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Introduction The evidence linking tobacco product advertising to adolescent smoking initiation and resulting long-term addiction, premature death, and disability is well established. Each link in the causal chain has been [...], Recent amendments to federal law and a burgeoning body of research have intensified public health officials' interest in reducing youth initiation of tobacco use, including by regulating the time, place, or manner of tobacco product advertising at the point of sale. This article analyzes legal obstacles to various strategies for reducing youth initiation.

The laws on tobacco marketing in United States and in other European and Asian countries are presented. The attitude of the U.S tobacco companies in opposing the planned initiation of a global treaty to ban tobacco advertising worldwide is discussed.

British American Tobacco is looking for a digital agency to handle the launch of a new range of luxury tobacco products. The group, which owns brands including Dunhill, Kent, Lucky [...]

Tobacco smoking is a growing public health problem in the developing world. The health hazards of smoking are well documented, and prevention of smoking has been described as the single greatest opportunity for preventing noncommunicable disease in the world today. A cross-sectional survey was carried out to determine the cigarette smoking habits among adolescents in a rural setting in northeast Nigeria.Between June and August 2006, a cross-sectional study involving 125 adolescents' ages 12 to 17 years randomly selected from four districts of Yola south Local Government Area of Adamawa State was carried out. They responded to a modified version of the standard World Health Organization questionnaire for surveying smoking habits. Of 89 males 32 (36%) and of 36 females nine (25%) were current light smokers; with over 85% of all smokers consumed less than 10 cigarettes a day. The prevalence of smoking in this study was 32.8%. Over half of current smokers and ex-smokers started smoking between the ages of 13 and 15 years. The largest group of male and female smokers were influenced to start smoking by relative influence of one or both parents, siblings or friends, and only 18.7% of males and 22.2% of females were influenced by advertisements. Most respondents continued to smoke even when they were aware of the health hazards of smoking.Anti tobacco education and awareness should be adopted in the curriculum of schools and colleges. All forms of tobacco advertising and promotional activities should be banned in Nigeria, and parents should be encouraged to adopt more responsible attitudes toward smoking in the home. Keywords: Cigarette smoking | Adolescents | Tobacco use | Northeast Nigeria, Introduction Smoking is a health risk, a pattern of behaviour usually acquired during adolescence (1). In Western countries, 13% to 35% of adolescents smoke (1). Youth is a time of [...]

After much heated debate, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1108, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control act, by a vote of 326 to 102. The bill would grant [...]

First, tobacco brands were banned from advertising on TV before being forced from the nation's billboards, our newspapers and sponsorship properties. Last year, smoking bans in public places came into […]

Retailers have slammed the Government for a "woefully inadequate" publicity campaign to inform people about the change in the legal age limit to buy tobacco products. The Association of Convenience […]

GENEVA, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Health officials from more than 100 countries have agreed to study widening a global tobacco control treaty to target advertising over the Internet and satellite […]

The European Union has warned member states that it will enforce laws outlawing tobacco advertising after reports that the Spanish government has given the green light for tobacco ads to […]

The Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002, under which tobacco sponsorship for global sporting events will be banned, will come into force on July 31. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and […]

Since the introduction of the blanket ban on tobacco advertising, companies have been forced to take a lower profile. But they are finding ways to get their message across, says […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Advocates called on Hollywood to limit the depiction of smoking in movies at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Tuesday, arguing that films with smoking scenes should [...]

Only in France could wine be the center of a hot political debate. More than 20 French senators have joined forces to propose a law that would permit the launch [...]

The tobacco market in the UK is far from smoking. And this month's announcement of a ban on lighting up in the workplace, including pubs, clubs and restaurants in the [...]