New FTC Reports show cigarette and smokeless advertising expenditures declined from 2008 to 2009, and from 2009 to 2010

[Bill Godshall]

FTC report shows declines in cigarette and smokeless tobacco advertising/promotion expenditures from 2008 to 2009, and again from 2009 to 2010
http://www.ftc.gov:80/opa/2012/09/tobacco.shtm
http://www.ftc.gov/os/2012/09/120921cigarettereport.pdf (Cigarette Report)
http://www.ftc.gov/os/2012/09/120921tobaccoreport.pdf (Smokeless tobacco Report)

It will be interesting to see what CTFK will say about these reports, as I'm sure they'll cherry pick some obscure finding in one of the reports and misrepresent it to criticize tobacco companies for target marketing to youth.

The only things certain to be in CTFK's press release will be their continued calls for FDA to protect children by passing the "deeming" regulation for e-cigarettes and other unregulated products, and for Congress and States to protect children by once again raising taxes on all tobacco products.

 

[DC2]

Are these people (like CTFK) really this evil, or are they just that stupid?

Never mind, it's really a rhetorical question.
I already know the answer.

And the answer most definitely is NOT that they are stupid.

 

[sonicdsl]

Are these people (like CTFK) really this evil, or are they just that stupid?

Never mind, it's really a rhetorical question.
I already know the answer.

And the answer most definitely is NOT that they are stupid.

They're just one-track-minded zealots who care for nothing outside of their agenda.

 

[NorthOfAtlanta]

They're just one-track-minded zealots who care for nothing outside of their agenda.

And making sure their Big Pharma bosses are happy.

 

[Bill Godshall]

As expected, CTFK issued a press release about the FTC Reports at
FTC Report Shows Big Decline in Cigarette Sales after 2009 Federal Cigarette Tax Increase, While Tob - Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids

And as expected, the following was included

The continuing high level of tobacco marketing show why we need aggressive action by all levels of government to stop the tobacco epidemic. The states should increase tobacco taxes and restore funding for tobacco prevention programs that have been slashed by 36 percent in recent years. At the federal level, the Food and Drug Administration must effectively exercise its authority over tobacco products and marketing, the health care reform law's expansion of coverage for smoking cessation services must be implemented, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should continue the highly successful anti-tobacco advertising campaign it launched this year.

Tobacco use is the nation's number one cause of preventable death, killing more than 400,000 people and costing $96 billion in health care bills each year. These deaths and costs are entirely preventable if elected officials at all levels fight tobacco use as aggressively as the tobacco companies market their deadly products.

The Winston-Salem Journal ran this article
Tobacco companies spending less on ads
Tobacco companies spending less on ads | JournalNow.com

 

[Bill Godshall]

Interestingly, Table 7 of the FTC Report on Cigarette Advertising Expenditures shows that menthol cigarettes declined from 29% of US market share in 2007 to just 22% in 2010, which is yet another reason why the FDA is unlikely to propose banning menthol cigarettes.
http://www.ftc.gov/os/2012/09/120921cigarettereport.pdf

 

[TennDave]

Bill, I would agree with their conclusions if they didn't include e-cigs as tobacco and when they talk about increasing tobacco cessation, they included e-cigs there as a means for "quitting."