Natural American Spirit Cigarettes

Marlboro Lights Cigarettes

Vuse Electronic Cigarettes

Nat Sherman

FDA says advertising cigarettes as “natural” violates federal law.

Timeline

A brief history of deceptive advertising.

Swisher Sweets Cigarillo Packs

Big Tobacco to Set Record Straight on Perils of Smoking

Corrective ad agreement comes eight years after originally ordered.

NJOY

Study finds high levels of carcinogens in e-cigarette company’s starter kits.

Marketing of Marlboro Lights Cigarettes

Cigna Health and Life Insurance Affordable Care Act Plans

Puff Bar Electronic Cigarettes

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing Puff Bar electronic cigarettes

FTC, FDA Warn Marketers of E-Liquids That Look Like Kids’ Candy

Agencies crack down on copycat packaging targeting minors in the e-cigarette industry.

Five Tricky Ad Trends to Watch for in 2015

Deciphering ads in the new year.

Vuse Cigarette Pods

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that products function reliably and are uniform quality when they do not function reliably and have different tastes and colors

Are Tobacco Ad Regulations Doing Enough to Deter Smoking?

How tobacco companies can advertise is heavily regulated.  For example, ads for tobacco products are banned from TV and radio, and all advertising for cigarettes and packaging of the product are…

Companies that Get Coal in their 2015 Holiday Stocking

Deceptive advertising allegations spell naughty list for these companies.

Vapor Galleria

This vaping ad seems to be making some pretty puffed-up claims.

Marlboro Lights

TINA.org’s Year In Review 2015

What we did this year at TINA.org.

Preventing Kids from Smoking is Still a Battle

According to the FDA, every day almost 3,500 kids pick up their first cigarette.  What’s worse is that a quarter of those kids (850 of them) become daily cigarette smokers.…