ArticleAmerican journal of public health2012
Quid pro quo: tobacco companies and the black press.
Article in American journal of public health, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Funding without transparency? Tobacco company support of Black-owned businesses in the USA.Tobacco control · 2024Article
- Targeted tobacco marketing in 2020: the case of #BlackLivesMatter.Tobacco control · 2023Article
- Transferring Racial/Ethnic Marketing Strategies From Tobacco to Food Corporations: Philip Morris and Kraft General Foods.American journal of public health · 2020Article
- Online tobacco marketing among US adolescent sexual, gender, racial, and ethnic minorities.Addictive behaviors · 2019Article
- US Media Coverage of Tobacco Industry Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives.Journal of community health · 2018Article
- Success counteracting tobacco company interference in Thailand: an example of FCTC implementation for low- and middle-income countries.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2012Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe explored the relationship between tobacco companies and the Black press, which plays an important role in conveying information and opinions to Black communities.
methodsIn this archival case study, we analyzed data from internal tobacco industry documents and archives of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), the trade association of the Black press.
resultsIn exchange for advertising dollars and other support, the tobacco industry expected and received support from Black newspapers for tobacco industry policy positions. Beginning in the 1990s, resistance from within the Black community and reduced advertising budgets created counterpressures. The tobacco industry, however, continued to sustain NNPA support.
conclusionsThe quid pro quo between tobacco companies and the Black press violated journalistic standards and represented an unequal trade. Although numerous factors explain today's tobacco-related health disparities, the Black press's service to tobacco companies is problematic because of the trust that the community placed in such media. Understanding the relationship between the tobacco industry and the NNPA provides insight into strategies that the tobacco industry may use in other communities and countries.
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