Youth and Marketing
Smoking Issues 3 Key Areas: Taxes, Social Acceptability, Restrictions
Abstract
Examines smoking issues in three key areas: taxes, social acceptability, and restrictions. Discusses impact of taxes and pricing on cigarette sales. Analyzes how smoking acceptance has declined, how more smokers are affected by laws, and how future will impact. Mentions youth (16+) opinion on social acceptability of smoking. Analyzes price leverage and production cost. Outlines psychological impact of smoking restrictions, smoker/non-smoker differences in mindset. Discusses how smokers tend to retain young adult outlook on life; warns against marketing to non-smoker mindset.
Fields
- Notes
Original document code was 1003.
- Company
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
- Minor Subject
- Advertising and Marketing -research
- Advertising and Marketing -strategy
- Smoker -profile
- Smoking -incidence
- Smoking -laws
- Advertising and Marketing -strategy
- Major Subject
- Advertising and Marketing
- Smoker
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PAPER
PaCKAGING
MFG. LABOR
ADVERTISihG
1984 MULTIPLIER To
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73 25
40 45
1.5
1.3 13.8
2.6 d, 6.9
2.8 6.4
7.2 2.5
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CONSUMER
BENEFIT ???
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TRANSPORT/1T l OMO~)
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THE KEY AUE".TIOH /4BOLT,,,:PREMIUM
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DESIRABLE ADDED VALUE COULD WE GIVE THE CONSUMER FOR OUR PREMIUM
PRICE?
CONSIDER, FOR EXAMPLE, A CONSUMEfi PACK PRICE OF $1.15, A 25%
PREMIUM. KEEPING SULL PERCENTAGE MARGI!!S FOR OURSELVES AND THE,
,._. , .
TRADE, WE COULD ADD 181 TO MANUFACTURi,NG,.COSTS
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LEAF
PROCESSING
. FILTER'
FOR THESE KINDS OF INVESTMENT IN A PREMIUM PRODUCT, COULD WE
GIVE THE CONSUMER 25% MORE?
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ISSUE 2:r'` GRO~l1NG ~SMOKER%NONSMOKER DIFFERENCES
THE.PSYCHOLOGICAt lMPACT OF SOCIAL ACCEriAt3ILITY AND SMOKING
RESTRICTION ON ALL ASPECTS OF SMOKERS' LIVES MAY BE OF KEY IMPORTANCE
TO OUR MARKETING-
IN 1984, 47% OF SMOKERS AGREED THAT 'SMOKERS ARE TREATED LIKE
SECOND CLASS CITIZEhS TODAY~
IN THE 1950'5, IT WAS BLACKS WHO WERE FORCEL TO RIDE IN THE BACK OF
, 7,HE BUS AND,USE ~SEPARATE FACILITIES«: IN THE H0'S IT IS SMOKERS-
THIS KIND OF PSYCHOLOGICAL PRESSURE MEANS THAT SMOKERS OF ALL AGES
< ~DIFFERENT~ IN MANYd WAYS, ME ' AVERAGE SMOKER~JS N0"[,QHGER THE
MUST BE INCREASINGLY AWARE THAT BECAUSE THEY SMOKE THEY ARE
.
~AVERACE MERI _AN'
OVERALL tiIHDSET
SMOKERS DIF ER NOT ONLY LY IN EDUCATION, BUT IN
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,THESE° DIFFERENCES IN MINDSET ARE'APPARENT"'TODAY AND CIKELY""Y' OT'~GROM/"."`
WIDER IN THE FUTURE
TO ILLUSTRATE SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SMOKER AND NONSMOKER
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1, GAPS~ BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS. KEYING ON THOSE WHICH ARE NOT A '~
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MINDSETS, WE CAN LOOK AT SOME OF THE ATTITUDINAL AND BEHAVIORAL
FUNCTION OF AGE OR SEX BUT LIKELY RELFECT A FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE "'
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ShiQKERSR ARE~~~IOT4~IgT0:~4~^£'
THE PHYSICAL` FITNES TR ND
'PHYSICAI FITN ts` (YANKELOVICH) .
SMOKER ACTIVITI S ($IMMONS)
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B SMOKER'NON,t K 'R DIFFERE
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HUNTING
MOTORCYCLES
HORSEBACK RIDING
FISHING
CAR RACE/RALLY
dw~
NOT:
BICYCLING
HIKING,-
SNOW SKIIING (DOWNHILL)
SKIN DIVING
RACQUETBALL
GOLF
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75
133
127
125
119
,119
78
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79
84
87
89
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~1QNSMOKER DIFFERENCES
PREFER.TO
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SMOKERS ._
VS :~~' TOTAL`"' ='
~AUTHEN,T.1C,SELF~.JYANKEL,OVICH),.
