WASHINGTON – More than two dozen states – including Washington, Oregon and Idaho – say they plan to sue Brown &Williamson Tobacco Corp., accusing the company of targeting young people with its Kool ...

Tobacco companies applied the same advertising strategies they used to sell cigarettes to get kids hooked on sugar-filled drinks like Kool-Aid and Hawaiian Punch, new research suggests. Researchers at ...

Brown & Williamson, the maker of Kool cigarettes, was sued on Thursday by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer for an advertising campaign that he said targets children. Spitzer said Brown & ...

In an attempt to stop a new cigarette promotional campaign that features brightly colored, hip-hop themed packaging, merchandise giveaways and DJ contests, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan plans ...

Left: A Kool cigarettes advertisement targeting Black communities for a sponsored event, the Kool Jazz Festival; Right: A Newport cigarettes ad targeting young Black customers. There's an ad for ...

Left: A Kool cigarettes advertisement targeting Black communities for a sponsored event, the Kool Jazz Festival; Right: A Kent cigarettes ad targeting Black smokers. Lincoln Mondy grew up in a mixed ...