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Tobacco Advertising is the advertising
Advertising

Advertising is a form of communication that typically attempts to persuade potential customers to Purchasing or to consume more of a particular brand of Product or Service ....
 of tobacco
Tobacco

Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the fresh leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as an organic pesticide, and in the form of nicotine tartrate it is used in some medicines....
 products or use (typically cigarette
Cigarette

A cigarette is a product consumed through smoking and manufactured out of curing and finely cut tobacco leaves and reconstituted tobacco, often combined with other List of additives in cigarettes, then rolled or stuffed into a paper-wrapped cylinder ....
 smoking
Tobacco smoking

Tobacco smoking is the inhalation of smoke from burned dried or cured leaves of the tobacco plant, most often in the form of a cigarette. People may smoke casually for pleasure, habitually to satisfy an addiction to the nicotine present in tobacco and to the act of smoking, or in response to social pressure....
) by the tobacco industry
Tobacco industry

The tobacco industry comprises those persons and companies engaged in the growth, preparation for sale, shipment, advertisement, and distribution of tobacco and tobacco-related products....
 through a variety of media
Mass media

Mass media is a term used to denote a section of the media specifically envisioned and designed to reach a mainstream such as the population of a nation state....
 including sponsorship, particularly of sporting events. It is now one of the most highly-regulated
Advertising regulation

Advertising regulation refers to the laws and wiktionary:rules defining the ways in which products can be advertising in a particular region. Rules can define a wide number of different aspects, such as placement, timing, and content....
 forms of marketing
Marketing

Marketing is defined by the American Marketing Association as the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large....
. Some or all forms of tobacco advertising are banned in many countries.

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Tobacco Advertising is the advertising
Advertising

Advertising is a form of communication that typically attempts to persuade potential customers to Purchasing or to consume more of a particular brand of Product or Service ....
 of tobacco
Tobacco

Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the fresh leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as an organic pesticide, and in the form of nicotine tartrate it is used in some medicines....
 products or use (typically cigarette
Cigarette

A cigarette is a product consumed through smoking and manufactured out of curing and finely cut tobacco leaves and reconstituted tobacco, often combined with other List of additives in cigarettes, then rolled or stuffed into a paper-wrapped cylinder ....
 smoking
Tobacco smoking

Tobacco smoking is the inhalation of smoke from burned dried or cured leaves of the tobacco plant, most often in the form of a cigarette. People may smoke casually for pleasure, habitually to satisfy an addiction to the nicotine present in tobacco and to the act of smoking, or in response to social pressure....
) by the tobacco industry
Tobacco industry

The tobacco industry comprises those persons and companies engaged in the growth, preparation for sale, shipment, advertisement, and distribution of tobacco and tobacco-related products....
 through a variety of media
Mass media

Mass media is a term used to denote a section of the media specifically envisioned and designed to reach a mainstream such as the population of a nation state....
 including sponsorship, particularly of sporting events. It is now one of the most highly-regulated
Advertising regulation

Advertising regulation refers to the laws and wiktionary:rules defining the ways in which products can be advertising in a particular region. Rules can define a wide number of different aspects, such as placement, timing, and content....
 forms of marketing
Marketing

Marketing is defined by the American Marketing Association as the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large....
. Some or all forms of tobacco advertising are banned in many countries.

History


The first known advertisement in the USA was for the snuff and tobacco products of P. Lorillard and Company and was placed in the New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 daily paper in 1789. Local and regional newspapers were used because of the small-scale production and transportation of these goods. The first real brand name to become known on a bigger scale in the USA was "Bull Durham" which emerged in 1868, with the advertising placing the emphasis on how easy it was "to roll your own" .

The development of color lithography
Lithography

Lithography is a method for printing using a stone or a metal plate with a completely smooth surface. By contrast, in intaglio a plate is engraving, etching or mezzotint to make cavities to contain the printing ink, and in woodblock printing and letterpress ink is applied to the raised surfaces of letters or images....
 in the late 1870s allowed the companies to create attractive images to better present their products. This led to the printing of pictures onto the cigarette card
Cigarette card

Cigarette cards are trade cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette packaging and tobacco advertising....
s, previously only used to stiffen the packaging but now turned into an early marketing concept.. By the last quarter of the c19 magazines such as Punch
Punch (magazine)

'Punch' was a Great Britain weekly magazine of humour and satire published from 1841 to 1992 and from 1996 to 2002. Punch material was also collected in book formats as early as the 1800s, including Pick of the Punch annuals with cartoons and text features, Punch and the War a 1941 collection of WWII-related cartoons, and A B...
 carried advertisements for different brands of cigarettes, snuff, and pipe tobacco. Advertising was significantly helped by the distribution of free or subsidised branded cigarettes to troops during World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
.

Campaigns


Customer loyalty


Tobacco companies use such advertising to drive brand awareness and brand preference amongst smokers, in order to drive sales and to increase brand
Brand loyalty

Brand loyalty, in marketing, consists of a consumer's commitment to repurchase the brand and can be demonstrated by repeated buying of a product or service or other positive behaviors such as word of mouth advocacy....
 and customer loyalty
Loyalty business model

The loyalty business model is a business model used in strategic management in which company resources are employed so as to increase the loyalty of customers and other stakeholders in the expectation that corporate objectives will be met or surpassed....
. One of the original forms of this was the inclusion of cigarette card
Cigarette card

Cigarette cards are trade cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette packaging and tobacco advertising....
s, a collectible set of ephemera
Ephemera

Ephemera is transitory written and printed matter not intended to be retained or preserved. The word derives from the Greek, meaning things lasting no more than a day....
.

Target markets


The intended audience
Target market

Market specialization is a business term meaning the market segment to which a particular good or service is marketed. It is mainly defined by age, gender, geography, socio-economic grouping, technographic, or any other combination of demographics....
 of the tobacco advertising places have changed throughout the years, with some brands specifically targeted towards a particular demographic
Demographic profile

A demographic or demographic profile is a term used in marketing and broadcasting, to describe a demographics grouping or a market segment....
. The Joe Camel
Joe Camel

Joe Camel was the advertising mascot for Camel cigarettes from late 1987 to July 12, 1997, appearing in magazine advertisements, billboards, and other print media....
 campaign in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 was created to advertise Camel
Camel (cigarette)

Camel is a brand of cigarettes that was introduced by American company R.J. Reynolds Tobacco in the summer of 1913. Most current Camel cigarettes contain a blend of Turkey and Virginia tobacco....
 brand to young adult smokers. Class action plaintiffs and politicians described the Joe Camel images as a "cartoon" intended to advertise the product to people below the legal smoking age. Under pressure from various anti-smoking groups, the Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission

The Federal Trade Commission is an Independent agencies of the United States government, established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act....
, and the U.S. Congress, Camel ended the campaign on 10 July 1997.

