After the master settlement agreement: targeting and exposure of youth to magazine tobacco advertising.
Targeting and exposure of youth to magazine advertising of tobacco products is associated with increased smoking initiation. National magazine advertising and youth exposure declined in the period following the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). However, tobacco companies continued targeting youth with brands that were popular among them through magazine advertising and placement of ads in magazines with high youth readership. Existing restrictions, followed by enforcement through litigation, have achieved a marked reduction in overall magazine advertising but may be less adequate compared with pending federal legislation to fully protect youth from the marketing of tobacco products designed to appeal to them.
Alpert
Hillel R
HR
Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. halpert@hsph.harvard.edu
Koh
Howard K
HK
Connolly
Gregory N
GN
D000293:Adolescent; D000329:Advertising / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D035881:Compensation and Redress / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D019460:Tobacco Industry / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States