This paper aims to present an overview of China’s tobacco industry by examining trends in production, consumption, and international trade, and by discussing the role played by the government, particularly through the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA). It also attempts to analyze the potential export opportunities for China’s tobacco industry in view of the probable increase in marke...

The tobacco industry continues to seek corporate "respectability", despite being responsible for the deaths of millions of smokers worldwide every year.

OBJECTIVES To assess public perceptions of the tobacco industry and behavioural intentions for tobacco use in response to watching the film The Insider. DESIGN Self administered pre-film survey conducted immediately before viewing and post-film telephone survey conducted within 1-5 weeks of viewing. SETTING Two commercial cinemas in Melbourne, Australia. SUBJECTS 323 cinema patrons were r...

requestors with the tobacco industry. There were 129 requests in total. Charges totalled over $NZ13 000. They were in accordance with official guidelines. They included staff time for searching for information, and photocopying. Figure 1 shows that most (84%) of the requests were from tobacco industry related sources. They were a public relations company whose managing director was previously d...

BACKGROUND African countries are a major potential market for the tobacco industry, and the smoking epidemic is at various stages of evolution across the continent. Ghana is an African country with a low prevalence of smoking despite an active tobacco industry presence for over 50 years. This study explores potential reasons for this apparent lack of industry success. OBJECTIVE To explore the...

OBJECTIVE The study objective was to review internal tobacco industry documents written between 1985 and 1995 regarding the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) population in the USA. These documents detail opportunities and barriers to promotion of tobacco products, as viewed by the tobacco industry and its market research firms. DATA SOURCES /methods: Researchers reviewed tobacco indu...

BACKGROUND Germany has been identified as one of a few high-income countries that opposed a strong Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the WHO's first global public health treaty. This paper examines whether the tobacco industry had influenced the German position on the FCTC. METHODS Analysis of previously confidential tobacco industry documents. RESULTS The tobacco industry has...

CONTEXT In 2012, Washington State and Colorado legalized the recreational use of marijuana, and Uruguay, beginning in 2014, will become the first country to legalize the sale and distribution of marijuana. The challenge facing policymakers and public health advocates is reducing the harms of an ineffective, costly, and discriminatory "war on drugs" while preventing another public health catastr...

Tobacco companies are restricted from engaging in many traditional forms of marketing. Direct marketing is one way tobacco companies can reach consumers while complying with regulation and avoiding negative public perception. There is little research on this type of opt-in marketing, which includes mail marketing, email marketing, web marketing, and mobile marketing, and its impact is not well ...