Tobacco Control
History
Products
Companies and Brands
Industry Advertising
100

Phone-based tobacco cessation services that help tobacco users. 

What are Quitlines?

100

The first commercial tobacco crop in the American colonies was grown in this state, now famous for its tobacco farming.

What is Virginia?

100

A tobacco product, usually flavored, that is often inhaled through a vaporizer, which has become popular in recent years.

What is a Vape/E-cigarette?

100

This company has been the focus of considerable media attention and critical commentary, mainly around its popularity among young consumers.

Juul Labs

100

This group of people was a primary target for tobacco companies when they marketed smoking as a symbol of rebellion or independence.

Who are teenagers?

200

The most effective way to reduce demand for tobacco produtcts.

What is taxation?

200

The year that the U.S. Surgeon General's landmark report concluded that smoking causes a range of serious health problems, including lung cancer.

What is 1964?

200

Finely chopped tobacco placed in a lump between the lip and the gum

What is dipping tobacco? 

200

This major American tobacco company, established in 1901, is the parent company of brands like Newport and Salem.

What is RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company ? 

200

Tobacco companies used this term to describe cigarettes that were marketed as a healthier alternative due to their lower nicotine content, despite research showing little health benefit.  

What are "light" cigarettes? 

300

The only intervention proven to fully protect people from secondhand smoke.

Smoke-Free Laws

300

In the 1950s, these begin to be introduced in response to emerging evidence of the negative health effects of cigarettes. They were thought to be protective and marketed as such.

What are filters?

300

“Tobacco free” products that users place between their gum and lip. They release nicotine slowly and are spit-free.

What are Oral Nicotine Pouches?

300

This brand's popular tobacco slogan encouraged smokers to "Come to where the flavor is." 

What is Marlboro? 

300

This slogan for Newport cigarettes became synonymous with the brand's image of freshness, with a focus on menthol flavor.

What is "Alive with pleasure"?

400

Text and/or pictorial messages that disclose the harmful effects of tobacco use. The messages are intended to describe the adverse physical and psychosocial consequences of tobacco consumption.

What are Health Warning Labels? 

400

In 2004, this country became the first in the world to introduce plain packaging for tobacco products, requiring all cigarettes to be sold in identical packaging with graphic health warnings.

What is Australia?

400

Battery-powered electronic devices that claim to heat leaf tobacco, instead of burning tobacco like traditional cigarettes.

What is Heated Tobacco Products (HTP)?

400

In 2004, this tobacco company became the first to be fined for intentionally misleading the public about the dangers of smoking, resulting in a massive settlement.

What is Philip Morris?

400

In 1998, tobacco companies agreed to this legal settlement that forced the companies to pay billions in damages and limited advertising such as offering branded merchandise in reward programs. 

What is the Master Settlement Agreement?

500

This term refers to the practice of removing branding, logos, and distinctive colors from cigarette packaging in order to reduce the appeal of tobacco products.

What is plain packaging?

500

In 1880, this is invented and produces cigarettes in large numbers. It changes small tobacco shops into larger factories. 

What is the Bonsack machine ? 

500

Instrument that burns tobacco using specialized charcoal; the smoke passes through water contained in a bowl via a long tube  

What is a Hookah? 

500

This popular cigarette brand used the slogan "You’ve come a long way, baby" to market its products to women.

What is Virginia Slims?

500

This 2009 law gave the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate tobacco advertising, including placing restrictions on marketing to minors.

What is the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act?