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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Television ads that tobacco companies say are designed to discourage teenagers from smoking do no such thing, and some may actually encourage youths to smoke, researchers ...

TEXAS, USA — Most people have seen the anti-smoking ads on TV. The ads are apart of the CDC's TIPS Campaign to spread awareness about the dangers of smoking and to provide resources for smokers to ...

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention's "Tips From Former Smokers" ads are set to stop at the end of September. For 13 years, these tough and honest commercials told real stories about the ...

Some people object to smoking prevention and cessation ads that have been airing on television stations across North Dakota and Minnesota. They seem to think the ads, which range from humorous to ...

NEW YORK — Government health officials launched the second round of a graphic ad campaign Thursday that is designed to get smokers off tobacco, saying they believe the last effort persuaded tens of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Decades after they were banned from the airwaves, Big Tobacco companies return to prime-time television this weekend – but not by choice. Under court order, the tobacco industry for ...

The surest way to get teen-agers to do something is to tell them not to. That principle appears to apply to some smoking-prevention ads created by tobacco companies, a new study has found. Youngsters ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Six major Hollywood film studios agreed on Friday to place anti-smoking ads on new movie DVDs targeted to children in a bid to counter the influence of tobacco use on screen.

The so-called corrective statements are part of a case the government brought in 1999 under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler ruled in 2006 ...