Teen Health and the Media

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• December 12, 2002 - AdAge.com
Coca Cola give their can a new look. New, slim Coca Cola cans designed to look cool and appeal to "young, jaded consumers".

• December 10, 2002 - Boston Globe
Yesterday, The AMA urged the television industry to stop airing ads for alcohol before 10 PM due to a recent study on the effects of adolescent drinking.

• December 10, 2002 - USA Today
Five films about teen sexuality showcased in a national contest by kids and about kids.

• December 10, 2002 - Time Magazine
Teenagers are flocking to a new type of cigarette that may be even more dangerous than the conventional cigarette.

• December 10, 2002 - New York Times
Using video games, University of Washington researchers link guns and stereotypes.

• December 06, 2002 - Newsweek
Fewer teenagers are having sex. As parents and politicians debate the merits of abstinence programs, here's what the kids have to say.

• December 06, 2002 - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
An Eastside teenager warns the nation of the risks of AIDS in a televised appearance on MTV.

• November 27, 2002 - the UW Daily
Take a break from shopping this holiday to celebrate Buy Nothing Day, scheduled for November 29, 2002. Seattle Alliance for Media Education, a University of Washington group, encourages students to spend time with friends and family rather than consume. To learn more about Buy Nothing Day, visit Adbusters.

• October 29, 2002 - Portland Press Herald
Four Maine health insurance companies and 24 schools create a partnership called the School Based Health Care Coalition to improve adolescents' access to health care and decrease costs through walk-in health centers at the schools.

• October 28, 2002 - Yahoo! News
Procter & Gamble Co.'s Tremor plans to have teens do their marketing for them. Tremor will give about 200,000 U.S. teenagers inside information about new products, and ask them to pass it along to friends. "Word-of-mouth advocacy is the gold standard in marketing," said Jim Stengel, P&G's global marketing officer.

• October 21, 2002 - USAToday.com
The release of Konami's Silent Scope 3 for PlayStation 2 has again put a spotlight on the correlation between video games and real-life violence. While officials in the Washington, D.C. area hunt a sniper who is shooting people at random, the game puts the player in the shoes of a government-hired sniper who is commissioned to kill.

• October 19, 2002 - Kitsap County Prevention Services
Survey teams made up of youth and adults from Kitsap County went into 150 local stores which sell alcohol and tobacco products to assess advertising and merchandising practices.

• October 17, 2002 - AEGiS-IRIN
Ethiopia holds their first teenage forum aimed at fighting HIV/AIDS. Sponsored by the UN Children's Fund, the forum was organized and hosted by teenagers who aim to write a 10-point recommendation and action plan for use in the fight against AIDS.

• October 16, 2002 - Kaiser Foundation
A SexSmarts survey reveals that a majority of teens say that condoms are less of a necessity when the relationship gets more serious. Teens also acknowledge that relationships aren’t always exclusive: twenty-four percent report cheating is a pretty common occurrence.

• October 15, 2002 - Philadelphia Inquirer
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia launches a public awareness campaign called Teen Health Connections that uses messages written and acted out by teens to convey information about STDs and other health topics. Teen Health Connections has produced 17 PSAs and two 30-minute specials on sexual health and cardiovascular health.

• October 14, 2002 - AdAge.com
Fox Broadcasting Co. prices an integrated marketing package at $26 million for the second season of American Idol. The sum buys 55 spots across the 15-week series, licensing, product placement, Internet exposure, and more. Coca-Cola Co. and Ford Motor Co., the two major sponsors during the first season, already have re-upped for January, but paid less than the $26 million due to their incumbent status.

• October 13, 2002 - New York Times
Sexuality has become a hot topic in parent education: the Pehlam, NY P.A.C.T. and Rye, NY Facts and Chat are two groups leading the way.

• September 27, 2002 - MMWR
The CDC finds that from 1991-2001, the percentage of U.S. high school students who ever had sexual intercourse and the percentage who had multiple sex partners decreased. Prevalence of condom use increased.

• September 26, 2002 - KaiserNetwork.org
A Child Trends study reveals that most sexually active teenagers had sexual intercourse for the first time in their parents' homes, late at night. Contrary to the popular belief myth that teens most often have sex after school while their parents are at work, only 15% of respondents said that they had sex for the first time between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.

• September 25, 2002 - JoinTogether.org
The American Lung Association awards the "Phlemmy" to two Fox network shows for their portrayal of smoking.

• September 23, 2002 - AdAge.com
Viacom's MTV Networks agreed to purchase College Television Network from CTN Media Group for $15 million, giving MTV an additional outlet onto college campuses. Viacom said CTN reaches 8.2 million students a week.

• September 23, 2002 - JoinTogether.org
Vietnamese authorities order Philip Morris and Japan Tobacco International to stop all advertising because they violated government regulations.

• September 23, 2002 - Yahoo! News
A new study finds that siblings have a major influence on teens' decisions about drugs, alcohol, and tobacco use. Also, nearly half of the teens who had not tried marijuana said their parents' influence was responsible for their decision.

• September 23, 2002 - AdAge.com
Philip Morris USA sues 8 Web sites for illegal use of trademarks and illegally selling imported cigarettes.

• September 23, 2002 - JoinTogether.org
Philip Morris re-stated its support of a U.S. Senate bill that would give the FDA authority to regulate tobacco, adding that the company wants some changes in the bill, including a proviso to encourage the development of lower-risk products.

• September 20, 2002 - Yahoo! News
At KidScreen magazine's Advertising and Promoting to Kids Conference, the ad industry celebrated its fifth annual Golden Marbles awards in a Manhattan ballroom, recognizing the top 10 ads that "inform, educate and entertain," among protests from opposing groups.

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