ACTIVE Life

Advocacy Resources:

The Association between Point-of-sale Displays and Youth Smoking Susceptibility. Nicotine and Tobacco Research(Sept 8, 2011, Epub ahead of print). Noticing and showing greater attraction to cigarette displays was associated with higher smoking susceptibility.

Changes in Retail Tobacco Promotions in a Cohort of Stores Before, During, and After a Tobacco Product Display Ban.  American Journal of Public Health (Aug 18, 2011, Epub ahead of print). A ban on the display of tobacco products and other signage and promotions at retail is a critical tobacco-control policy to reduce people's exposure to tobacco marketing.

 September 2011 Surveillance Update. Trinkets and Trash (Sept 2011).  Includes updates on Camel’s new website features, RJR’s “switch challenge” campaign to promote snus, Newport brand and smokeless tobacco news. 

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Access to Policy Elites: An Analysis of Tobacco Industry Documents.PLoS Medicine (Aug 2011).  Findings suggest that tobacco company CSR strategies can enable access to and dialogue with policymakers and provide opportunities for issue definition.