marketing
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Harmful marketing: selling a sick future to children and teens
21st November 2023
Kids everywhere are under attack by a predator that knows exactly where to find them and how to win their trust. Authorities do little to stop it, parents invite it into their own homes. But the harm it inflicts on kids and teens, which is both immediate and lifelong, has no limit.
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The neglected risk factor: alcohol control seeks to gain momentum in the 7th Global Alcohol Policy Conference
24th October 2023
Faced with constant industry interference and aggressive marketing strategies, alcohol control takes up the challenge to gain momentum in the 7th Global Alcohol Policy Conference.
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‘Marketing Exposed’ report shows how marketing undermines health
10th January 2023
Multiple actors are responsible for promoting food systems that are truly equitable, sustainable, and oriented toward the common good. However, the private sector often impedes this from happening through profit-oriented strategies, such as marketing.
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Big Tobacco is exploiting COVID-19 to market its harmful products
25th June 2020
Tobacco and e-cigarette companies are exploiting the COVID-19 crisis to advertise their harmful and addictive products on social media, undermine minimum age purchase restrictions meant to protect youth and make unproven and illegal health claims. These practices by big tobacco companies, e-cigarette makers and vape shops were documented in our new study of industry tactics in 28 countries.
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Pushing back against tobacco marketing to youth
13th June 2019
In advance of a report by Reuters, Philip Morris International has suspended its global social media influencer campaign which aggressively marketed IQOS. Over 100 public health and other organisations have endorsed a letter sent to social media CEOs to end the promotion of all tobacco products on their platforms.
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Child rights: the right approach for governments to protect children from harmful marketing
15th November 2018
States are under pressure to better protect children from the harmful impact that unhealthy food marketing has on them. Recent Unicef and WHO EURO reports explain why a child rights approach is key to securing their right to health.