Advertising Restictions – Counter Tobacco

Retailers Required to Post Tobacco Industry “Corrective Statements” at the Point of Sale

Advertising Restictions, Cigarettes, Displays/Display Ban, Health Warnings
December 14, 2022

Starting July 1, 2023, nearly 200,000 tobacco retailers across the country must begin installing signs in their stores with “corrective statements” from the tobacco industry. This is a long-awaited result … Read More

Counter Tobacco Podcast Episode 31: Contracts between Tobacco Retailers and Tobacco Companies: Impact on the Retail Environment

Advertising Restictions, Minimum price, Podcast, Policy Advocacy, Price Promotions, Product Availability, Product Placement
October 21, 2022

In this episode, we’re talking about contracts between tobacco retailers and tobacco companies and their impact on the retail environment with our guest, Allie Reimold, MA. Allie is a doctoral … Read More

June 2022 News and Research Roundup

Advertising Restictions, Cigarettes, Disparities, E-Cigarettes, Flavors (including Menthol), Minimum price, Non-Tax Price Increases, Price Promotions, Product Availability, Retailer Density, Stores Near Schools, Youth
June 24, 2022

Welcome to CounterTobacco.org’s “News and Research Roundup!” Each month we post a summary of the latest research, reports, and news stories on counteracting tobacco product sales and marketing at the … Read More

Counter Tobacco Podcast Episode 29: Tobacco-Related Assurances of Voluntary Compliance

Advertising Restictions, Podcast, Store Assessments, Youth
April 28, 2022

In this episode, we provide a primer on tobacco-related Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (AVC), which are legally binding and enforceable agreements between companies (i.e. big tobacco retailers) and one or … Read More

First FTC E-Cigarette Report on Sales and Marketing Expenditures Shows Importance of the Retail Environment

Advertising Restictions, E-Cigarettes, Flavors (including Menthol), Non-Tax Price Increases, Price Promotions, Product Availability, Product Placement
March 21, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued reports on tobacco companies’ marketing expenditures for cigarettes and smokeless tobacco for decades; however in October 2019, the FTC issued orders to 6 … Read More

December 2021 News and Research Roundup

Advertising Restictions, Cigarettes, Disparities, E-Cigarettes, Health Warnings, Licensing, Little cigars/Cigarillos, Non-Tax Price Increases, Product Packaging, Retailer Density, Stores Near Schools
December 22, 2021

FDA Authorizes First E-Cigarette Products

Advertising Restictions, E-Cigarettes, FDA, Flavors (including Menthol), Product Availability, Youth
October 13, 2021

On October 12th, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it has given marketing authorization to R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company’s e-cigarette product Vuse Solo, a closed-system device, and … Read More

April 2021 News and Research Roundup

Advertising Restictions, Cigarettes, Disparities, E-Cigarettes, Endgame, Flavors (including Menthol), Licensing, Little cigars/Cigarillos, Non-Tax Price Increases, Pharmacies, Preemption, Product Availability, Retailer Density
April 28, 2021

FTC Reports Show the Tobacco Industry Continues to Concentrate Marketing and Promotion Expenditures at the Point of Sale

Advertising Restictions, Cigarettes, Displays/Display Ban, Non-Tax Price Increases, Price Promotions, Product Placement
April 5, 2021

In 2019, the tobacco industry spent nearly $6.6 billion marketing and promoting cigarettes and smokeless tobacco directly at the point of sale (POS). These POS expenditures account for over 80% of … Read More

Counter Tobacco Podcast Episode 22: Equity in Point-of-Sale Tobacco Control

Advertising Restictions, Cigarettes, Disparities, Flavors (including Menthol), Licensing, Minimum price, Non-Tax Price Increases, Podcast, Price Promotions, Product Availability, Retailer Density, Stores Near Schools, Youth
October 28, 2020

This episode is all about working towards health equity with point-of-sale tobacco control. We discuss some of the drivers behind inequities in tobacco use and related morbidities and mortality, and … Read More

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