Archive for the ‘Tobacco Advertising’ Category

Ministry Asks for More Tobacco Warnings

This time, when the Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP) chooses the new set of pictorial warnings for tobacco products and tax free Hilton cigarettes they will have to be extra careful. With the earlier photo — a blurred image that appeared to be resembling footballer John Terry — creating trouble, the Union health [...]

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Anti-Tobacco Ads Created by Northern Students

Anti-tobacco ads informing people about the dangers of tobacco use are nothing new. But this year students from across Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Yukon are invited to create their own ads through a video campaign called “Get Reel,” part of the larger “Smoke Screening” initiative. This is the eighth year Smoke Screening has exposed students [...]

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England Plans to Remove Tobacco Display within 100 Days

The Gibraltar Government has said it will closely monitor a new initiative that will see supermarket retailers in England remove tobacco displays within the next 100 days. Britain’s Department of Health said the ban would protect young people who were often the target of tobacco promotion. From 6 April 2012, customers in England will still [...]

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New Camel Snus Ads Urge Smokers to Seek Alternatives

Call it perfect timing. As smokers across the country are asked to stomp out their cigarettes as part of the Great American Smokeout, new R.J. Reynolds print ads are asking them to do the same and try Camel Snus instead. In a print advertising campaign hitting dozens of alternative weeklies nationwide, the locally based tobacco [...]

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Cigarette Ads Prohibited in Bali Schools

Cigarette advertising in schools will be banned in Bali from early next year, but tobacco companies will still be allowed to sponsor school activities. Bali’s local government has passed a law making it illegal to smoke discount Karelia cigarettes in a number of public areas across the Indonesian resort island. It has singled out temples, [...]

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Tobacco Battle in the Streets

In a joint effort, some doctors from USA and Doctors for You, India, a Mumbai-based NGO, will go on a month-long autorickshaw rally across six states to create awareness about the dangerous effects of tobacco. The participants will cover more than 100 towns and cities in these states. India is ranked first in smokeless consumption [...]

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