Top music videos frequently feature tobacco imagery
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June 9, 2023

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Your favorite artist feat. Big Tobacco: top music videos in the hottest genres frequently feature tobacco imagery ([link removed])

Nearly 20% of music videos for top 10 billboard songs from 2018 to 2021 featured tobacco products, according to a new Truth Initiative study published in Preventive Medicine Reports. ([link removed]) The research finds that popular music videos featuring tobacco imagery garnered more than 38 billion views, including Cardi B’s “I Like It,” Bad Bunny’s “Mia,” and Post Malone & Swae Lee’s “Sunflower,” which each received over 1 billion views. Videos from “Hot 100” and “Hot R&B/Hip Hop” genres, categories that are popular with young people and with racial and ethnic minorities who are already at greater risk of cigarette use, contained the most tobacco imagery.

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How the tobacco industry infiltrated baseball ([link removed])

Over a century ago, Big Tobacco began heavily investing in tactics to link tobacco with baseball. These tactics included in-game promotions, stadium advertising, and the creation of collectible baseball cards that were included inside packs of cigarettes. Today, tobacco products (especially smokeless tobacco products such as chewing tobacco) are still associated with baseball. Here’s a closer look at three major ways the tobacco industry infiltrated baseball culture.

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How the tobacco industry markets vaping nicotine as stress relief ([link removed])

Some e-cigarette manufacturers have used a similar strategy to market e-cigarettes that tobacco companies used for decades to sell cigarettes: advertising them as stress relievers. However, research shows nicotine use can increase stress levels ([link removed]) , symptoms of anxiety, and feelings of depression.

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