Table 2

Total pages of cigarette promotional advertising in 36 magazines, 1980–1993, by cigarette company and brand

Company brandTotal pages of cigarette promotional advertising
All magazinesYouth magazines2-150
n(%)n(%)
Philip Morris507.342.6370.958.6
 Marlboro414.034.8349.855.3
 Benson & Hedges46.03.94.00.6
 Virginia Slims32.02.79.01.4
 Merit15.01.38.01.3
 Concord0.30.00.10.0
RJ Reynolds319.426.8193.530.6
 Winston116.29.883.413.2
 Camel77.96.558.09.2
 More54.64.617.02.7
 Salem30.32.513.42.1
 Vantage24.62.117.12.7
 Now8.80.70.00.0
 Premier7.20.64.70.7
Brown & Williamson196.816.525.04.0
 Belair/Raleigh128.610.812.92.0
 Kool58.24.912.11.9
 Viceroy10.00.80.00.0
Lorillard127.910.734.55.5
 Newton54.44.69.41.5
 Newport32.42.721.03.3
 Kent23.11.90.00.0
 True18.01.54.00.6
Other companies38.53.28.51.3
All youth brands2-151 698.758.7524.482.9
All adult brands2-151 491.241.3108.017.1
Total1189.9632.4
  • From Leading National Advertisers.[24]

  • 2-150 Youth magazines are defined as those whose percentage of youth readers (youth [ages 12–17 years] readers divided by total [ages ⩾12 years] readers) in a given year is greater than the overall average percentage of youth readers (for all magazines combined) in that year.

  • 2-151 Youth cigarette brands are Marlboro, Camel, Newport, Winston, and Kool (see text for explanation of brand classification).