Tobacco-Free Magazine Advertising

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Tobacco advertising in magazines glamorizes and normalizes tobacco use.

Tobacco companies advertise in the popular magazines including Rolling Stone, Ebony, Newsweek, Time, People and Sports Illustrated.

Tobacco advertisements in magazines

Encourage youth initiation

Undermine tobacco cessation and prevention efforts

Influence (and constrain) the publication’s ability to report on and accurately convey health consequences of tobacco use.

Tobacco Free Publications

TAKE ACTION NOW
  • Request That Time Inc. Send You Tobacco Ad Free Editions.
  • Ask Rolling Stone, People, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Marie Claire, Time, Jane, Car and Driver and Jet Magazine to stop accepting tobacco advertising.
  • Newsweek Subscribers: Ask for a tobacco-ad free edition of your Newsweek subscription call 1-800-526-2595.
  • Ask institutions committed to the health and well-being of their customers, patients, employees and students to not display magazines carrying tobacco advertisements in their libraries, waiting areas and break rooms.