Counter Tobacco Podcast
Counter Tobacco is a pre-produced, interview and research-based podcast dedicated to the six million people that die from tobacco related causes each year. There are so many reasons why someone picks up their first cigarette and this podcast aims to highlight the role the tobacco industry's influence at the point of sale plays. Episodes will range from in-depth profiles of the demographics most affected by tobacco to stories rooted in the history of the industry's marketing tactics. The Counter Tobacco podcast is a project of the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization Counter Tools. Our mission is to provide software and consulting services to catalyze place-based public health policies at the local and state level. Find out more at CounterTools.org
March 29, 2020 • 15 min
The tobacco industry spends over $9 billion dollars each year marketing cigarettes and smokeless tobacco in the United States. This episode dives into the ways in which the industry allocates this exorbitant amount of money to target communities of low socioeconomic status, and examines how the industry's manipulative tactics impact disparities in tobacco use and tobacco-related morbidity and mortality. Show notes can be found here.
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