Tobacco companies have a long history of marketing to women, sometimes using a strategy of “latching onto women’s liberation movements.” For Women’s History Month, take a look at just a few key moments in the history of marketing tobacco to women.
Warner Brothers, the studio behind The Batman, remained strong and steady about its onscreen smoking ban despite a push from Colin Farrell, the actor playing The Penguin. With young people 3x more likely to start vaping from high exposure to smoking imagery in episodic programming, images have influence.
In the U.S., only 28 states and the District of Columbia have comprehensive smokefree laws that prohibit smoking in all public places and workplaces. With 22 states remaining unprotected from secondhand smoke in at least some public places and workplaces, here’s how employers can help by implementing a well-crafted, comprehensive no smoking policy in the workplace.
Santa Ana, California – The Santa Ana City Council on Tuesday voted in favor (7-0) of an ordinance banning the sale of flavored tobacco products, including hookah. READ MORE ►
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