Jennifer Ellis, MPhil, Technical Deputy Editor and
Mary E. Northridge, PhD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief
Tobacco marketing through a wide variety of media has long beena part of the adolescent experience. This month's cover imageof the cowboy is familiar to generations of former, current,and future adolescents. Like the cowboy himself, this imageharks back to former times and simpler ways.
Today's tobacco advertising has its own distinct flavor. Goneare the cartoon characters that proved wildly successful inmarketing tobacco to youths. In their place are more confusingand sophisticated campaigns, ostensibly designed to reduce thelevel of direct marketing to adolescents. They nonetheless retainthe cunning ability to attract young consumers . . . [Full Text]
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