What's New?
- A new study finds that a marketing campaign for Camel No. 9 cigarettes has had a major impact on the brand preference expressed by girls ages 12-16. Twice as many girls (22%) cited the Camel ads as their favorite after the female-focused ads ran in publications like Vogue, Cosmopolitan and Glamour. [Join Together]
- One-third of adult smokers began smoking regularly at age 15 or younger, compared to around one-fourth who started smoking at age 16 to 20 and 17% who began smoking at age 21 or older, which suggests that youth smoking prevention efforts must continue. [Cesar Fax]
- For every 10% increase in the price of cigarettes, youth smoking declines by approximately 6.5%. [Cesar Fax]
- Marlboro Snus, a version of smokeless tobacco developed by Philip Morris USA parent Altria Group, Inc., will soon be sold nationally. Some youth and adults see snuff as an alternative to inhaling cigarette smoke but it is just as dangerous. It causes addiction and check, gum, and mouth cancer. [Join Together]
- Every day nearly 4,000 kids under 18 try their first cigarette and 1,000 kids under 18 become daily smokers an will die a premature death. [Join Together]
- Camel Orbs is a new dissolvable smokeless tobacco pellet used as a nicotine withdrawal device. According to a new survey, their bright packaging may make underage youth think they are candy or gum, thereby making them more likely to try the product and become addicted to nicotine. [Join Together]
Underage Tobacco Use Reports:
- National Survey of Parent and Teen Attitudes on Substance Abuse 2009
- National Parent and Teen Attitudinal Tracking Survey 2009
- Teens and Technology: Online Exposure
- Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year Olds
- Teens and Sexting: How and Why Minor Teens are Sending Sexually Suggestive, Nude or Nearly Nude Images via Text Messaging
- South Carolina Youth Risk Behavior Survey 2009: Middle and High School Students
- Tobacco: The Smoking Gun
- Tobacco Use Among Youth
Links:
- American Legacy Foundation
- Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
- Center for Tobacco Control, Research & Education
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Monitoring the Future
- National Cancer Institute
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Partnership for a Drug-Free America
- The Surgeon General's Web site
- Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center
- Tobacco Documents (settlement)

