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Why and how the tobacco industry sells cigarettes to young adults: evidence from industry documents.
Full Abstract
OBJECTIVES:
To improve tobacco control campaigns, we analyzed tobacco industry strategies that encourage young adults (aged 18 to 24) to smoke.
METHODS:
Initial searches of tobacco industry documents with keywords (e.g., "young adult") were extended by using names, locations, and dates.
RESULTS:
Approximately 200 relevant documents were found. Transitions from experimentation to addiction, with adult levels of cigarette consumption, may take years. Tobacco marketing solidifies addiction among young adults. Cigarette advertisements encourage regular smoking and increased consumption by integrating smoking into activities and places where young adults' lives change (e.g., leaving home, college, jobs, the military, bars).
CONCLUSIONS:
Tobacco control efforts should include both adults and youths. Life changes are also opportunities to stop occasional smokers' progress to addiction. Clean air policies in workplaces, the military, bars, colleges, and homes can combat tobacco marketing.
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Author information
Author/s: Ling, Pamela M (PM); Glantz, Stanton A (SA);
Affiliation: Traineeships in AIDS Prevention Studies, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco 94143, USA.
Grants: CA-87472 (Agency:United States NCI) ; T32 MH-19105 (Agency:United States NIMH)
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Evaluation Studies; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Journal: American journal of public health (Am J Public Health), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Jun; vol 92 (issue 6) : pp 908-16
Dates: Created 2002/05/30; Completed 2002/06/19; Revised 2007/11/15;
PMID: 12036776, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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