Why does e-cigarette maker Juul advertise its product on TV when cigarette ads are banned? The short answer: Because it can. For nearly 50 years, cigarette advertising has been banned from TV and ...

The legislation was a massive hit to tobacco companies like Marlboro and Winston who had become accustomed to running TV and radio ads touting their cigarettes even as the public became increasingly ...

In an unexpected about-face, the tobacco industry last week moved toward a nearly unconditional surrender in the heated battle over cigarette advertising. Speaking for the nine U.S. cigarette ...

The political winds seemed to be blowing just the way the tobacco industry wanted last month, when the House of Representatives voted to protect cigarette advertising from assaults by U.S. regulatory ...

Many of us remember cigarette commercials on television. Many remember newscasts sponsored by tobacco companies, complete with the anchor smoking a cigarette. Times have changed. Thursday, they change ...

When asked to report on the onslaught of political ads on television words like “flood,” “deluge,” and “torrent,” will suddenly pepper copy. A report from the Borrell Associates estimates $9.8 billion ...

When I was a toddler in the late 1980s, cartoon characters advertising tobacco to children were everywhere. I regularly watched reruns of “Flintstones” promoting Winston cigarettes alongside Betty ...

Hold one in your hand and you will look sexy, self-confident, and oh-so cool. That’s a message that was once sent out far and wide in movies and TV shows about cigarettes. But it occurred to me ...

Last night at 2:17 AM, every child from Mrs. Gandy's class went missing.