Tobacco companies have frequently targeted the female market, seeing it as a potential growth area as the largest market segment
Market segment

A market segment is a subgroup of people or organizations sharing one or more characteristics that cause them to have similar product and/or service needs....
 has traditionally been male. The introduction of the 1960s Virginia Slims
Virginia Slims

Virginia Slims is a brand of cigarette manufactured by Philip Morris USA. The brand was introduced in 1968 and marketed to young professional women using the slogan "You've come a long way, baby." Some media watch groups considered this campaign to be responsible for a rapid increase in smoking among teenage girls....
 brand, and in particular the "You’ve Come a Long Way Baby" campaign, was specifically aimed at women.

Budgets


Tobacco companies have had particularly large budgets for their advertising campaigns. The Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission

The Federal Trade Commission is an Independent agencies of the United States government, established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act....
 claimed that cigarette manufacturers spent $8.24 billion on advertising and promotion in 1999, the highest amount ever at that time. The FTC later claimed that in 2005, cigarette companies spent $13.11 billion on advertising and promotion, down from $15.12 billion in 2003, but nearly double what was spent in 1998. The increase, despite restrictions on the advertising in most countries, was an attempt at appealing to a younger audience, including multi-purchase offers and giveaways such as hats and lighters, along with the more traditional store and magazine advertising.

Marketing consultants ACNielsen announced that, during the period September 2001 to August 2002, tobacco companies advertising in the UK spent £25 million, excluding sponsorship and indirect advertising, broken down as follows:

  • £11 million on press advertising
  • £13.2 million on billboard
    Billboard (advertising)

    A billboard is a large Out-of-home advertising structure , typically found in high traffic areas such as alongside busy roads. Billboards present large Advertising to passing pedestrians and drivers....
    s
  • £714,550 on radio advertising
  • £106,253 on direct mail
    Direct marketing

    Direct marketing is a sub-discipline and type of marketing. There are two main definitional characteristics which distinguish it from other types of marketing....
     advertising


Figures from around that time also estimated that the companies spent £8m a year sponsoring sporting events and teams (excluding Formula One
Formula One

Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and currently officially referred as the FIA Formula One World Championship is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile ....
) and a further £70m on Formula One in the UK.

The £25 million spent in the UK amounted to approximately 60 cents American per person in 2002. The 15.12 BILLION spent in the United states in 2003 amounted to more than $45 for every person in the United States, more than $36 million per day, and more than $290 for each U.S. adult smoker.

Advertisement control


Cig
The European Union
European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 European Union member state, located primarily in Europe. It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community....
 and World Health Organization
World Health Organization

The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health....
 (WHO) have both specified that the advertising of tobacco should not be allowed. The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is a treaty adopted by the 56th World Health Assembly on May 21, 2003. It became the first World Health Organization treaty adopted under article 19 of the WHO constitution....
, which came into effect on 27 February 2005, requires that all of the countries that agreed to the treaty
Treaty

A Treaty is an agreement under international law entered into by actors in international law, namely states and international organizations. A Treaty may also be known as: agreement, protocol, covenant, convention, exchange of letters, etc....
 ban tobacco advertising unless their constitution
Constitution

A constitution is a system for government — often codified as a written document — that establishes the rules and principles of an autonomous political entity....
 forbade it.

Asia


In Malaysia
Malaysia

Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
, the displaying of cigarette packets in advertisements has been banned since 1 January 1995. However, this has not stopped tobacco companies from advertising their products. They have found ways to continue to build their brands by using brand names for a bistro
Bistro

A bistro, sometimes spelled bistrot, is, in its original Paris, France incarnation, a small restaurant serving moderately priced simple meals in a modest setting....
 and cybercafes such as Benson & Hedges Bistro
Benson & Hedges

Benson & Hedges is a British brand of cigarettes owned by the Gallaher Group, which became a subsidiary of Japan Tobacco in 2007. They are registered in Bond Street in London, and are manufactured in Lisnafillen, Ballymena, Northern Ireland for the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland markets, and by British American Tobacco PLC in Weybridg...
 and Sampoerna A International Cyberworld
Sampoerna

Sampoerna is an Indonesian tobacco company whose cigarette brands are smoked by millions of Indonesians. It is reportedly the largest Indonesian tobacco company, ahead of Gudang Garam and Djarum....
, for stationery, accessories, clothing like Dunhill
Dunhill

Dunhill may refer to:* Alfred Dunhill, a luxury goods company owned by Richemont* Dunhill , a brand of cigars* Dunhill , a brand of cigarettes made by British American Tobacco...
, Marlboro Classics
Marlboro (cigarette)

Marlboro is a brand of cigaretteMarlboro is a brand of cigarette made by Philip Morris USA within the US, and by Philip Morris International outside the US....
, Davidoff
Davidoff

Davidoff is a Swiss tobacco goods brand name, which is carried by a range of products including cigars, cigarettes, and smoking pipe ....
, Pall Mall
Pall Mall (cigarette)

Pall Mall cigarettes are a brand of cigarettes produced by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and internationally by British American Tobacco at multiple sites....
, John Player Specials
John Player & Sons

John Player & Sons, known simply as Player's, was a tobacco and cigarette manufacturer, based in Nottingham, England. It is today part of the Imperial Tobacco....
, Winfield
Winfield (cigarette)

Winfield is a brand of cigarette that is popular in Australia and New Zealand. They are also sold in other markets in Europe, Canada, South Africa and Asia....
 and Winston
Winston (cigarette)

Winston cigarettes are manufactured for or by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company or its newer incarnation as RJR Nabisco and/or its affiliates.The brand was introduced in 1954, and became the best-selling brand of cigarettes in the United States....
. Holiday tours like Mild Seven Seafarers Club
Mild Seven

Mild Seven is a brand of Cigarette produced by Japan Tobacco....
, Peter Stuyvesant Travel and Tours
Peter Stuyvesant

Peter Stuyvesant served as the last Netherlands Director-General of New Amsterdam of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ceded provisionally to the English in 1664....
, Kent Holidays
Kent (cigarette)

Kent is a brand of cigarettes. Viceroy s were the first to introduce cigarette filters in 1936. Kent's Micronite filter was introduced shortly after the publication of a series of articles in Reader's Digest in 1952 entitled "Cancer by the Carton," that scared American consumers into seeking out a filter brand at a time when most brands were...
 and Salem Holidays
Salem (cigarette)

Salem is brand of cigarettes introduced in 1956 by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company as the first Cigarette filter Menthol cigarette cigarette. Its name derives from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the city where RJR was founded and headquartered....
 and even in the sponsorship of concerts and entertainment events. All of these are indirect advertising strategies employed by tobacco companies.

Starting from 1 January 2003, the Malaysian federal government has even banned such indirect advertising of tobacco brands, except in certain establishments licensed to sell tobacco products. Formula One Grand Prix' and other sporting events are still allowed to use tobacco sponsorship.

They also have banned sale of tobacco to underage people in an effort of cracking down on early age smoking.

Tobacco advertising in Hong Kong for television was outlawed at the beginning of 1992. However, buses and notably trams never took off their tobacco advertising until a few years later. Kent, Marlboro, Double Happiness, and Camel all featured prominently on them.

