Updated report details big tobacco, convenience-store alliance

Updated report details big tobacco, convenience-store alliance

The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and its partners have released an updated version of their “Deadly Alliance” report about retail marketing and industry opposition to tobacco control. Tobacco companies now spend more than $8 billion a year to saturate convenience stores, gas stations and other retail outlets with ads and incentives to buy. The update includes the latest data on marketing expenditures by the industry, new evidence of point-of-sale marketing to youth and communities of color, and examples of the widespread availability of kid-friendly flavored tobacco products. Read the report.