Did You Know? Almost 90 percent of U.S. smokers begin at or before age 18.


Home

Take Action
Donate
Federal Initiatives
State Initiatives
International Center
Kick Butts Day
Research and Facts
Press Office
Tobacco Ad Gallery
Special Reports

The Tobacco Toll
Find out what
tobacco has done
to your state!

Special Reports
Site Tools
Saturday . Nov 7

Here you’ll find a variety of tobacco-related topics and the stories behind them. These virtual packets of information, include background material, charts, web links, fact sheets, press releases and court records.

Tobacco-Free Kids Special Reports

 Big Tobacco Targets Women and Girls: RJR's Camel No. 9 is latest harmful marketing campaign (Updated: May 2007)

 Smokeless Tobacco: Don't Be Fooled: Smokeless Tobacco is Hazardous to Your Health (Launched: April 2003)

 Internet Tobacco Sales: Federal legislation introduced to address growing problem (Updated: November 2002)

 Tobacco-Free Schools: Schools partnering with the tobacco industry is the wrong approach. (Released: October 2001)

 Buying Influence, Selling Death: How Big Tobacco's campaign contributions harm public health. (Updated: May 12, 2003)

 Philip Morris Has Not Changed: A report on Philip Morris seeking to convince the Czech government that early deaths from smoking had “positive effects” because they save the government money. (Released: July 20, 2001)

 Big Tobacco: Still Addicting Kids: Report on the tobacco companies' marketing to kids after the November 1998 state tobacco settlement. Evidence shows that Big Tobacco has changed for the worse. (Updated: April 20, 2001)

 Higher Cigarette Prices Save Lives: Studies show that increasing cigarette prices is one of the most effective ways to prevent and reduce youth smoking, as well as reduce smoking among adults. (Updated: September 8, 2009)

 New Products, Old Tricks: There has been a rash of new products containing nicotine being rushed to the marketplace without the approval of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). (Updated: December 18, 2001)

 Tobacco Farmers and Public Health: A Common Agenda: Members of the public health community, including the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, have been working with U.S. tobacco farmers to develop strategies that will address the farmers' current economic problems (caused primarily by the major cigarette companies) in ways that will reduce the farmers' reliance on the cigarette companies and on growing tobacco and that will improve public health. (updated 6.23.03)

 False Friends: The U.S. Cigarette Companies' Betrayal of American Tobacco Farmers: Report detailing how the major U.S. cigarette companies have betrayed American farmers by increasing the foreign content of American-made cigarettes, moving their operations overseas, and providing financial and technical assistance to foreign tobacco farmers. (updated 1.26.01)

 Surgeon General's Reports on Tobacco: Surgeon General says that smoking rates among teens and adults could be cut in half within the decade if the nation would fully implement anti-smoking programs using effective approaches that are already available; also notes that smoking remains the leading cause of preventable death and disease in our nation. (Posted: August 10, 2000)

 Justice Department Lawsuit: Read the Campaign's position opposing legislative efforts to block the Department of Justice civil lawsuit against the tobacco companies. (Updated: June 23, 2000; First Posted: April 4, 2000)

 The ABCs of Tobacco: See the adverse health effects of tobacco use. (Reposted: March 13, 2000)

 Big Tobacco's Latest Double Talk: The Campaign challenged Philip Morris to match its rhetoric with action and stop all advertising in magazines with high youth readership. (Posted: February 16, 2000)

 Cigarette Companies and Smuggling: a report implicating British American Tobacco in cigarette smuggling. (Posted: January 31, 2000)

 State Tobacco Settlement: outlining the $246 billion agreement between state attorneys general and the tobacco industry, along with reports on how many states are failing to use even a small portion of the money to prevent future generations from becoming addicted.

 The Insider: the story behind the major motion picture in which tobacco industry whistleblower Dr. Jeffrey Wigand exposes how Brown & Williamson deceived the American public and intentionally manipulated cigarettes to make them more addictive.

 Saving Lives: a video describing how states can develop effective teen tobacco prevention programs using a portion of their settlement funds.

 Behind the Smokescreen: describing the tobacco industry’s latest efforts to buy respectability and rebuild its corporate image through yet another deceptive marketing campaign.

 Tobacco vs. the FDA: the Food and Drug Administration’s tireless efforts to regulate tobacco as a drug and the industry’s escalating legal challenges, which continue to block the federal government from protecting American children.

 Years in Review: an annual recap of the state of the war on Big Tobacco. Available years: 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996

Special Reports

The ABCs of Tobacco

Big Tobacco: Still Addicting Kids

Campaign Contributions by Tobacco Interests

Justice Department Civil Lawsuit

Big Tobacco's Latest Double Talk

Tobacco Farmers & Public Health

False Friends

Tobacco vs. the FDA

The Insider

Internet Tobacco Sales

The Low Tar Lie

New Products, Old Tricks

Philip Morris Has Not Changed

Cigarette Taxes

Tobacco-Free Schools

State Tobacco Settlement

Behind the Smokescreen

Cigarette Companies & Smuggling

Big Tobacco Shifts Ads from Billboards to Stores

Surgeon General's Reports on Tobacco

Warning: Big Tobacco Targets Women and Girls

Years in Review


Saving Lives Video

 

 

 

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

tobaccofreekids.org   Privacy Statement (revised 3.10.06)  |  Copyright  |  Protected Trademarks
Copyright  ©  2009   Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
1400 Eye Street, Suite 1200, Washington DC 20005    202.296.5469
All Rights Reserved