Walt Disney promotes tobacco and the public is outraged, again. Nobody should be surprised though. Walt Disney and tobacco advertising have a lot in common. What, Disney is advertising tobacco?…
Social media is a new battlefield in tobacco vs anti-tobacco war [1]. At K-message we took a look at the recent research to put some light on the tactics and…
For the very first time since 1965, Britons will see a smoker in TV advertising. VIP, an e-cigarette brand already famous for its overtly sexual advertising videos takes an advantage…
Reynolds American acquisition of Lorillard will change the tobacco market in the USA dramatically. Regardless of the limits set by regulators, this transaction shows the power of brand in tobacco…
New rule to extend FDA’s authority over e-cigarettes has been proposed on Friday, 24th of April 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeks control over e-cigs and other, currently…
Vype is the first brand of British-American Tobacco that is advertised in all available channels, including TV, after more than twenty years of TAPS ban in the UK. The media…
“Marlboro Man is Dead” we read the headlines once again. Mr. Eric Lawson was the fourth in a row of Marlboro classic cowboys who died for smoking-related disease. But why…
Tobacco advertising is back with non-combustible tobacco products (NCPs). Recent study shows what tactics are used by tobacco companies to advertise those emerging and not regulated products in the USA….
Here is the truth: Big Tobacco companies agreed for corrective statements as ordered by Judge Gladys Kessler. Philip Morris USA Inc., Altria Group, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (in its…
E-cigarettes qualify as tobacco products and should only be sold by registered tobacconists. This is a verdict of a French commercial court in Touluse from Monday 9th of December 2013. The…