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Print advertisements for Camel No. 9 Cigarettes, the pink-packaged smokes meant to evoke Chanel No. 19 and appeal to the Manolo-obsessed and Cosmo-swilling female consumer, will be pulled from magazines by parent company R.J. Reynolds beginning in 2008. Executives for the company tell the Winston-Salem Journal that the decision to pull all print ads is not based on Congressional protests, but merely a "business decision." According to the AP, the initial protest — which focused on tobacco advertising in women's magazines — was launched because Camel No. 9 ads "threaten the health of the teenagers and young women who form a large part of [women's magazine] readership." More »
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We were surprised to learn today that the company who will no doubt be responsible for our untimely death (knock on wood) a few decades from now doesn't believe it's got enough American women hooked on nicotine. More »
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