Africa


The Tobacco Products Control Amendment Act was passed in 1999. This act bans all advertising and promotion of tobacco products, including sponsorship and free distribution of tobacco products.

Europe


All tobacco advertising and sponsorship on television has been banned within the European Union since 1991 under the Television Without Frontiers Directive (1989) This ban was extended by the Tobacco Advertising Directive, which took effect in July 2005 to cover other forms of media such as the internet, print media, and radio. The directive does not include advertising in cinemas and on billboards or using merchandising – or tobacco sponsorship of cultural and sporting events which are purely local, with participants coming from only one Member State as these fall outside the jurisdiction of the European Commission
European Commission

The European Commission is the executive of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Treaties of the European Union and the general day-to-day running of the Union....
. However, most member states have transposed the directive with national laws that are wider in scope than the directive and cover local advertising. A 2008 European Commission report concluded that the directive had been successfully transposed into national law in all EU member states, and that these laws were well implemented.

In 2003, the European Union
European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 European Union member state, located primarily in Europe. It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community....
 halted the branding of cigarettes as "light" or "mild", saying that this misleads consumers about the dangers of smoking. Stark health warnings such as "Smoking Kills" must now cover at least 30 percent of the front of each packet and 40 percent of the back, and an even greater area where messages are printed in more than one national language.

As an EU member state, the relevant EU directives banning tobacco advertising apply within the United Kingdom, in addition to UK laws restricting tobacco advertising.

The first calls to restrict advertising came in 1962 from the Royal College of Physicians
Royal College of Physicians

The Royal College of Physicians of London was the first medical institution in England to receive a Royal Charter. It was founded in 1518 and is one of the most active of all medical professional organisations....
, who highlighted the health problems and recommended stricter laws on the sale and advertising of tobacco products. In 1971, an agreement between the government and the tobacco industry saw the inclusion of health warnings on all cigarette packets. All television commercials for cigarettes were banned on 1 August 1965, although commercials for loose tobacco and cigars continued until 1991.

Non-television advertising campaigns were still allowed in the UK but came under stricter guidelines in 1986, which in particular, prevented adverts from actually showing a person smoking. The tobacco producers responded with increasingly indirect and abstract campaigns, among which those of Benson & Hedges
Benson & Hedges

Benson & Hedges is a British brand of cigarettes owned by the Gallaher Group, which became a subsidiary of Japan Tobacco in 2007. They are registered in Bond Street in London, and are manufactured in Lisnafillen, Ballymena, Northern Ireland for the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland markets, and by British American Tobacco PLC in Weybridg...
 and Silk Cut
Silk Cut

Silk Cut is brand of low tar cigarette produced by the Gallaher Group. The packaging is characterised by a distinctive stark white packet with the brand name in either a purple, blue, silver, white or green square....
 became particularly recognisable. Until about the mid 1990s many corner shops, newsagents and off licences
Off-licence

#REDIRECT Licensing_laws_of_the_United_Kingdom#Off-licence...
 had on their shop signs prominent branding by cigarette brands such as Benson & Hedges
Benson & Hedges

Benson & Hedges is a British brand of cigarettes owned by the Gallaher Group, which became a subsidiary of Japan Tobacco in 2007. They are registered in Bond Street in London, and are manufactured in Lisnafillen, Ballymena, Northern Ireland for the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland markets, and by British American Tobacco PLC in Weybridg...
, Silk Cut
Silk Cut

Silk Cut is brand of low tar cigarette produced by the Gallaher Group. The packaging is characterised by a distinctive stark white packet with the brand name in either a purple, blue, silver, white or green square....
, Regal
Regal (cigarette)

Regal or Embassy Regal as they are also known, is a brand of UK cigarette. At ?5.45-?5.70 per packet of 20. They are a "premium" brand cigarette and one of the most expensive available in the United Kingdom....
 etc until the practice was outlawed. The following link shows an example of this practice at a newsagents in Leeds
Leeds

Leeds is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England. It is the urban core and administrative centre of the wider metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds....
, England
England

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 from 1985:

As part of their 1997 election campaign, the Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
 pledged to ban all advertising of tobacco products. This legislation was passed as the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002 , which banned most remaining forms of advertising according to the following timescale:

It was banned in Scotland, by the Scottish parliament in 2001.

Date What was banned
14 February 2003 General advertising
14 May 2003 Promotions
30 July 2003 Sponsorship of sporting events within the UK
May 2004 Particular advertisements in tobacconists
21 December 2004 Large adverts in shops, pubs and clubs
31 July 2005 Sponsorship of excepted global events; brandsharing


Several exemptions from this legislation remain:

  • Advertisements that appear within the tobacco industry
  • Advertisements in publications that are not primarily aimed at a British audience
  • Advertisements in pubs, clubs and shops, as long as the advert's total size does not exceed that of an A5
    ISO 216

    ISO 216 specifies International Organization for Standardization paper sizes used in most countries in the world today. It is the standard which defines the commonly available A4 paper size....
     piece of paper, with 30% of that being taken up by government health warnings.
  • Advertisements other than those for cigarettes or hand-rolling tobacco within specialist tobacconists if the sale of cigars, snuff, pipe tobacco and smoking accessories accounts for over 50% of their sales
  • Direct mail that has been specifically requested


While cigarette vending machine
Vending machine

A vending machine provides various snacks, beverages, and other products to consumers. The idea is to vend products without a cashier. Items sold via vending machines vary by country and region....
s are still allowed in licensed premises they are now only allowed to display a picture of what is available (one image per brand) and no advertisements can be included on the machine.

Famous campaigns include "Welcome to Marlboro Country", "You're never alone with a Strand", which led to Strand Cigarettes being taken off the market, and "Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet
Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet

"Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet" is one of the most famous British advertising campaigns for a tobacco product....
".

North America


In the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, in the 1950s and 1960s, cigarette brands were frequently sponsors of television programs. One of the most famous television jingles of the era came from an advertisement for Winston
Winston (cigarette)

Winston cigarettes are manufactured for or by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company or its newer incarnation as RJR Nabisco and/or its affiliates.The brand was introduced in 1954, and became the best-selling brand of cigarettes in the United States....
 cigarettes. The slogan "Winston tastes good like a cigarette should
Winston tastes good like a cigarette should

"Winston tastes good like a cigarette should" is an enduring advertising slogan that appeared in newspaper, magazine, radio, and television advertising campaign for Winston cigarettes from the brand's introduction in 1954 until 1972....
!" proved to be catchy, and is still quoted today. Another popular slogan from the 1960s was "Us Tareyton smokers would rather fight than switch!
Us Tareyton smokers would rather fight than switch!

"Us Tareyton smokers would rather fight than switch!" is an enduring slogan which appeared in magazine, newspaper, and television advertisings for Tareyton cigarettes from 1963 until 1981....
," which was used to advertise Tareyton
Tareyton

Tareyton is a brand of cigarettes originally manufactured by the American Tobacco Company. It began as a variation of Herbert Tareyton cork-tipped non-filter cigarettes....
 cigarettes.

