazine, on Thursday for illegally displaying tobacco products at Tabinfo Asia 2009. The three-day event, which was held at Impact Muang Thong Thani, ended yesterday. Bangkok Post webmaster@bangkokpost.co.th Thailand Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/11/14/national/national_30116568.php http://tobacco.org/news/292644.html A Thai advertiser who organised an international tobacco exhibition was yesterday fined Bt20,000 for allowing banners carrying images of cigarette brands and logos at the event. The unnamed company was fined Bt20,000 for violating a 1992 law that prohibits pictorial or narrative displays of brands of cigarettes and other tobacco products. The violation took place at the Tabinfo Asia exhibition, which was held at a Muang Thong Thani exhibition hall, from Wednesday until yesterday. The Nation webeditors@nationgroup.com (The Nation) Thailand Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.moodiereport.com/Martin/?p=2700 http://tobacco.org/news/292594.html Where, in an acutely sensitive regulatory environment, should the tobacco category be positioned in a duty free store? When The Nuance Group opened its splendid new 650sq m tax & duty free store at Geneva International Airport earlier this month, it opted to place the entire tobacco category at the entrance of the store – displayed in what Nuance called a “breathtaking black and white setting”. The logic is obvious. As many studies have proven, tobacco is not just a major drawcard in most duty free stores, it is also a tremendous fooftall (and therefore penetration) driver for other categories. In Geneva that’s especially the case. The airport’s cigar assortment has long been a hallmark of the retail offer (it has been considerably enhanced here) and the cigarettes category is particularly important to the Geneva passenger profile. But one wonders how that positioning sits with the approach likely to be adopted in English and Scottish duty free stores, where travel retailers have sought an exemption from proposed tobacco display restrictions that are being touted under the Health Bill. . . . As we reported recently, The Tobacco Advertising and Promotion (Display) (England) Regulations 2010 propose wide-ranging limitations on the display and merchandising of tobacco products. The Moodie Report UK Switzerland Macau Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202435428487&rss=newswire http://tobacco.org/news/292591.html Fending off accusations it misappropriated the names of more than 185 indie rockers to promote cigarettes, Rolling Stone magazine on Thursday appeared to have one appellate justice solidly in its corner. However, two votes are needed to win and one justice was absent during oral arguments in San Francisco's 1st District Court of Appeal. The third didn't tip his hand. Rolling Stone was sued last year by a class of indie bands -- led by the San Francisco Bay Area's Xiu Xiu and Toronto's Fucked Up -- who claimed the magazine had traded on their names by using them in a November 2007 graphic/article juxtaposed with a four-page, fold-out advertisement by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. that touted Camel cigarettes and the manufacturer's collaborations with indie groups. . . . Nonetheless, the bands claim Rolling Stone intentionally used their names to help R.J. Reynolds sell Camels and that the ad implied the bands endorsed the product. Law.com Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://chinapost.com.tw/health/2009/11/09/231965/Tobacco%2Dmarketing.htm http://tobacco.org/news/292530.html The Kaohsiung City Government has upheld a ruling to fine a tobacco product marketing company NT$5.2 million for using colorful cards to promote sales. The fine was first meted out by the City's Health Department following a complaint filed by the anti-smoking organization John Tung Foundation in July. The foundation charged that the supplier of tobacco products had violated the regulations by attaching well-designed and colorfully printed cards to three brands of cigarette packs as giveaways to attract buyers. The China Post Taiwan Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(09)00341-3/abstract http://tobacco.org/news/292528.html Conclusions Removing as much brand information from cigarette packs as possible is likely to reduce positive cigarette brand image associations among adolescents. By additionally increasing the size of pictorial health warnings, positive pack perceptions of those who are at greater risk of becoming regular addicted adult smokers are most likely to be reduced. Journal of Adolescent Health melanie.wakefield@cancervic.org.au Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.australia.to/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11077:health-tobacco-companies-have-a-field-day-in-indonesia&catid=67:health-and-healing&Itemid=311 http://tobacco.org/news/292516.html When it comes to smoking, Indonesia remains the last paradise for a puff in Southeast Asia. Those addicted to cigarettes can openly light up in public places without worrying about tough anti-tobacco penalties found in the rest of the region. This reality has been shaped by the power of local and multinational tobacco companies on the archipelago of some 224 million people. At the finals for the recent ‘Mild Live Wanted 2009' countrywide talent contest, in the former colonial city of Bandung, competing musicians belted out their songs from around 3 p.m till midnight. For Indonesia's small, yet vocal, anti-tobacco activists, these concerts - billed to promote local talent - offered more than music to fill their ears. They were the latest in a string of publicity drives of the powerful multinational tobacco company Philip Morris International (PMI) in the country. . . . The prospect of more deaths from this ”smoking epidemic” has still to move Jakarta, which is still to sign the world's first public health treaty - the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which has been in force since early 2005. By contrast, this treaty has been signed by Indonesia's nine neighbours in the region, which include Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. . . . But in other forms of entertainment, the publicity for tobacco companies are more direct, revealed Kania during a telephone interview from Jakarta. ”There was a film for teenagers last year where one of the actresses, who is still in junior high school, was smoking in scenes.” Such an effort to glamorise smoking goes to extremes, at times. ”There are so many scenes of people smoking in Indonesian movies where the camera even zooms in to show the cigarette brand,” adds Kania. ”There is no regulation like in other countries.” It is little wonder why a regional anti-tobacco lobby has described Southeast Asia's largest country as a ”cash cow” for the tobacco industry. Australia.TO news@australia.to ( Written by Marwaan Macan-Markar ) Indonesia Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT