- Two Studies Show: Ads Get Kids to Smoke
Two research studies find that cigarette advertising and promotion are the single most important factor in influencing kids to smoke, more important than family or friends who smoke.
http://www.no-smoking.org/feb98/02-17-98-3.html
- UK tobacco firm targets African youth
BAT (British American Tobacco) hands out free cigarettes to teenagers at sports events in Africa, a BBC investigation finds.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/933430.stm
- Waxman: Marketing Tobacco to Children
Letter from Congressman Henry Waxman to his colleagues highlights what the tobacco industry says in private about marketing cigarettes to kids.
http://www.house.gov/reform/min/pdfs/pdf_inves/pdf_tobacco_reynolds_let.pdf
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