What a bad, naughty woman.
Posted on 06/01/2005 6:10:01 AM PDT by at bay
The worldwide smoking rate among women is expected to rise 20 percent by 2025, the report says.
BOSTON (May 31) - Tobacco companies did elaborate research on women to figure out how to hook them on smoking.
Researchers at Harvard University's School of Public Health said they examined more than 7 million documents - some dating back to 1969, others as recent as 2000 - for new details about the industry's efforts to lure more women smokers.
''They did so much research in such a sophisticated way,'' she said. ''Women should know how far the tobacco industry went to exploit them.''
The report, published in the June issue of the journal Addiction, says tobacco companies looked for ways to modify their cigarettes to give women the illusion they could puff their way into a better life.
One of the documents, a 1987 internal report from Philip Morris, extolled the virtues of making a longer, slimmer cigarette that offered the false promise of a ''healthier'' product.
''Most smokers have little notion of their brand's tar and nicotine levels,'' the report states. ''Perception is more important than reality, and in this case the perception is of reduced tobacco consumption.''
Carpenter said they found at least 320 documents that focused on women's smoking patterns, including a 1982 report from British-American Tobacco Co. that said women buy cigarettes to help them ''cope with neuroticism.''
''We can safely conclude that the strength of cigarettes that are purchased by women is related to their degree of neuroticism,'' the report stated.
Worldwide smoking rates among women are expected to increase 20 percent by 2025, ''driven by the growth of female markets in developing countries,'' while men's smoking rates are steadily declining, the Harvard report says.
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If you want to see extensive multi-million dollar studies on how to hook women, just check out the cosmetics industry......"because you deserve it".
Like leftist universities don't spend millions in order to induce women to follow their corporate agendas. HA!
It wasnt that long ago, that it was actually illegal for women to smoke in the United States. 1920's or so.
The government should do their advertising for them. They profit more than the tobacco companies.
Amazing. Cigarette ads were forced off TV by the anti smoking lobby and what happened? Cigarette consumption went up. So they couldn't get the smoker so now go after the store owner where the smoker might go to chill out, have a cold one and light up.
I despise the anti smoking lobby.
All companies hire marketing experts to market their products. It would be more surprising if the study found out that cigarette companies didn't do any marketing. So the question is.. Why should I care?
And do what? The article isn't displayed on their main page and neither is a link to the story.
That's pretty much about it.
I'm waiting for the AP headline - treating it as an expose - "Secret documents - dating back to 1975 - reveal Democrat attempts to hook women and minorities. The documents, obtained through a Freedom of Information request, reveal Democratic plans to lure women and minorities by demonizing Republicans and making outlandish accusations that Republicans wanted to restore Jim Crow laws and take away women's right to vote."
"I'm waiting for the AP headline - treating it as an expose - "Secret documents - dating back to 1975 - reveal Democrat attempts to hook women and minorities. The documents, obtained through a Freedom of Information request, reveal Democratic plans to lure women and minorities by demonizing Republicans and making outlandish accusations that Republicans wanted to restore Jim Crow laws and take away women's right to vote.""
I thought that was why they made OE800?
You're dreaming if you think Claudia really smokes. Shes a model, she'll model a fat stinky weed if the pot's right.
Buy into it, please. Lighting up a big stinky weed and putting it in your faces is way sexy behavior and looks so cool. You could be like her if you'll (rhymes with fool) only light up and blow smoke.
Per-capita cigarette consumption in the United States has declined precipitously since the 1960s. The numbers in the United States are collapsing, and the decline shows no sign of abating -- which is why tobacco companies are aiming at second- and third-world countries.
"Women" start smoking when they are teenagers because they think it makes them look cool. If others they know are smoking, it's even more of a draw for them. There's nothing more to it than that, the high priced studies notwithstanding.
I doubt there are very many women who smoke who began after their teenage years.
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While I don't disagree that cigarette smoking has declined - I don't believe the decline is quite as precipitous as that indicates.
Many people are finding other sources which would not be included in that chart. With those estimates coming from the Department of Ag - I would venture much of it is based upon how much is sold to the cigarette manufacturers........not sure if it includes tobacco produced for other things such as loose, nor does it account for the numbers of folks who have started growing it themselves.
"''Women should know how far the tobacco industry went to exploit them.''
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