Ad
for Camel' s special summer edition flavored cigarettes.
Camel s Pleasure to Burn. The official blends
of summer - for a limited time only". Ad
features a woman in a grass skirt and tropical
bikini top, with a flower in her hair, a coconut
drink in her hand, and a cigarette in the other
hand. She is lying beneath an umbrella on top
of the two summer blend cigarette packs: Kauai
Kolada and Twista Lime. The packs are brightly
colored. Kauai Kolada is described as having "Hawaiian
hints of pineapple and coconut" and Twista
Lime is described as a "citrus tiki taste
sensation".
Upon
release of this ad in the summer of 2004, the
ad received opposition from members of Hawaiian
organizations, including the governor of Hawaii,
the mayor of Kauai, and the director of the Coalition
for a Tobacco-Free Hawaii, for abusing the name
of Kauai and Hawaiian images, and for trying to
target young people.
In
an email to the Associated Press, the governor
of Hawaii wrote, Using the name of Kauai and
Hawaii images to market cigarettes to young people
is disgusting. This entire marketing campaign
is offensive to the people of our state. The
mayor of Hawaii s island of Kauai stated, I
am appalled that this company has chosen to use
the Kauai name to market a product that kills
. The word Kauai is not just the name of
our home. It is representative of our culture
and our community. A spokeswoman for RJ Reynolds
commented: We feel it is an adult product and
it is also a legal product...I certainly regret&
those feelings toward cigarette products, but
again, there are an awful lot of people across
the country who have found tremendous enjoyment
out of our exotic blends . For the complete story
see: Camel Lighting Fire Over New Cigarettes/
AP, Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Ad
was found in the July 2004 issues of Maxim, Cosmopolitan,
FHM, and Rolling Stone and in the August 2004
magazine issues of Car and Driver, Jane, Vogue,
GQ, Playboy, Maxim, and Blender.
