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CIGARETTE ADVERTISING AND YOUTH
DEFINITION: “Numerous studies have found that most smokers start smoking when they are in their teens. If they do not start smoking before age eighteen, chances are they will never start. Antismoking groups charge that tobacco companies know this fact well, and they combat it by targeting children in their advertising.” (Tobacco and Smoking: Opposing Viewpoints)
NARROW THE TOPIC:
· Did tobacco companies target ads and promotional campaigns toward youth?
· Why do teenagers begin smoking?
· How successful was the “Joe Camel” ad campaign?
· Should the FDA regulate tobacco?
· Do advertising regulations violate the First Amendment of the Constitution?
· Will restrictions hurt the sports and the arts?
· Is tobacco the first step toward drug abuse?
· Should actors use tobacco products in movies and television?
· How successful have the anti-smoking advertising campaigns been?
· Has the advertising ban been effective?
· Should flavored cigarettes be banned?
LINCC SUBJECT HEADINGS: Advertising and Children; Television Advertising and Children; Children—Tobacco Use; Youth—Tobacco Use; Smoking—Prevention and Control
SPECIALIZED SOURCES SHELVED IN THE REFERENCE COLLECTION:
| Encyclopedia of White-Collar & Corporate Crime | REF HV 6768 .E63 2005 |
| Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco: Learning About Addictive Behavior | REF HV 5804 .D78 2003 v.1 "Advertising and the Tobacco Industry" |
| Landmarks in Modern American Business | REF HF 3021 .L36 2000 v.2 p. 523 |
| Encyclopedia of Smoking and Tobacco | REF HV 5760 .H57 1999 |
| U.S. Laws, Acts, and Treaties |
REF KF 385 .A4 U152 2003 “Cigarette Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (1966)” |
AVAILABLE AT THE REFERENCE DESK
CQ Researcher "Tobacco Industry: Do Ads and New Products Still Target Teen Smokers?" 12/10/2004; "Advertising Overload" 1/23/2004
Current Controversies: Smoking (also in the Opposing Viewpoints Database)
STATISTICS:
Business Almanac & Desk Reference: “Advertising Industries;” “Marketing: Tobacco” REF HF 5003 .I5
American Legacy Foundation http://tobacco.rti.org/data/New/questionnaire.cfm
U.S. Department of Health Substance Abuse and Mental Health Statistics http://oas.samhsa.gov/tobacco.htm
Millennials: Americans Born 1977 to 1994: The American Generations Series REF HQ796 .M4797 2004 p.98-100
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Global Youth Tobacco Survey http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/global/GYTS.htm
ELECTRONIC INDEXES:
| Academic Search Premier | Expanded Academic ASAP | OmniFile Full Text Mega |
| Health and Wellness Resource Center | Business Source Elite | Issues & Controversies |
FULL-TEXT NEWSPAPERS: America's Newspapers
INTERNET SITES:
| Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids | http://www.tobaccofreekids.org |
| Fight Against Teen Smoking | http://www.thetruth.com/ |
| Corporate Accountability International | http://www.stopcorporateabuse.org/ |
| Tobacco Control Resource Center | http://tobacco.neu.edu/ |
| Tobacco Control Archives | http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/ |
| PBS Frontline: The Cigarette Papers | http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/smoke/ |
CITING YOUR SOURCES:
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