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Fighting Against
Corporate Tobacco
Everyone Knows…
• Tobacco abuse is bad for you• Cancer
• Heart disease• Emphysema • Cough• Yellow teeth• Smell
But…Teens Still Abuse Tobacco
• 17.7% of Wisconsin high schoolers are regular smokers
• That’s 57,200 teens!• Almost 3.5 times the population of
Sawyer County
So the BIG Question Is
WHY?• Peer pressure
• Parent(s)/Guardian(s) smoke
• Want to fit in/look cool
• Boredom
#1 Reason People Abuse Tobacco Is…
BIG TOBACCO
Why Do They Do It?
From the Mouth- of Philip Morris :
“Our one all-consuming ambition is to create wealth for the owners of Philip Morris. "
Why Teens?
• The earlier you start smoking, the more likely you are to become strongly addicted to nicotine.
• Teens are extremely brand-loyal.
• 88% of smokers started at or before age 18.
• Teens are more likely to ignore the future health consequences of their actions.
Meet Big Tobacco"It is important to know
as much as possible about teenage smoking patterns and attitudes.
Today's teenager is tomorrow's potential
regular customer . . .”1981 Philip Morris market research report on
young smokers
We Don’t Want Children to Smoke…
“We do not want children to smoke -- not only because it is
illegal to sell cigarettes to minors in every state, but also
because children lack the maturity of judgment to assess the health risks associated with
smoking.”“Working for a Tobacco Company” http://www.rjrt.com/careers/COhr_working.asp
Reynolds American Tobacco Company, 2004
How They Get You
• Research – The tobacco industry studies you to learn exactly what you want and how to give it to you.
• Branding – The industry creates brands that appeal to teens.
• Advertising – They promote those brands anywhere and everywhere.
Branding
• Teens LOVE brands.• Teens use brands to signal who
they are.• Brands say something about the
people that own or use them.
• Marlboro is one of the most powerful brands ever created.
Branding
McDonalds
Branding
Branding
Target
Branding
Monster
Branding
Merrill Lynch
Branding
Branding
Big Tobacco Marketing
Budget• Apple, Inc. made 8.24 billion
dollars in profits in 2009
• That’s nothing…Big Tobacco spent over $12.8 billion in just their advertising
• That’s over 35 million dollars per day
Big Tobacco in WI
• Big Tobacco spends an estimated $274,000,000 in advertising in WI alone!
• That could buy a iPhone 5 for EVERYONE under the age of 18 in WI
Big Tobacco Marketing
How They Keep You
“Tobacco products uniquely contain and deliver nicotine, a potent drug with a variety of physiological effects."
1972 RJR research and planning memo
How They Keep You
• The tobacco industry treats nicotine as a drug and adds ammonia to speed inhaled nicotine to the brain. • Between 1998 and 2004 Big Tobacco increased nicotine levels in cigarettes by over 10%2006 Massachusetts Department of Public Health study
Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies
Big Tobacco once said:
“Cigarettes are no more addictive than Twinkies”
Tobacco Death Toll in WI
Fighting Back With FACT
• Youth-led movement –5,000+ members
• Not a “Don’t smoke” campaign• Taking action through FACTivism• Not against smokers• Countering Big Tobacco’s marketing• Reversing Big Tobacco’s deadly
trends
Fighting Big Tobacco in
WI• FACT + activism = FACTivism
• Activism: Any action that seeks to bring about change
• Your are a FACTivist!
Making a Message
StickGetting Attention
Making a Connection
Providing Information
FACTivism
FACT Has Made An IMPACT!• Helped decrease youth smoking
rate from 33% (in ‘01) to 17% (in ‘09)
• Instrumental in making WI smoke-free
• Advocated for cigarette tax increases
• Empowered thousands of WI teens
The Fight Isn’t Over
Big Tobacco’s new products may smell and look like candy but they are far from it!
www.fightwithFACT.com
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If Nothing Happens…They
Win
Reverse the Trend
Fight with FACT