by Roxanne Palmer | International Business Times
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Writing for the online journal PLoS Medicine, BMSG and the Public Health Advocacy Institute say that the soda industry is using “corporate social responsibility” campaigns to improve its image and skirt responsibility for its products’ health consequences, much the way Big Tobacco once did.
by Katy Bachman | Adweek
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
In a letter to the FTC, public health groups including the Public Health Advocacy Institute and BMSG asked the agency to investigate a Claritin ad tie-in with the movie Madagascar 3, saying it is dangerous and deceives children.by Katie Thomas | The New York Times
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Public health advocates from BMSG and other groups have said in a letter to the FTC that drug-maker Merck is marketing its Claritin children's allergy medicine directly to kids using packages that feature characters from the popular movie Madagascar 3.by Mary MacVean | Los Angeles Times
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Food companies have a major influence on public health worldwide, and articles from the online journal PLoS Medicine say their actions need greater scrutiny. One of the articles, co-authored by BMSG and the Public Health Advocacy Institute, compares the marketing tactics of the soda industry to those of Big Tobacco.by Jo Willey | Express.co.uk
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
On the heels of an article by BMSG and PHAI that draws parallels between the health threats and marketing strategies of soda companies and Big Tobacco, BMSG’s Lori Dorfman explains that soda marketers are explicitly targeting young people to increase sales.
by Emily Hite | Scope, published by Stanford School of Medicine
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
The journal PLoS Medicine has launched a three-week series examining the major food and beverage companies that influence consumption behavior globally. One of the series' first papers -- by BMSG and Public Health Advocacy Institute -- compares the marketing campaigns of soda companies and Big Tobacco.by Jason Koebler | U.S. News & World Report
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Soda companies are using corporate social responsibility campaigns to help clean up their image and prevent regulation of their products. A PLoS Medicine article shows the campaigns rely on many of the same tactics used by the tobacco industry. BMSG’s Andrew Cheyne, one of the article’s authors, says the strategy is a diversion to blame consumers for the health consequences of soda industry products.
by Melanie Nagy | CBC News
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
An article by BMSG and PHAI in PLoS Medicine, an online journal, shows that the soda industry is using many of the same tactics the tobacco industry once used to improve its public image. Yet unlike Big Tobacco, soda companies’ corporate social responsibility campaigns “explicitly aim to increase sales, including among young people.”
by Staff | CSP Daily News
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Nestle is marketing a new line of candy bars using the Girl Scouts' name and logo, a move that BMSG and the Center for Science in the Public Interest say violates the company's pledge not to market unhealthy foods to children.by Staff | MedicalXpress
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
A new series on "Big Food" from the journal PLoS Medicine explores the influence that the multinational food and beverage industry has on obesity rates and health worldwide. Authors from BMSG and the Public Health Advocacy Institute examine soda industry marketing practices and compare them to those of the tobacco industry.