Cigarette advertising in Black, Latino, and White magazines, 1998-2002: an exploratory investigation.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the number, type (menthol vs non-menthol), brand (Black, White, Women's, Other), and size of cigarette ads in Black, Latino, and White magazines.


METHODS
Analysis of digital photographs of 274 cigarette ads appearing in Ebony (Black), People (White), and People in Spanish (Latino) for the 4.5-year period of January 1998 to August 2002.


RESULTS
Black magazines were 9.8 times and Latino magazines 2.6 times more likely than White magazines to contain ads for menthol cigarettes. Black and Latino magazines also contained significantly more ads for brands (Virginia Slims) that target women.


CONCLUSIONS
The tobacco industry continues to target Blacks with menthol cigarette ads, appears now to be targeting Latinos similarly, and targets Black and Latino women with additional, tailored cigarette ads.
Landrine
Hope
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Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego State University, 6363 Alvarado Court, San Diego, CA 92120, USA. landrine@sciences.sdsu.edu
Klonoff
Elizabeth A
EA
Fernandez
Senaida
S
Hickman
Norval
N
Kashima
Kennon
K
Parekh
Bina
B
Thomas
KaMala
K
Brouillard
Catherine R
CR
Zolezzi
Michelle
M
Jensen
Jennifer A
JA
Weslowski
Zorahna
Z
D000329:Advertising / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D044383:Black People / Q000523:psychology*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D012907:Smoking; D019460:Tobacco Industry; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*