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The rise and fall of tobacco control media campaigns, 1967-2006

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  • Ibrahim, J.K.
  • Glantz, S.A.

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Extensive research has demonstrated that public education through media campaigns is an effective means to reduce smoking prevalence and tobacco consumption. Aggressive media campaigns that confront the tobacco industry's deceptive practices are most effective and are therefore a prime target for attack. The tobacco industry has attacked public tobacco control media campaigns since 1967, when the first public tobacco control media advertisements ran. Through studying tobacco control media campaigns in Arizona, California, Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Oregon, and of the American Legacy Foundation, we identified industry strategies to prevent a campaign's creation, limit the target audience and the content of the messages, limit or eliminate the campaign's funding, and pursue litigation against the campaigns. Tobacco control advocates must learn from the past and continue to confront the tobacco industry and its third-party allies to defend antitobacco media campaigns or, despite evidence of their effectiveness, they will be eliminated.

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  • Ibrahim, J.K. & Glantz, S.A., 2007. "The rise and fall of tobacco control media campaigns, 1967-2006," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 97(8), pages 1383-1396.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2006.097006_1
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.097006
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    1. Hiilamo, Heikki & Glantz, Stanton A., 2015. "Old wine in new bottles: Tobacco industry's submission to European Commission tobacco product directive public consultation," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 119(1), pages 57-65.

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