Tobacco Companies Around the World in Their Own Words

Compilation of tobacco companies videos highlighting their strategies in third world countries in 1980 -1990ss.

They show how International tobacco companies:
•Try to create a positive industry image through support of farmers, re-forestation, soil conservation, community building and philanthropic projects.
•Involve governments in revenue sharing programs creating joint-ventures with state-run factories.
•Use advertising as a way to promote Western values such as freedom of choice and independence.
•Introduce industry sponsored prevention programs especially for children and youth.

These clips are from the LTDL multimedia collection: http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/about/multimedia.jsp
They can be viewed and downloaded from the UCSF Tobacco Industry Videos collection on the Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/details/tobaccoarchives

List of videos from which these clips were taken:

Russia/Soviet Union:
http://www.archive.org/details/tobacco_rwp91f00
http://www.archive.org/details/zvp23e00

Hong Kong
http://www.archive.org/details/tobacco_ljw27a00

Malaysia
http://www.archive.org/details/tobacco_hdu61d00

Bangladesh
http://www.archive.org/details/tobacco_oum02b00

Kenya
http://www.archive.org/details/tobacco_bxm02b00

Category:

Education

Tags:

• tobacco;
• smoking;
• international
• trade;
• advertising;
• third
• world
• countries;
• farming;
• tobacco
• industry;
• British
• American
• Tobacco;
• Philip
• Morris;
• advertising
• restriction;
• cancer;
• television;
• cigarette;
• industry
• sponsorship;
• lobbying;
• farming

[kodythepatronsaint]

these guys are brilliant, giving the Russian folk tasty marlboro's and expanding their options. nice government who will order cigarettes to calm the demand of the public,to meet - their needs. Hooray. Alternative advertising, brand identification-these guys know what they are doing-makes one proud to be a smoker. YUP.