In June 1967, the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission

The Federal Communications Commission is an Independent agencies of the United States government, created, directed, and empowered by United States Congress statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President of the United States....
 ruled that programs broadcast on a television station that discussed smoking and health were insufficient to offset the effects of paid advertisements that were broadcast for five to ten minutes each day. "We hold that the fairness doctrine
Fairness Doctrine

The Fairness Doctrine was a policy of the United States Federal Communications Commission that required the holders of broadcast licenses both to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was honest, equitable and balanced....
 is applicable to such advertisements," the Commission said. The FCC decision, upheld by the courts, essentially required television stations to air anti-smoking advertisements at no cost to the organisations providing such advertisements.

In April 1970, Congress passed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act
Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act

The Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act is a United States federal law, passed in 1970, designed to limit the practice of tobacco smoking. It required a stronger Tobacco packaging warning messages on cigarette packages, saying "Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined that Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health"....
 banning the advertising of cigarettes on television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 and radio
Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals, by modulation of electromagnetic radiation with frequency below those of visible light.Electromagnetic radiation radio propagation by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space....
 starting on January 2, 1971. The Virginia Slims
Virginia Slims

Virginia Slims is a brand of cigarette manufactured by Philip Morris USA. The brand was introduced in 1968 and marketed to young professional women using the slogan "You've come a long way, baby." Some media watch groups considered this campaign to be responsible for a rapid increase in smoking among teenage girls....
 brand was the last commercial shown, with "a 60-second revue from flapper to Female Lib", shown at 11:59 p.m. on January 1 during a break on The Tonight Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a late-night Talk/Chat show hosted by Johnny Carson under the The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992....
 .

Smokeless tobacco ads, on the other hand, remained on the air until a ban took effect on August 28, 1986.

After 1971, most tobacco advertising was done in magazines, newspapers and on billboards. Since the introduction of the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act all packaging and advertisements must display a health warning from the Surgeon General
Surgeon General of the United States

The Surgeon General of the United States is the operational head of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and thus the leading spokesperson on matters of public health in the Federal government of the United States....
. In November 2003, tobacco companies and magazine publishers agreed to cease the placement of advertisements in school
School

File:Primary Student of Pakistan.JPGA school , is an institution designed to allow and encourage students to education, under the supervision of teachers....
 library editions of four magazines with a large group of young readers (Time
Time (magazine)

Time is a weekly United States newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report. A European edition is published from London....
, People
People (magazine)

People is a weekly United States magazine of celebrity and human interest story, published by Time Inc. As of 2006, it has a circulation of 3.75 million and revenue expected to top $1.5 billion....
, Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated is an United States sports magazine owned by Mass media conglomerate Time Warner. It has over 3 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men, 19% of the adult males in the United States....
 and Newsweek
Newsweek

Newsweek is an United States weekly newsmagazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally....
) .

A 1994 report by the Surgeon General "Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People", asserted, “When young people no longer want to smoke the epidemic itself will die.”13 A critical task of public health was counteracting the “indoctrination” of the young when they were most susceptible.Hence the report dismissed as “misguided” the debate as to whether cigarette promotion “caused” young people to smoke; the conclusion was, “Whether causal or not, [promotion] fosters the uptake of smoking, initiating for many a dismal and relentless chain of events.”,

The first known advertisement was for the snuff and tobacco products of P. Lorillard and Company and was placed in the New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 daily paper in 1789. Advertising was an emerging concept, and tobacco-related adverts were not seen as any different from those for other products: their negative impact on health was unknown at the time. Local and regional newspapers were used because of the small-scale production and transportation of these goods. The first real brand name to become known on a bigger scale was "Bull Durham" which emerged in 1868, with the advertising placing the emphasis on how easy it was "to roll your own" .

The development of colour lithography
Lithography

Lithography is a method for printing using a stone or a metal plate with a completely smooth surface. By contrast, in intaglio a plate is engraving, etching or mezzotint to make cavities to contain the printing ink, and in woodblock printing and letterpress ink is applied to the raised surfaces of letters or images....
 in the late 1870s allowed the companies to create attractive images to better present their products. This led to the printing of pictures onto the cigarette card
Cigarette card

Cigarette cards are trade cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette packaging and tobacco advertising....
s, previously only used to stiffen the packaging but now turned into an early marketing concept.

Billboards are a major venue of cigarette advertising (10% of Michigan billboards advertised alcohol
Alcohol advertising

Alcohol advertising is the advertising of alcoholic beverages by alcohol producers through a variety of mass media. Along with tobacco advertising, it is one of the most advertising regulation forms of marketing....
 and tobacco, according to the Detroit Free Press ). They made the news when, in the tobacco settlement of 1999, all cigarette billboards were replaced with anti-smoking messages. In a parody of the Marlboro Man
Marlboro Man

The Marlboro Man is part of a tobacco advertising advertising campaign for Marlboro . In the United States, where the campaign originated, it was used from 1954 to 1999....
, some billboards depicted cowboys riding on ranches with slogans like "Bob, I miss my lung".

America's first regular television news program, Camel News Caravan
Camel News Caravan

The Camel News Caravan was a 15-minute prime time United States U.S. television news program aired by NBC News from 1949 to 1956. Tobacco advertising by Camel and news presenter by John Cameron Swayze, it the first NBC news program to use NBC filmed news stories rather than movie newsreels....
, was sponsored by Camel Cigarettes and featured an ashtray
Ashtray

An ashtray is a receptacle for ash and butts from cigarettes and cigars of tobacco and Cannabis . Ashtrays are typically made of glass, pottery, or metal....
 on the desk in front of the newscaster
News presenter

A news presenter is, broadly speaking, a person that presents a news program on television, radio or the Internet. The term is not commonly used by people in the industry as they tend to use more descriptive - and sometimes country-specific - terms....
 and the Camel logo behind him. The show ran from 1949 to 1956.

In Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, advertising of tobacco products has been prohibited by the Tobacco Products Control Act
Tobacco Products Control Act

The Tobacco Products Control Act Since the Introduction of the Tobacco Products control Act in 1993 a notable victory has been scored in the battle against tobacco in South Africa where smoking has been rated the second highest health concern, after HIV/AIDS....
 as of 1988 and all tobacco products must show attributed warning signs on all packaging. Immediately following the passing of the legislation through parliament, RJR-MacDonald (RJR-MacDonald Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General)
RJR-MacDonald Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General)

RJR - MacDonald Inc. v. Canada , [1995] 3 S.C.R. 199 is a leading Canadian constitutional decision of the Supreme Court of Canada where the Court upheld the federal Tobacco Products Control Act, which banned tobacco advertising and required warning labels on cigarette packages, but struck out the provisions which prevented advertising...
) filed suit against the Government of Canada
Government of Canada

Canada is a constitutional monarchy. The powers and structure of the federal government are set out in the Constitution of Canada, which includes the written part, the decisions of courts, and unwritten conventions developed over time....
 through the Quebec Superior Court. It was argued that the act, which originally called for unattributed warnings, was a violation of the right to free speech. In 1991, the Quebec Superior Court ruled in favour of the tobacco companies, deciding that the act violated their right to free speech under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms The Charter was preceded by the Canadian Bill of Rights, which was enacted in 1960. However, the Bill of Rights was only a federal statute, rather than a constitutional document....
, as well as being ultra vires
Ultra vires

Ultra vires is a Latin List of Latin phrases that literally means "beyond the powers". Its inverse is called intra vires, meaning "within the powers"....
. The Crown subsequently appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court of Canada

The Supreme Court of Canada is the supreme court of Canada and is the final court of appeal in the Canadian justice system. The court grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal Appeal, and its decisions are stare decisis, binding upon all lower courts of...
.

