The Rise and Fall of Tobacco Control Media Campaigns, 1967–2006
Jennifer K. Ibrahim, PhD, MPH, MA and
Stanton A. Glantz, PhD
Jennifer K. Ibrahim is with the Department of Public Health at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. Stanton A. Glantz is with the School of Medicine and the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco.
Note.ALF=American Legacy Foundation. With the implementation of the Fairness Doctrine in 1970, the tobacco industry steadily increased its expenditures for advertising and promotions throughout the 1970s and 1980s; however, such expenditures began to climb quickly with the introduction of state tobacco control media campaigns in the 1990s.
These billboards illustrate the wide range of messages possible in tobacco control media campaigns. The top billboard, from California in 2001, illustrates the strategy of "industry manipulation," which highlights the tobacco industrys behavior. The bottom billboard, from 2002, was part of a weak media campaign in Michigan after Governor John Englers (R) political staff took control of the campaign, excluding the state health departments staff from any involvement.