Question

In 1970, the U.S. government passed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act, which banned tobaccocompanies from advertising cigarettes on radio and television. Do you think advertising laws affect thechoices people make with respect to trying e-cigarettes or traditional tobacco products? Explain yourreasoning.

Answer 1

On this day in 1970, President Richard Nixon signed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act, which banned cigarette ads from airing on television and radio.

After World War II, cigarette companies began advertising heavily on TV. Camel cigarettes sponsored the nation’s first regular television news program, “Camel News Caravan.” It featured an ashtray on the desk in front of the newscaster, John Cameron Swayze, and the Camel logo behind him. The 15-minute news show ran from 1949 to 1956.