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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_advertising
- Wikipedia defines tobacco advertising as "the advertising of tobacco products or use of by the tobacco industry through a variety of media including sponsorship." It gives a little history and background of tobacco advertising all around the world and the campaigns that were held in the US and Europe. One of the targets that the tobacco industry aimed to were the youth. It also lists out the countries that have banned the advertising of tobacco and those that haven't. Zimbabwe, Philippines, Indonesia, etc. are countries that have banned the advertisements and the countries that have outlawed the advertisement are most countries in Europe, South Africa etc.

http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/tobacco-advertising
- Tobacco advertising is referred to as the promotion of tobacco products in the media and at retail outlets. In the UK, the Tobacco advertising and Promotion Act 2002 banned the direct as well as indirect advertising or promotion of any tobacco products. As a controversial topic, some believe tobacco advertising encourages all group age and every people to smoke while others believe it only affects the brand decisions of existing smokers and informed adults. It is shown that most of the regular smokers started smoking regularly before they were 16.

http://www.oxygen.org.au/hardfacts/tobacco-and-the-law/tobacco-advertising
- In Australia, Tobacco advertising was banned on TV and radio since 1976 and newspapers and magazines since 1992. In some states, only advertising of cigarettes in the cash register is banned while in other states, cigarettes are not even allowed to be displayed at the register. Tobacco companies no longer sponsor sports or arts and they might be fined for false or misleading statements on health effects. For instance, on the cigarette box, it might be labelled "light and mild."

http://www.lung.org/stop-smoking/about-smoking/facts-figures/tobacco-industry-marketing.html
- In the US, Tobacco products are one the most heavily marketed consumer product and in 2006, the five largest cigarette manufacturing companies used over $ 12 billion to promote and advertise their products. This site answers how the advertising of tobacco products affect the youth, who their main target is, if women are being influenced as well and which states have enforced laws to restrict such acts.

http://tobacco.stanford.edu/tobacco_main/main.php
- This site gives many images and advertisements of tobacco products that were made in the past. Each picture/advertisement is given with an explanation of when, where it was made and the purpose as well as the target of each advertisement. For instance, the picture below was advertised in the year 1946. The brand "Camel" is promoting their cigarettes by reassuring the worried public by incorporating physicians in their image. As there are many more of the ads, it also gives a brief explanation of how the tobacco industry convinces the citizens to buy their product.

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