FIND. THE INTEREST1NG. "NEwS",AN: -,-,
NATIONAL ENOUIRER
TRUE STORY
SOAP OPERA IUIGEST
xNOT :'*l"NAl°&'Sl`0ttl*Jb`B"RA
N.Y. TIMES DAILY
U.S. NEWS
CONSIDER THEMSELVES IMPULSIVE BUYERS (S)
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INDEX`
SMOKERS PREFER THE-SPONTANEOUS,
,COLQRFUL.' ANQ~ INPRF,jFNI_(_ll_IS~
'TOLERANCE FOR CHAOS~ (YANKELOVICH).
PLEASURE OK As A GOAL (YANKELOVICH)
BUY COMEDY RECORDS (SIMMONS)
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WATCH SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (SIMMONS)
LIKE To BE OUTRAGEOUS (SIMMONS)
167
132.
114
125,
1 6
115
137
123
67
86
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BELIEVE,THERE IS.NO,RIGH,T AND WRONG. ONLY,
~ PERSONAL"CHOICES ~Y)
"REJEC'fION OFr AUTHORITIES
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DO NOT CONSIDER THEMSELVES ~VERY RELiGIOUS~
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UPPORT FOR "FEMALE CAREERISM" (Y)
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DoN';T EVEN READ READER'S`DIGEST,
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VEW%LIBERAL" '
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SMOKERS~;.
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.137
TEND TO1. BE; POLITIC,A4LY, LIBERAL ~$):
t,.VERY CONSERVATIVE,
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Sh10KIN I"ISS IES'
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SMOKERS T Nn TO LIVE WITH MORFINTENSITY
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SLEEP 7 OR LESS HOURS A NIGHT (ROPER 1980)
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DRINK COFFEE.(Y)
DRINK ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES , REGULARLY
OCCASIONALLY
;LIGHTLY
NONE
REALLY DISLIKE STANDING IN LINES
SMOKERSr UON!7~; D.p.WN f:ASTERMrTHANrMOST-
PEOPLE AFTER I'VE BEEN UPSET"
HAVE HAD MORE THAN MY SHARE OF THINGS TO
WORRY ABOUT
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128
123
233
143
113
48
122
90
119

210KERS TEND TO RF MORF, nFMAfJDING ,
I N RElAT I ONSN I PS TNAN S(Qy,SM[1KFRS *
TEND TO BE SELECTIVE IN LABELLING
TUNE OUT OTHERS IF RELATIONSHIP HAS TOO
MANY PROBLEMS/DEMANDS (Y)
FEEL AN 1HCREASING NEED FOR SOMEONE TO
TELL ME I'M OK (Y)
DESCRIBE THEMSELVES AS:
STUBBORN (S)
DOMINATIN ~S) ,...
L~y, ,~':aJ,
MUCH MORE LIKELY TO HAVEfBEEN DIVORCED
INDEX
SMOKERS
YS .:,1'OTAL °
-129,
130
129
111
156:}
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~2.fSOCIALISSUES
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~MOKER'NONSMOKFR QjFFERE,NGES
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THEY DON'T THINK.
PORNOGRAPHY SHOPS SHOULD BE CLOSED (S)
TOO MUCN.sEx ON TV (S)'
CONSIDER THEMSELVES ~SWINGERS` (S)
WERE SEXUALLY ACTIVE IN THEIR TEENS (FEMALES
USED CONTRACEPT I VES AGE,S., 15'i9,HEN)
PREFER LESS "SOCIALLY,REDEEMING" LITERATURE (S)
-INDEX
SMOKERS
VSLTOTAL.'
225
88
89
121
278
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SMOKERS AREATTIINV D. TO
-" OD _ 01 D RAY
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.THEY suY: -,: 60's ROCK
TRADITIONAL COUNTRY
FoLK MUSIC `
+RETURN TO NATURE" (YANKELOVICH)
BUT NOT AS SHOWN IN:
.:...~.~~
TOWN 8 COUNTRY
COUNTRY LIVING
BETTER HOMES 8 GARDENS
157
134
136
112
122
76
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SMQKER'NONSMOKER DIFFERFNCES
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SMOKERS AR~NO___T_.A.TT IN D 0
TH " FRIENTIA! J IFESTYI 1-
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"TONARD INTANGIBLES" (YANKELOVICH)
THEY DON'
READ:
TK SMQKER'S IDEA OF EXPER[ N.E IS.
METHING m ""r.FT i nSTINV
'RESPONSIVENESS-TO FANTASY" (YANKELOVICH)
LIKE TO IMAGINE MYSELF DOING SOMETHING I`
WOULDN'T DARE DO
BUY ~HEAVY METAL" RECORDS (S)
GO TO DISCOS & BARS (Y)
SMITHSONIAN
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
TRAVEI 8 LEISURE
FOOD & NINE
CUISINE
82
72
84
80
74
81
139
119
139
142
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