A few months ago, I chastised Sports Illustrated for printing a bunch of photos of some Spanish golfer smoking cigars (I don’t do golf, hell if I remember the guy’s name, but he’s apparently a big character on the Senior PGA Tour). SI Golf pushed it even further this month, with a photo of a … Continue reading Jesus, Sports Illustrated, what the hell is wrong with you?
This made my head explode. Sports Illustrated’s policies on tobacco advertising are starting to make my head explode. We all know SI takes tobacco advertising — a LOT of tobacco advertising. Not only do you find cigarette ads in nearly every issue, you will also find chewing tobacco ads and ads for Blu e-cigarettes. … Continue reading Arrrggghhh — Sports Illustrated April 20 edition: An ad for cigarettes, followed by an ad about lung cancer
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids slammed Sports Illustrated last week for continuing to take tobacco advertising. Magazines are split on taking tobacco advertising; quite a few refuse while others continue to take it. Very few newspapers will take tobacco advertising (believe it or not, while tobacco advertising is banned on television, there is no law against … Continue reading Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids takes on Sports Illustrated over tobacco ads
Natural American Spirit finally drops “additive-free” from advertising Years of litigation have finally worked. Natural American Spirit has FINALLY changed its advertising. For years, this RJ Reynolds subsidiary had gotten away with advertising its cigarettes as being “natural” and “additive free.” Natural American Spirit had agreed in a settlement early this year with the FDA … Continue reading Natural American Spirit finally drops “additive-free” from advertising
I thought the FDA and RJ Reynolds had reached an agreement to knock this stuff off — a new ad in my Sports Illustrated last month STILL advertising that Natural Spirit cigarettes are “100 percent additive free.” I posted about this back in March. This was a settlement in response to FDA ruling that RJR had … Continue reading What the hell? New American Spirit ad still has false advertising
The FDA and Natural American Spirit cigarettes have been locked in a legal battle for a couple of years now over the brand’s advertising that its tobacco is “natural” and “additive-free.” The FDA reached an agreement (secretly, apparently) with American Spirit that allows the brand (owned by Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company which is not … Continue reading FDA reaches agreement with Natural American Spirit
This is a bit from the “Well … duh” department. A new study from the American Cancer Society shows that Southern states have the highest death rates from cancers caused by smoking. Forty percent of the cancer deaths for men in Arkansas are smoking -related cancers, while 29 percent of the cancer deaths for women … Continue reading Not surprising — Southerners most likely to die from smoking-related cancers
This story is actually a few weeks old, but I just now heard of it. I found out about it while arguing with someone who claims that American Spirit cigarettes are better for you than other brands (The FDA has warned American Spirit to stop with its “natural” and “additive-free” advertising. Anyway, a class-action lawsuit … Continue reading Class-action lawsuit planned against American Spirit cigarettes
This might be the beginning of the end for the wild and woolly world of ecig advertising. Sen. Dick Durbin, Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, California Rep. Henry Waxman, three of the biggest anti-tobacco do-gooders in Congress wrote the report about how ecig advertising is being directed at kids the same way tobacco advertising was directed … Continue reading Congressional report on ecigarettes focuses on marketing to kids
From the category of “Are you kidding me???” Blu e-cigs (owned by Lorillard tobacco) is pulling out all the stops lately using the same ad techniques cigarette companies used. I try to stay on the fence on e-cigs, because they might help some people quit smoking, but when I see ads like this, I feel less … Continue reading A really kind of despicable ad from Blu e-cigs
