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Pro-smoking messages channelled through YouTube
INCREASING numbers of videos extolling the benefits of tobacco are appearing on Internet video-sharing site YouTube, including some that researchers say appear to be professionally made. Analysis of English language videos on YouTube that contained tobacco brand images or words revealed 163 videos, the majority of which (71.2%) contained pro-tobacco content. Only 3.7% had definite anti-tobacco content. More than 20 of the videos were regarded by the study authors as appearing to be “very professionally made”. Half of the videos contained smoking imagery, and 70% mentioned a brand name in the title. Archive material, sports and ...
Australians of the Year call for plain packaging of tobacco
THE country’s six medical Australians of the Year have issued a united call to all political parties to support the plain packaging of tobacco products. The move – proposed as part of the Labor Government’s National Preventative Health Strategy – has been aggressively opposed by the tobacco industry. It has been reported that the proposal has prompted the tobacco industry to launch an anti-Labor advertising campaign ahead of the Federal Election. Professors Peter Doherty (Australian of the Year 1997), Sir Gustav Nossal (2000), Fiona Stanley (2003), Fiona Wood (2005), Ian Frazer (2006) and Patrick McGorry (2010) ...
Tobacco industry accused of bid to undermine plain packaging push
THE tobacco industry has come under fire for an alleged $5 million anti-Labor advertising campaign targeting the Gillard Government’s push for plain packaging of cigarettes. Anti-smoking groups such as Quit and the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) have slated the plans, as reported in News Limited newspapers. They have suggested that a newly registered organisation, the Alliance of Australian Retailers, will begin a major television and newspaper campaign accusing Labor of adding to the cost of living. The campaign, largely funded by the tobacco industry, is set to be launched this weekend. PHAA president and ...