Advertising and the Tobacco Industry - Research Article from Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 7 pages of information about Advertising and the Tobacco Industry.

Advertising and the Tobacco Industry - Research Article from Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco

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Tobacco companies spend more than $5 billion annually to advertise and promote cigarettes and other tobacco products. The companies

COMPARISON OF ADVERTISING TO BRAND PREFERENCE IN ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS
Cigarette maker Dollars spent on advertising (in millions) Percent of adolescents who said this was their favorite brand Percent of adults who said this was their favorite brand
Marlboro $75 60.00% 23.50%
Camel $43 13.30% 3.90%
Newport $35 12.70% 4.80%
Kool $21 1.20% 3.00%
Winston $17 1.20% 6.70%
SOURCE: 1993 TAPS II, The Maxwell Consumer Report 1994, Ad & Summary 1993.
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claim that the purpose of their advertising is simply to provide information and to influence brand selection among current smokers, although only about 10 percent of smokers switch brands in any one year. Every year more than one million adult smokers stop smoking and almost a half-million other adult smokers die from smoking-related diseases. Therefore the tobacco companies must recruit an average of 3,300 new young smokers every day to replace those...

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