On September 21, 1995 the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the Tobacco Products Control Act as legal, forcing the tobacco companies operating in Canada to print hazard warnings on all cigarette packs. However, the Court struck down the requirement that the health warnings be unattributed, as this requirement violated the right to free speech, further ruling that it was in the federal government's jurisdiction to pass such laws, as it fell under the peace, order and good government
Peace, order and good government

In many Commonwealth of Nations jurisdictions, the phrase "peace, order and good government" is an expression used in law to express the legitimate objects of legislative powers conferred by statute....
 clause. Recently, sin taxes have been added to tobacco products, with the objective of decreasing usage by making the products less affordable. Currently, radio ads, television commercials, event sponsoring, promotional giveaways and other types of brand advertising are prohibited as well as in-store product displays.

Until 2003, tobacco manufacturers got around this restriction by sponsoring cultural and sporting events, such as the Benson and Hedges Symphony of Fire
Symphony of Fire

The Symphony of Fire is an annual multi-day fireworks exhibition and friendly international competition held around the world, most notably in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Toronto, Ontario Canada....
 (a fireworks display in Toronto
Toronto

Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
 and Vancouver
Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest city in British Columbia and the second largest metropolitan area in the Pacific Northwest region....
), which allowed the manufacturers' names and logos to appear in advertisements sponsoring the events, and at the venues. The ban on tobacco sponsorship was a major factor that led to the near-cancellation of the Canadian Grand Prix
Canadian Grand Prix

The Canadian Grand Prix , abbreviated as gpc, was an annual auto racing held in Canada starting in 1961. It has been part of the Formula One since 1967....
 in Montreal
Montreal

Montreal, or Montr?al, is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population....
 and the du Maurier Ltd Classic
Canadian Women's Open

The Canadian Women's Open is a professional women's golf tournament managed by the Royal Canadian Golf Association. It is a tournament on both the LPGA Tour and the CN Canadian Women's Tour....
, a women's golf tournament on the LPGA
LPGA

The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters are in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that runs from Feb...
 tour (now known as the Canadian Women's Open
Canadian Women's Open

The Canadian Women's Open is a professional women's golf tournament managed by the Royal Canadian Golf Association. It is a tournament on both the LPGA Tour and the CN Canadian Women's Tour....
).

In May 2008, retail displays of cigarettes in convenience stores in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick have been outlawed. They are now all hidden.

Western Pacific


The Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act 1992 expressly prohibited almost all forms of Tobacco advertising in Australia, including the sponsorship of sporting or other cultural events by cigarette brands. Domestic sporting and cultural events were allowed to have sponsorships run their course, but were no longer allowed to enter into new or to continue existing sponsorships. By 1998, all domestic sponsorships had expired naturally.

The Federal Minister for Health and Ageing was given the right to grant exemptions to events "of international significance" that "would be likely to result in the event not being held in Australia" should tobacco advertising be forbidden. A clause in the act forbade events applying for an exemption after 1 October 2000, unless they had previously been granted one. By 2006, this had led to only two events being eligible - the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix and the Australian Formula One Grand Prix. A further clause removed the Ministers right to grant any exemptions for any event held after 1 October 2006. The Australian Formula One Grand Prix 2007
2007 Australian Grand Prix

The 2007 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on March 18, 2007 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia. It was the first race of the 2007 Formula One season....
 therefore featured no tobacco advertising of any sort.

Tobacco advertising in New Zealand was outlawed with the passage of the Smokefree Amendment Act 1990.

Prior to this, in 1963 advertisements for tobacco products were withdrawn from radio and television. A decade later in 1973, cigarette advertising was banned on billboards and in cinemas, and print media advertising was restricted to half a newspaper page.

In 1995 all remaining tobacco advertising and sponsorship was banned except for point-of-sale advertising and some tobacco sponsorship exemptions. Point-of-sale advertising ceased on 11 December 1998.

Upon point-of-sale advertising being finally banned in New Zealand there are other examples of tobacco advertising that will still remain. These include the use of tobacco packets as advertisements, exempted tobacco sponsorships, tobacco advertising and sponsorship in imported magazines and on cable television as well as the usual tobacco imagery in movies and television.

Also health warnings are placed on all tobacco products.

Anti-smoking advertising


Anti-smoking groups, particularly cancer
Cancer

Cancer is a class of diseases in which a group of cell display uncontrolled growth , invasion , and sometimes metastasis . These three malignant properties of cancers differentiate them from benign tumors, which are self-limited, do not invade or metastasize....
 charities, along with many government health departments have attempted to counter the advertising of tobacco by creating their own advertisements to highlight the negative effects of smoking. The earliest commercials mainly focused on aiding smoking cessation
Smoking cessation

Smoking cessation is the action leading towards the discontinuation of the consumption of a smoked substance, keenly tobacco, however it may encompass cannabis smoking and other substances as well....
, the increased risk of lung cancer
Lung cancer

Lung cancer is a disease of uncontrolled cell growth in tissue of the lung. This growth may lead to metastasis, which is the invasion of adjacent tissue and infiltration beyond the lungs....
 and the problems associated with passive smoking
Passive smoking

Passive smoking is the involuntary inhalation of smoke, called secondhand smoke or environmental tobacco smoke , from tobacco products....
. However, they have become increasingly hard-hitting over the years, with some campaigns now centred around decreased physical attractiveness
Physical attractiveness

Physical attractiveness is the perception of the physical traits of an individual human person as pleasing or beauty. It can include various implications, such as sexual attractiveness and physique....
 and the risk of erectile dysfunction
Erectile dysfunction

Erectile dysfunction is a sexual dysfunction characterized by the inability to develop or maintain an erection of the penis sufficient for satisfactory sexual performance....
. These are more targeted towards younger smokers than previous campaigns. The British government spent £31 million in 2003 as part of their anti-smoking campaign.

In 2005 the European Union
European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 European Union member state, located primarily in Europe. It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community....
 launched the "For a life without tobacco" campaign in all its constituent countries to help people quit smoking.

In 2007 and 2008, the New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 Department of Health launched a series of anti-tobacco ad campaigns to promote the city's Quitline and a free nicotine patch and gum program. The first TV spots, "Smoking is Eating You Alive" and "Smoking is Eating You and Your Kids Alive," depict the damage smoking can do to the body. The ads were noted for their graphic nature as well as their effectiveness. The second series of ads launched April 16, 2008. In these, a 58-year-old woman and longtime smoker called "Marie" describes the amputations and pain she has undergone since developing Buerger's Disease, a condition that limits blood flow through the arteries and which was tied to her smoking habit.

