ArticleTobacco control2023
Spinning a global web: tactics used by Big Tobacco to attract children at tobacco points-of-sale.
Article in Tobacco control, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.
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- Investigating tobacco presence at retail points of sale around schools in Egypt.BMC public health · 2025Observational
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- Trends in the prevalence and factors associated with indoor smoking in 24 countries Party to the WHO FCTC: implications for equitable policy implementation.BMJ global health · 2025Article
- Disparities in Exposure to Pro-Tobacco and anti-Tobacco Advertisements in the United States.Substance use & misuse · 2025Article
- A Comprehensive Approach to Minimize Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Children to Improve Cardiovascular Health.International journal of preventive medicine · 2025Article
- Single cigarette sales contravene tobacco control policies, Brazil.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2024Article
- Moving hearts and minds: how the Big Tobacco, Tiny Targets campaign builds support for tobacco control policy.Tobacco control · 2024Article
- Appealing characteristics of E-cigarette marketing in the retail environment among adolescents.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Most of the published literature on cigarette advertising and promotion at points-of-sale is on research conducted in high-income countries. We report findings from monitoring cigarette advertising and promotion at points-of-sale near schools and playgrounds in 42 countries, the majority low-income and middle-income. Four strategies were detected across most of these countries: (1) display of cigarettes near snacks, sweets and sugary drinks, (2) placement of cigarette advertisements near the eye-level of children, (3) advertisements and display of flavoured cigarettes and (4) sale of single sticks of cigarettes. These advertising and promotional tactics target children and youth and demonstrate that multinational tobacco companies use similar strategies to promote cigarettes at points-of-sale. The widespread violations of existing laws and regulations, the exploitation of regulatory loopholes and lack of existing tobacco control policies that apply to points-of-sale call for adoption and enactment of provisions recommended by the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control such as comprehensive bans on tobacco advertisement, promotion and sponsorship, bans on sale of single cigarette sticks and regulation of flavours. These strategies will help to protect children and youth from exposure to tobacco advertising.
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