Performers urged to reject tobacco sponsorships
Editor
Feb 27, 2013
The Java Jazz festival kicks off this Friday in Jakarta, Indonesia. It's one of the largest annual music festivals in the world, and concert promoters have spent the last few months promoting the stars who will perform. But they've promoted tobacco even more.
What are the biggest words on Java Jazz's official poster and billboards? It's not "Java Jazz." It's not the names of star performers. It's a brand of cigarettes made by Djarum, the tobacco company sponsoring the music festival.
Continue reading Oh Really? Tobacco-Sponsored Indonesia Jazz Festival Now Claims It’s Opposed to Youth Smoking
posted February 27, 2013
Reynolds American spends big bucks to buy influence
Editor
Jan 11, 2013
Big Tobacco has high hopes for North Carolina’s new governor and Legislature – they want to keep funding for tobacco prevention programs at zero and roll back the state’s three-year-old smoke-free law.
Continue reading In North Carolina, Dancing with Big Tobacco at the Inaugural Ball
posted January 11, 2013
U.S. band Weezer urged to drop tobacco sponsor for upcoming Indonesia concert
Editor
Jan 4, 2013
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is launching a new campaign and web site – called Tune Out Tobacco – urging musicians to reject tobacco industry sponsorships of their concerts.
Continue reading New Campaign Urges Musicians to “Tune Out Tobacco” by Rejecting Tobacco Sponsorships
posted January 04, 2013
International artists perform at industry-sponsored event, help market tobacco to kids
Editor
Oct 9, 2012
Thanks to some of the world’s weakest tobacco control laws, Indonesia continues to be the target of rampant, unrestricted tobacco marketing, including industry-sponsored concerts that are banned in the United States and many other countries. Unfortunately, popular international musicians continue to perform at these concerts, helping tobacco companies market their deadly and addictive products to Indonesia’s youth.
Continue reading Same Old Tricks: Big Tobacco Partners with International Music Stars in Indonesia
posted October 09, 2012
Companies in search of new smokers can't whitewash their true motives
Editor
Oct 7, 2011
Altria and altruism just don't mix.
Neither does the tobacco giant's financial sponsorship of an "Adolescent Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Symposium" in Nashville next month.
Continue reading Big Tobacco’s Latest Deception: We Support Youth Tobacco Prevention
posted October 07, 2011
CNN focuses on the "dysfunction in this whole system"
Editor
Oct 5, 2011
Spurred by reports that the Chinese National Tobacco Corporation is sponsoring at least 100 elementary schools — promoting their brands and logos among children — CNN interviewed Dr. Judith Mackay of the World Lung Foundation on the role the state-owned company plays in fostering the tobacco epidemic in China.
Continue reading World Media Stunned by Tobacco Sponsorship of Chinese Schools
posted October 05, 2011
Slogan tells kids: “Tobacco helps you become talented”
Editor
Sep 28, 2011
In an apparent attempt to lure young smokers, China National Tobacco Corporation (CNTC) is sponsoring at least 100 elementary schools in China.
CNTC financed construction of these schools, which are named after Chinese cigarette brands and sometimes bear slogans such as "Talent comes from hard work, Tobacco helps you become talented." Many of the schools also feature the company's logo of a green tobacco leaf.
Continue reading Big Tobacco Sponsors Elementary Schools in China
posted September 28, 2011
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