Smooth Moves: Bar and Nightclub Tobacco Promotions That Target Young Adults
Edward Sepe, MS,
Pamela M. Ling, MD, MPH and
Stanton A. Glantz, PhD
The authors are with the Institute for Health Policy Studies and the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco.
Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Stanton A. Glantz, PhD, Division of Cardiology, Box 0130, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0130 (e-mail: glantz{at}medicine.ucsf.edu).
Objectives. This article describes the tobacco industry's useof bars and nightclubs to encourage smoking among young adults.
Methods. Previously secret tobacco industry marketing documentswere analyzed.
Results. Tobacco industry bar and nightclub promotions in the1980s and 1990s included aggressive advertising, tobacco brandsponsoredactivities, and distribution of samples. Financial incentivesfor club owners and staff were used to encourage smoking throughpeer influence. Increased use of these strategies occurred concurrentlywith an increase in smoking among persons aged 18 through 24years.
Conclusions. The tobacco industry's bar and nightclub promotionsare not yet politically controversial and are not regulatedby the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement between the industryand the states. Tobacco control advocates should include youngadults in research and advocacy efforts and should design interventionsto counter this industry strategy to solidify smoking patternsand recruit young adult smokers.
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