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The Rise and Fall of Youth Cigarette Brands
The Rise and Fall of Youth Cigarette Brands
cigarette brands
Pall Mall
12% Chesterfields
11%
Philip Morris
9%
Kool 1%
Filter tipped brands were introduced
during the 1950’s, several of which
became popular with new smokers
Winston
Kool Filter Salem Newpo
1952 1953 1954 rt
1956
Kent New
1952 Marlboro
1954
Kent 11%
Pall Mall
10%
Camel
8% Lucky
Strike
Marlboro Chesterfield 6%
5% s 5% Salem
5%
1959
Leo Burnett hired to reposition Marlboro
as a masculine cigarette. PM Executive VP
touts the campaign as a “fresh
youthful...approach.”
1957
1956
1946
Kent 1957 Kool 1958
Top Selling Youth Brands, 1964
Winsto
n
32%
Marlboro
10%
Kool
Filter 5%
Newport
1%
Salem
6%
Kent ?
1960 Sponsorships
Winston display-1965
TV Promotions target kids
Advertising Code
SGR
"Camel. Five Year Rolling Average Share.". 10 Sep 1985. Bates: 504446752-
504446762. View on TDO: RJR/504446752-6762.
Marlboro Country - 1963
Top Brands Among Youth 1972
Marlboro 42%
Kool
Filter
Winston14%
13%
Salem 6%
Pall Mall
<0.5%
PM, Camel, Chesterfields,
Lucky Strike-NA
Maxwell Data and 1983 SOS
Camel. Five Year Rolling Average Share.". 10 Sep 1985. Bates: 504446752-504446762. View on
TDO: RJR/504446752-6762.
Marlboro reds turn to gold
1973
1972
Marlboro and Kool are the “in-
brands” in 1975
Marlboro 36%
Kool 20%
Winston 13%
Salem 11%
Newport
4%
Kool
1973
Maxwell Data and 1983 SOS
Camel. Five Year Rolling Average Share.". 10 Sep 1985. Bates: 504446752-504446762. View on
TDO: RJR/504446752-6762.
Newport becomes Alive with
Pleasure 1973
1970
1972 1975
Maxwell Data and 1983 SOS
Camel. Five Year Rolling Average Share.". 10 Sep 1985. Bates: 504446752-504446762. View on
TDO: RJR/504446752-6762.
Winston loses its focus
1973
1976
Maxwell Data and 1983 SOS
1960’s
Camel. Five Year Rolling Average Share.". 10 Sep 1985. Bates: 504446752-504446762. View
on TDO: RJR/504446752-6762.
Top Selling Brands Among Youth
Marlboro
69%
Salem 2%
Kool 1%
Tobacco’s search for the fountain
of youth
1985 1989
Joe goes to college
Tobacco’s 1990 Images
1993
1995
1996
1994
1998
1998
Tobacco’s reach for the stars
Philip Morris supplies cigarettes for movies:
Blade Runner
Grease II
The Fan
Mommy Dearest
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Dream Team
Superman
Cigarette promotions appear in
• Children’s games
• Comic books
• Video Games
Newp
ort
21%
Camel Filter
10%
Winst
on
3%
Kool
Filter
MMWR 1994
1%
SAMHSA – Summary of Findings from the 2000 National
Health Household Survey on Drug Abuse H13
Salem