The Marlboro Man
Marlboro Man

The Marlboro Man is part of a tobacco advertising advertising campaign for Marlboro . In the United States, where the campaign originated, it was used from 1954 to 1999....
 was one of the most successful cigarette advertising campaigns, lasting from the 1960s to the 1990s. The Marlboro
Marlboro (cigarette)

Marlboro is a brand of cigaretteMarlboro is a brand of cigarette made by Philip Morris USA within the US, and by Philip Morris International outside the US....
 brand was promoted by various cowboy
Cowboy

A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks....
s, with Wayne McLaren
Wayne McLaren

Wayne McLaren was an United States actor. In 1976, he did promotional work for the famous Marlboro tobacco advertising advertising campaign as the "Marlboro Man"....
 posing for some promotional photographs in 1976. He died of lung cancer
Lung cancer

Lung cancer is a disease of uncontrolled cell growth in tissue of the lung. This growth may lead to metastasis, which is the invasion of adjacent tissue and infiltration beyond the lungs....
 in 1992, having appeared in a television spot showing him in a hospital bed. That image was juxtaposed with him during the promotional shoot, with a voiceover warning about the dangers of smoking.

Sponsorship


Formula One


Marlboro Ferrari
Ever since the first appearance of the Red, Gold and White colors of the Imperial Tobacco
Imperial Tobacco

Imperial Tobacco Group Public limited company is the world's fourth largest international tobacco company. It is the second largest UK-based tobacco company by global sales....
's Gold Leaf brand sponsorship livery
Formula One sponsorship liveries

Formula One sponsorship liveries have been used since the late 1960s, replacing the previously used list of international auto racing colors. With sponsor s becoming more important with the rising costs in Formula One, many teams wanted to be able to display the logos of their sponsors as clearly as possible....
 in , teams, drivers and circuits of Formula One
Formula One

Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and currently officially referred as the FIA Formula One World Championship is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile ....
 (F1) have become heavily dependent on the financial backing of their sponsors and for many decades the tobacco industry played the major role in sponsoring the sport. In 1976, Germany began the trend in outlawing tobacco sponsorships in motor races, then it was followed by United Kingdom in 1984, starting with major races and the rest in later years and in 1992 in France. As anti-smoking legislation began to tighten in many parts of the world F1 became an even more important opportunity for cigarette brand promotion. The negotiating skills of the F1 leadership (especially Bernie Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone

Bernard Charles "Bernie" Ecclestone is the president and CEO of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration and owns a stake in Alpha Prema, the parent company of the Formula One Group of companies....
) were such that in many jurisdictions F1 achieved some exemptions from the rules. However there is now a blanket ban on advertising in Europe, and the cars are not allowed to show any links with the tobacco companies and increasingly, the teams are breaking their dependence on tobacco sponsorship. In , WilliamsF1
WilliamsF1

WilliamsF1, the trading name of Williams Grand Prix Engineering Ltd., is a Formula One motor racing team and constructor. It was founded and run by Frank Williams and Patrick Head....
 became the first major team to run without tobacco sponsorship, and McLaren have now replaced the West
West (cigarette)

West is a Germany tobacco brand owned by the United Kingdom company Imperial Tobacco.They are available in most EU countries except the UK. The brand is sold in over 90 countries....
 brand and no longer have any tobacco sponsors. Renault ended the deal with Mild Seven after the season. Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari

Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. Though the Scuderia and Ferrari Corse Clienti continue to manage the racing activities of numerous Ferrari customers and private teams, Ferrari's racing division has completely devoted its attention and funding to its...
 on the other hand renewed their arrangements with Philip Morris
Philip Morris International

Philip Morris International is an international tobacco company, with products sold in over 160 countries. In 2007, it held a 15.6% share of the international cigarette market outside of the USA and reported revenues net of excise taxes of $22.8 billion and operating income of $8.9 billion....
 in .

At the 2007
2007 Formula One season

The 2007 Formula One season was the 58th F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile Formula One World Championship season. It began on 18 March and ended on 21 October after seventeen Grand Prix motor racing....
 Bahrain
2007 Bahrain Grand Prix

The 2007 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix is a Formula One motor race and is the third round of the 2007 Formula One season. It took place on the weekend of the 13-15 April at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain....
, Monaco
2007 Monaco Grand Prix

The 2007 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race and was the fifth round of the 2007 Formula One season. It took place from 24-27 May at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo....
 and Chinese
2007 Chinese Grand Prix

The 2007 Chinese Grand Prix was the sixteenth race of the 2007 Formula One season. It was held on 5 October?7 October at Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China....
 Grands Prix, Altria Group
Altria Group

Altria Group, Inc. , based in Henrico County, Virginia, is the parent company of Philip Morris USA, John Middleton, Inc. and Philip Morris Capital Corporation, and is one of the world's largest tobacco corporations....
's Marlboro
Marlboro (cigarette)

Marlboro is a brand of cigaretteMarlboro is a brand of cigarette made by Philip Morris USA within the US, and by Philip Morris International outside the US....
 brand was prominently on display on the Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari

Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. Though the Scuderia and Ferrari Corse Clienti continue to manage the racing activities of numerous Ferrari customers and private teams, Ferrari's racing division has completely devoted its attention and funding to its...
 cars of Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver, currently employed by Scuderia Ferrari team. He finished second in the 2008 Drivers' World Championship, and is under contract to race for Scuderia Ferrari until the end of the season....
 and Kimi Räikkönen
Kimi Räikkönen

Kimi-Matias R?ikk?nen , nicknamed Iceman, is a Finnish Formula One race car driver, currently driving for Scuderia Ferrari. He was the 2007 Formula One List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions....
, on their jumpsuit
Jumpsuit

Jumpsuit originally referred to the utilitarian one-piece garments used by parachuting and skydiving, but has come to be used as a common term for any one-piece garment with sleeves and legs....
s and also those of the pit crew. Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari

Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. Though the Scuderia and Ferrari Corse Clienti continue to manage the racing activities of numerous Ferrari customers and private teams, Ferrari's racing division has completely devoted its attention and funding to its...
 was the only team that was still promoting a cigarette brand in the 2007 Formula One season
2007 Formula One season

The 2007 Formula One season was the 58th F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile Formula One World Championship season. It began on 18 March and ended on 21 October after seventeen Grand Prix motor racing....
. Since the start of the 2008 season
2008 Formula One season

The 2008 Formula One season was the 59th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It began on 16 March and ended on 2 November with eighteen Grand Prix races....
, Ferrari has no longer carried Marlboro logos at any races, even those at which tobacco advertising is allowed. It is therefore unlikely that any F1 car will ever directly advertise tobacco again. A similar ruse has been pulled by Marlboro and Verizon Wireless-sponsored cars by Penske Racing in the IRL and NASCAR (where Verizon is not allowed under NASCAR's wireless advertising ban).

