Promotion of electronic cigarettes: tobacco marketing reinvented?

Citation

De Andrade M, Hastings G & Angus K (2013) Promotion of electronic cigarettes: tobacco marketing reinvented?. BMJ, 347, Art. No.: f7473. http://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f7473; https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f7473

Abstract
Electronic cigarettes are not subject to the same marketing controls as tobacco products. Marisa de Andrade, Gerard Hastings, and Kathryn Angus argue that their advertising is likely to appeal to young people and undermine tobacco control policy.

Keywords
electronic cigarettes; e-cigarettes; regulation; advertising; tobacco industry; tobacco harm reduction; stakeholder marketing; mass media; content analysis

Journal
BMJ: Volume 347

People

Ms Kathryn Angus

Research Officer, Institute for Social Marketing

Professor Gerard Hastings

Emeritus Professor, Institute for Social Marketing