TARGET Collaboratory

Tobacco Advertising Research: Geographies, Expenditures, Themes

We are a group of tobacco control researchers in the Department of Health, Behavior & Society at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Most of our work focuses on tobacco advertising and seeks to understand the scope and impact of tobacco advertising tactics in the United States. Check out our site to learn more about who we are, what our research has found, and check out some data!


Team News

  • New data visualizations demonstrating patterns of oral nicotine advertising and greenwashing in cigarette advertising posted here!

  • Research from our tem will be presented at the 2024 Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco, in Edinburgh, Scotland from March 20-24, 2024!

  • Recent MSPH grad Ying Zhang lead a publication analyzing the ovr 50 ways that ecigarette companies attempt to differentiate their tobacco favors via naming conventions! …Tobacco flavor, how do I name thee? Let me count the ways…

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