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Big Tobacco's Saying Sorry...
Because They Legally Have To.
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BREAKING: BIG TOBACCO IS TELLING THE TRUTH
No seriously. We’re shocked.
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Not a Coincidence
These
Big Tobacco
marketing
tactics
have consequences.
Do you know what’s up?
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Young adults
report seeing
heavier advertising for tobacco
at the
point-of-sale
than on any other advertsiting platform
Center for Public Health Systems Science. Point-of-Sale Report to the Nation: The Tobacco Retail and Policy Landscape, 2014. https://cphss.wustl.edu/Products/ ProductsDocuments/ASPiRE_2016_ReportToTheNation.pdf
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Studies show that there is a
positive connection
between
tobacco promotions
and the people who see them's
susceptibility to smoking.
Paynter J, Edwards R. The impact of tobacco promotion at the point of sale: a systematic review. Nicotine Tob Res. 2009;11:25–35.
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Stores
often
sell cigars,
little cigars, and cigarillos as singles or in multi-packs for
less than a buck.
ChangeLabSolutions: Point of Sale Playbook: POLICY OPTIONS TO REGULATE THE SALE AND MARKETING OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS, 2016. http://www.changelabsolutions.org/sites/ default/files/Point_of_Sale_Playbook_FINAL_20160105.pdf
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Big Tobacco
companies give
price discounts,
place ads inside and outside of convenience stores, and even
offer incentives for retailers
to encourage them to keep selling their products
ChangeLabSolutions: Point of Sale Playbook: POLICY OPTIONS TO REGULATE THE SALE AND MARKETING OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS, 2016. http://www.changelabsolutions.org/sites/default/ files/Point_of_Sale_Playbook_FINAL_20160105.pdf
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Advertising
products at the
point-of-sale
at convenience stores
i
ncreases "impulse buys"
and makes
tobacco
seem like a part of everyday life. Which is probably why Big Tobacco spends
95%
of its
$9.1 billion yearly budget here.
Center for Public Health Systems Science. Point-of-Sale Report to the Nation: The Tobacco Retail and Policy Landscape. St. Louis, MO: Center for Public Health Systems Science at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis and the National Cancer Institute, State and Community Tobacco Control Research Initative, 2014. http://publichealthlawcenter.org/sites/default /files/resources/WaU-guide-POS-policy-report-2015.pdf
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A study showed that
11-14 year olds
who visited convenience stores at least twice a week were
more than twice as likely to begin smoking
as those who rarely visited those stores.
Lisa Henriksen, Nina Schleicher, Ellen Feighery, and Stephen Fortmann, A Longitudinal Study of Exposure to Retail Cigarette Advertising and Smoking Initiation, 126 PEDIATRICS 232, 232 (2010);
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Over
99% of convenience stores
in the U.S.
sell cigarettes.
And
70% of teens
visit a convenience store at least once a week. Convenient, indeed.
U.S. DEPT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL, PREVENTING TOBACCO USE AMONG YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS: A REPORT OF THE SURGEON GENERAL 12 (2012) http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/ sgr/2012/consumer_booklet/pdfs/consumer.pdf
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Over
99% of convenience stores
in the U.S.
sell cigarettes. 99.6% sell other tobacco products
. And 92% have tobacco ads on display. That's a lot of 9's to say: convenience stores sure seem to be crazy about cigarettes.
1. Cigarettes Generate Big Revenue for Convenience Stores: Analysis of 2013 State of the Industry Report. The Center for Tobacco Policy & Organizing http://center4tobaccopolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Cigarettes-Generate-Big-Revenue-September-2013.pdf 2. Feighery, E. C., Ribisl, K. M., Schleicher, N. C., & Clark, P. I. (2004). Retailer participation in cigarette company incentive programs is related to increased levels of cigarette advertising and cheaper cigarette prices in stores. Prev Med, 38(6), 876-884.
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Around
375,000 stores
in the U.S. sell
tobacco
products.
Center for Public Health Systems Science. Point-of-Sale Report to the Nation: The Tobacco Retail and Policy Landscape, 2014.
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