MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'cigarette ads'. Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:21:33 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3577367&cid=t_129171_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2F178770%2F Tobacco Advertising Targets Mainly Women: China Daily reports that health officials announced Tuesday that women are the main target of tobacco advertising. They warn that the percentage of female smokers could rise to 15% in coming years, without intervention. (via environmentalhealthnews.org) Post from: BlissTree (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3577367 Wed, 19 May 2010 14:08:59 +0100 3577367 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1926615&cid=t_129171_151_f&fid=35823&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FAddictionInbox%2F%7E3%2F439102262%2Fmore-doctors-smoke-camels.html The good old days of tobacco advertising.The Transform Drug Policy Foundation of the U.K. has an absolutely first-rate collection of early cigarette advertising on display at their TDPF blog.I’ve always been a sucker for the ones featuring doctors:The TDPF blog calls this one “particularly awful, featuring a five year old girl proclaiming to her paternal looking doctor figure and radiant young mother that 'I'm going to grow a hundred years old'. It then goes on to inform us that ‘possibly she may - for the amazing strides of medical science have added years to life expectancy.' You can 'thank your doctor and thousands like him--toiling ceaselessly--that you and yours may enjoy a longer better life.’”It sounds like something Don Draper and his associates might have dreamed up on "... Addiction Inbox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1926615 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:39:00 +0100 1926615 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=716525&cid=t_129171_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F07%2F05%2Fa-history-of-cigarette-commercials%2F Filed under: Television, SmokingThe television industry just might owe a bit of its success to the tobacco industry. Cigarette producers were one of the earliest and most consistent advertisers on TV. Big tobacco had large pools of money and were able to take a chance on the new medium of television when it first debuted in the 1940's. At a time when many sponsors were financially unable to buy advertising spots or unwilling to try TV ads, tobacco companies found opportunities to attach strings to their endorsements. Many shows were required to feature characters smoking during the shows. Stars were expected to use cigarettes and show their enthusiasm for the products. Popular shows such as I Love Lucy showed Lucy happily fetching a smoke for husband and exclaiming, "You see how easy it ... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=716525 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 716525