A couple of recent d-school grads have designed some of the most hideous packaging we’ve ever seen. That’s a good thing. So good, in fact, it could even save people’s lives.
Plain Cigarette Packaging, by Jennifer Noon and ...READ»
It goes without saying that the tobacco industry is great at branding its products. To hear anti-smoking crusaders tell it, that’s a public health problem. Now, the U.K. might adopt a policy that would ask cigarette companies to ...READ»
It's a tough week for cigarette companies looking to recruit the next generation of smokers. Cigarette companies can no longer lure the young with claims of "light," "mild," "medium," or "low." And candy-flavored cigarettes have ...READ»
Cigarette manufacturers, beware: the FDA won't stand for any creative workarounds to its ruling requiring companies to remove descriptors like "light," "mild," and "low tar" from cigarette packaging. The New York Times reports that ...READ»
Cigarette smoking has eased up in the U.S., thanks to high prices and increasingly draconian laws (smoking banned on beaches, anyone?). The same can't be said for China, where 300 million smokers go through an average of 16 ...READ»
Have you heard about the new tobacco pouches? I hadn’t either until I opened the latest issue of Advertising Age. The new pouches – called snus -- look like tiny tea-bag pouches and don’t require a spittoon. They just sit ...READ»
Put some change in, thrust your face out and prepare for… a quick nicotine fix and an estimate of your wrinkles.
The Japanese have always had the world's quirkiest vending machines – actually I'd go so far as to say the ...READ»