NASCAR


The NASCAR Championship, now associated with Sprint
Sprint Nextel

Sprint Nextel Corporation is a telecommunications company, based in Overland Park, Kansas, Kansas. The company owns and operates the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, with 50.5 million customers, behind Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility....
, was sponsored by R.J. Reynolds until 2003 when Reynolds announced they were unable to continue the sponsorship.

NASCAR
NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is the largest sanctioning body of stock cars in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup Series, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series....
's top series found sponsorship from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJR) in the early 1970s following the U.S. ban on television advertising of cigarettes. The "Winston Cup" became the top competitive series, and later, some other regional series under NASCAR were also sponsored by the tobacco company (for example, the "Winston West" series). In the mid-1970s, some races began to get partial television coverage, frequently on the ABC sports variety show, Wide World of Sports
Wide World of Sports (US TV series)

ABC's Wide World of Sports was a sports anthology show on United States of America television that ran as a series from 1961 to 1998, hosted by Jim McKay; the title continued to be used for general sports programs regularly until 2006 and still is occasionally used today....
. While Winston was not able to do commercial advertisements, their name was all over television during races. Over the many years of their relationship with NASCAR, Winston sponsored several races and prize programs including the Winston 500
Aaron's 499

The Aaron's 499 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car racing held at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama, Alabama. The race has always been held in late April or early May....
, The Winston all-star race
NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge

The NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, formerly known as The Winston until 2004, then the NEXTEL All-Star Challenge from 2004 until 2007, is a race open to race winners from the previous season as well as the current season, plus the past ten event winners and past decade's Cup Series champions....
, the Winston Western 500
Winston Western 500

The Winston Western 500 was an annual NASCAR Winston Cup race held at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California, USA, in January, and then in later years, November....
 and the 1985–1997 Winston Million
Winston Million

The Winston Million was a cash prize award program on the NASCAR Nextel Cup series, based on the Grand Slam concept. From 1985-1997, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, the title sponsor of NASCAR's premier circuit at the time, offered an award of United States Dollar1 million for any driver who won three of the four crown jewels on the schedule....
, which awarded a million dollars to a driver who could win a "small slam" of the sport's four Grand Slam events in the same year. From 1998 to 2002, the Winston No Bull 5
Winston Million

The Winston Million was a cash prize award program on the NASCAR Nextel Cup series, based on the Grand Slam concept. From 1985-1997, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, the title sponsor of NASCAR's premier circuit at the time, offered an award of United States Dollar1 million for any driver who won three of the four crown jewels on the schedule....
, a more complex award system, was used. Each year, there were five races (initially the four majors and Indianapolis) selected to be a part of this promotion. Each driver who finished in the top 5 in the previous No Bull 5 race was eligible to win in the next race selected, along with a fan. If one of the eligible drivers won that race, they were awarded with a million dollar bonus.

In addition, many other race teams had some tobacco-related advertising, including an RJR-sponsored car driven by Jimmy Spencer
Jimmy Spencer

Jimmy Spencer is an United States NASCAR driver and commentator. During his days racing modifieds, he was nicknamed "Mr. Excitement" for his sometimes aggressive racing style....
.

On February 5, 2003, R. J. Reynolds informed NASCAR that their five-year extension to sponsor NASCAR's premier division signed in July 2002 could be dissolved because of economic concerns at the company, in what turned out to be one of two major sponsorship losses at the sanctioning body. Earlier in the year, ConocoPhillips
ConocoPhillips

ConocoPhillips Company is an international energy corporation with its headquarters located in Houston, Texas. It is the fifth largest private sector energy corporation in the world and is one of the six "supermajor" vertically integrated oil companies....
, which made the 76 brand of fuel, announced it would withdraw from NASCAR at the end of the 2003 season.

That allowed NASCAR to free itself of Reynolds if they wanted, and on June 19, 2003, NASCAR announced at the NASDAQ MarketSite
NASDAQ MarketSite

NASDAQ MarketSite is the physical presence of the NASDAQ stock market. Located in Times Square in New York City, it occupies the North West corner of the bottom of the Cond? Nast Building, located at 4 Times Square....
 a new ten-year deal with Nextel Communications
Sprint Nextel

Sprint Nextel Corporation is a telecommunications company, based in Overland Park, Kansas, Kansas. The company owns and operates the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, with 50.5 million customers, behind Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility....
 starting in the 2004 season, as the familiar red was replaced with Nextel yellow (Nextel's new colours were announced after the deal had been signed), and starting in September 2005, NASCAR began replacing Nextel logos with Sprint logos started appearing in reference to the new sponsor.

One major change NASCAR was able to market with Nextel was the series advertising banners. Whereas in the past, Winston signs could only state "Winston", "Winston Cup Series", or later "NASCAR Winston Cup Series", with some early era Victory Lane banners stating "The Taste of Victory", Nextel was able to use advertising to market itself better, which included "Speed Meets Speed", "The Car Phone Reborn", and "Finish Faster" positioned next to the Nextel Cup logo. When the advertising was rebranded with the Sprint banner, the Turn 11 bridge at Watkins Glen International was rebranded, with new Sprint advertising featuring the tagline "Sprint ahead".

Link: http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/market_event_061903.stm

Smaller tobacco companies not covered by the Master Settlement Agreement have attempted sponsorship for portions of the season or circuits. Bailey's, a small tobacco company based in Virginia, featured in 2005 sponsorship of selected races for the Bobby Hamilton Racing team based in Tennessee, and has been the longtime sponsor of the Bailey's 300 at Martinsville Speedway
Martinsville Speedway

Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville, Virginia....
 for late model race cars in the region which race at NASCAR-sanctioned tracks. Drivers in that race have advanced to NASCAR's three national series, with Denny Hamlin
Denny Hamlin

James Dennis Alan Hamlin, Jr. is an United States of America auto racing.He currently drives the #11 Fedex Car for Joe Gibbs Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series....
 having participated in the race.

In 2005, GlaxoSmithKline, manufacturer of Goody's Headache Powder, a NASCAR sponsor since 1977, expanded their long-term sponsorship by adding their Nicorette brand of smoking cessation product as a NASCAR official sponsor, and signed with Chip Ganassi Racing and also longtime Goody's Headache Powder (another GSK brand) spokesman and former smoker, Richard Petty would lead their "Commit to Quit" program.

GSK changed its marketing program in 2006, moving to other brands with Ganassi Racing, while Jeff Gordon became GSK's Nicorette leader, with a Nicorette car for two races.

GSK withdrew the Goody's Headache Powders affiliation with NASCAR at the end of the 2006 season because NASCAR wanted a more "national" brand of pain reliever (that status went to Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson

Johnson & Johnson is a global United States pharmaceutical, medical devices and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886. Its common stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the company is listed among the Fortune 500....
). This made Nicorette GSK's exclusive brand with NASCAR, and they expanded their sponsorship with Gordon, fielding a Nicorette car for more races, including one race where the Nicorette colors promoted a different flavour of Nicorette. GSK sponsorship in NASCAR includes the Nicorette Chevrolet of Gordon in selected races, the Nicorette 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race, and both Sprint Cup races at Martinsville Speedway, known as the Goody's Cool Orange 500 and Tums QuikPak 500.

