Tobacco Advertising

The Tobacco industry spent 4.65 billion dollars in 1991 in advertising, and their advertisements are targeting young adults more and more often. Tobacco companies try to make smoking look sexy, cool and a smart thing to do, which it is not. Although there is legislation prohibiting tobacco companies from having TV advertisements, they work around it. During the 1989 Marlboro Grand Prix TV broadcast, the Marloboro logo was seen or mentioned about 6,000 times and the logo was visible on the TV for 46 of the 94 minutes the race was broadcasted.

Whatever the Tobacco companies are doing, and however they get their products out there, it's working. Below is a table of tobacco companies, how much money they spend advertising, and which brands adults and teens prefer.

You can help put a stop to this manipulative advertising by using our form to email your senator encouraging tighter restrictions on tobacco advertising.