WASHINGTON, April 1, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:
APRIL 1: CIGARETTE ADS BANNED
Profile America — Friday, April 1st. Broadcast advertising was confronted with a major downsizing on this date in 1970 as President Nixon signed a bill into law prohibiting cigarette advertising on the nation's airwaves. The ban went into effect on January 1 of the following year — the first major step in the ongoing debate over the public health risk of smoking. Until then, names such as Lucky Strike, Chesterfield and Philip Morris had sponsored some of the most famous shows since the earliest days of broadcasting. In 1970, U.S. tobacco firms made more than 560 billion cigarettes. Today, there remain 29 cigarette product manufacturing establishments employing around 7,300 people, and with annual shipments valued at over $31 billion. You can find more facts about America's people, places and economy, from the American Community Survey, at www.census.gov.
Sources:
Ban on broadcast ads: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-signs-legislation-banning-cigarette-ads-on-tv-and-radio
Cigarettes in 1970: Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970, p. 689
Cigarette manufacturing establishments and employment/NAICS 312221: http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=BP_2011_00A1&prodType=table
Cigarette value of shipments/NAICS 312221: http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ASM_2011_31VS201&prodType=table
Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotion of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Audio" in the "Library" pull-down menu).
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SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau
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