Snooker


Snooker
Snooker

Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a large baize-covered snooker table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions....
 was badly hit by the British ban on tobacco sponsorship, with several tournaments losing their financial backers. These included:

  • The World Snooker Championship
    World Snooker Championship

    The World Snooker Championship, held at the Crucible Theatre in the English city of Sheffield, is the climax of snooker's annual calendar and the most important snooker event of the year in terms of prestige, prize money and Snooker world rankings....
     (Embassy
    Imperial Tobacco

    Imperial Tobacco Group Public limited company is the world's fourth largest international tobacco company. It is the second largest UK-based tobacco company by global sales....
    , 1976–2005)
  • The Masters
    Masters (snooker)

    The Masters , is a professional snooker tournament. Although not a Snooker world rankings, it is regarded as one of the most prestigious tournaments on the circuit, earning more prize money than any other tournament except the World Snooker Championship....
     (Benson & Hedges
    Benson & Hedges

    Benson & Hedges is a British brand of cigarettes owned by the Gallaher Group, which became a subsidiary of Japan Tobacco in 2007. They are registered in Bond Street in London, and are manufactured in Lisnafillen, Ballymena, Northern Ireland for the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland markets, and by British American Tobacco PLC in Weybridg...
    , 1975–2003)
  • The Welsh Open
    Welsh Open (snooker)

    The Welsh Open is a professional snooker tournament. It is one of a number of Snooker world rankings. It replaced the Welsh Professional Championship, which started in 1980 and only involved Wales players....
     (Regal
    Regal (cigarette)

    Regal or Embassy Regal as they are also known, is a brand of UK cigarette. At ?5.45-?5.70 per packet of 20. They are a "premium" brand cigarette and one of the most expensive available in the United Kingdom....
    ), 1992–2003
  • The Scottish Open (Regal
    Regal (cigarette)

    Regal or Embassy Regal as they are also known, is a brand of UK cigarette. At ?5.45-?5.70 per packet of 20. They are a "premium" brand cigarette and one of the most expensive available in the United Kingdom....
    ), 1998–2003
  • The Regal Masters, 1989–2002


The World Snooker Championship was given special dispensation from the European Union directive until 2005. The Masters went without any sponsorship in 2004, before receiving the backing of Rileys Club the following year. Some players spoke out against the ban, worried that the game would not be able to survive without the financial backing of the tobacco companies .

Other sports


Various sports have relied on sponsorship money from tobacco companies, both for the participants and for competitions.

  • Cricket
    Cricket

    Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
     (Benson and Hedges Cup)
  • Darts
    Darts

    Darts refers to a variety of related sports, in which dart are thrown at a circular target hung on a wall. Though various different boards and games have been used in the past, the term 'darts' usually now refers to a standardized game involving a specific board design and set of rules....
     (Embassy World Championship)
    BDO World Darts Championship

    The BDO World Darts Championship is one version of the World Darts Championship having began as a unified World Championship for the game of darts in 1978 BDO World Darts Championship....
  • Ice hockey
    Ice hockey

    Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...
  • Women's Tennis
    Tennis

    Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
    : Virginia Slims
  • Rugby league
    Rugby league

    Rugby league football is a competitive Full-contact sport team sport played with a spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field....
    : The Silk Cut
    Silk Cut

    Silk Cut is brand of low tar cigarette produced by the Gallaher Group. The packaging is characterised by a distinctive stark white packet with the brand name in either a purple, blue, silver, white or green square....
     Challenge Cup
  • MotoGP (including Marlboro
    Marlboro (cigarette)

    Marlboro is a brand of cigaretteMarlboro is a brand of cigarette made by Philip Morris USA within the US, and by Philip Morris International outside the US....
     Ducati and also the Rizla
    Rizla

    RizLa+ is a brand of papers in which tobacco or marijuana is rolled to form cigarettes or Joint s, respectively.Rizla rolling papers are available in a range of thicknesses and sizes, indicated by the colour of the packaging....
     Suzuki. Rizla+ is a tobacco paper manufacturer owned by Imperial Tobacco
    Imperial Tobacco

    Imperial Tobacco Group Public limited company is the world's fourth largest international tobacco company. It is the second largest UK-based tobacco company by global sales....
     and is exempt from tobacco advertising bans because they only produce the paper, not the tobacco itself.)


Trends


With the restrictions placed on general advertising, tobacco companies have moved to new promotions to establish new customers and maintain existing ones. For example Altira has a strategy of growth by promotions that build brand equity through adult consumer experiences . The intent is to reinforce brand loyalty by building consumer communities.

One example is Marlboro's Outwit the West, a 'by-invitation if you're a smoker' 4-member team-based 'competition' with a series of cryptic brain teasers. The top 20 teams get invited to the Marlboro ranch, a location where it's 'okay to smoke' and food, drinks and activities are paid for by the company. The team with the most correct answers shares a one million dollar prize. Thousands of teams participate.

More generally, Marlboro has been using its mailing database (estimated at 26 million in 2005 ) to promote directly with giveaways and general invitations to the Marlboro Ranch. Reinforcement is provided by branded products and by peers.

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See also


  • Free Speech
  • Advertising
    Advertising

    Advertising is a form of communication that typically attempts to persuade potential customers to Purchasing or to consume more of a particular brand of Product or Service ....
  • Indoctrination
    Indoctrination

    Indoctrination is the process of wikt:inculcate ideas, attitude , cognition or a professional methodology. It is often distinguished from education by the fact that the indoctrinated person is expected not to question or critical thinking the doctrine they have learned....
  • Smoking ban
    Smoking ban

    Smoking bans are public policies, including criminal laws and occupational safety and health regulations, which prohibitionism tobacco smoking in employments and/or other public spaces....
  • Tobacco packaging warning signs
    Tobacco packaging warning signs

    Tobacco packaging warning messages are health warning messages that appear on the Packaging and labelling of cigarettes and other tobacco products....
  • Jeff Wigand - former tobacco company executive and whistleblower
  • WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
    WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

    The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is a treaty adopted by the 56th World Health Assembly on May 21, 2003. It became the first World Health Organization treaty adopted under article 19 of the WHO constitution....


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External links


Examples of Tobacco Advertising

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    NYPL

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  • , at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library, Wake Forest University
    Wake Forest University

    Wake Forest University is a Private university, coeducational university in the U.S. state of North Carolina, founded in 1834. The university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, North Carolina, near the state capital Raleigh, North Carolina....


Laws and legislation

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  • "" at Health Canada


Anti-smoking organisations

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  • "" by the Non Smokers' Movement of Australia


Miscellaneous

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    University of Sydney

    The University of Sydney is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation in Australia. It was established in Sydney in 1850. It is a member of Australia's "Group of Eight " universities that are highly ranked in terms of their research performance....
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  • "" at The Globe Magazine