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When Cigar Packages Speak

When Cigar Packages Speak. Overview and Some Findings from the Chatterbox Project Muhannad Malas MPH Candidate, Dalla Lana School of Public Health University of Toronto May 27 2014. The Chatterbox Project. Lifestyle. Strength. Tobacco Industry Documents. Semiotic Analysis.

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When Cigar Packages Speak

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  1. When Cigar Packages Speak Overview and Some Findings from the Chatterbox Project Muhannad Malas MPH Candidate, Dalla Lana School of Public Health University of Toronto May 27 2014

  2. The Chatterbox Project Lifestyle Strength

  3. Tobacco Industry Documents • Semiotic Analysis • Market Research • Scientific Literature • Trademark Database

  4. Filter Tip

  5. Little Cigar Packaging

  6. Overview • Industries response to regulation • Decoding pack messages • What does it all mean

  7. Bill C-32 (2009) Before and After • Redefined a little cigar as a cigar that has “a cigarette filter or weighs no more than 1.4 grams…”* • Little cigars cannot be flavoured. • Little cigars cannot be sold in packs containing less than 20 little cigars. * Federal Tobacco Act

  8. Bill C-32 Before and After Before After

  9. Redesign of Colts to be Compliant with Bill C-32

  10. After Bill C-32

  11. Emerging Themes/Design Elements

  12. Candy-Like Flavours

  13. Candy-Like Flavours Apples connote goodness and freshness and we see many possibilities for our youth oriented cigarette with this flavor. Apple cider is also a possibility… It’s a well known fact that teenagers like sweet Products. Honey might be considered. Brown & Williamson, 1972

  14. Candy-Like Flavours

  15. Youthfulness

  16. Youthfulness

  17. Youthfulness “The fourth group of smokers are the Millennials. These are younger consumers, mostly males, who are obssessed with technology, fascinated by travel, and want to tap into new products for the next generation…” – Cigar Company Executive

  18. Youthfulness

  19. Alcohol Culture

  20. Alcohol Culture

  21. Alcohol Culture (Gender?)

  22. Coffee Culture Coffee Culture

  23. Coffee Culture Coffee Culture

  24. Perceived Relative Strength

  25. Relative Strength (Tipping) “The illusion of filtration is as important as the fact of filtration.” – Philip Morris

  26. Conclusions Cigar manufactures have successfully refreshed their cigar brands. • Flavours available • Single sticks and packs of < 20 available • Pack design elements imbue the product with a host of connotations including youthfulness, healthfulness, relative perceived strength, alcohol/coffee culture

  27. Policy Options Prohibition of flavoursfor all tobacco products, with no exceptions To prevent the (re)launching of slightly modified products (circumventing) new regulations, prohibit introduction of new products Prohibit specific design elements? Better option is to implement plain and standardized packaging

  28. Chatterbox Glossary

  29. Available at: chatterbox.otru.org

  30. REPORTPackaging Cigars: Surveillance of Current Trends (A Chatter Box Project) Contributing Authors: • Muhannad Malas • Shawn O’Connor • Emily Di Sante • Robert Schwartz

  31. Chatterbox Team Investigators • Shawn O’Connor (PI) • Robert Schwartz (PI) • Emily Di Sante • Joanna Cohen • Melodie Tilson • Anne Philipneri • David Hammond • Anne Lavack • Timothy Dewhirst Research Staff • Muhannad Malas • Mat Savelli • Sylvia Hoang • Lindsay Kochen • Jaklyn Andrews • Tracey Borland This project was undertaken by the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, with funding provided by Health Canada.

  32. chatterbox.otru.org

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