SEATCA

Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance

Tobacco industry

denormalization

What this is about

The Tobacco Industry Denormalization (TID) campaign is a regional initiative of SEATCA designed to expose and counter the deceptive tactics used by tobacco and nicotine companies to expand their business at the expense of public health. The campaign strips away the facade of these companies as “socially responsible” businesses, revealing instead how they actively target youth, promote misleading narratives about newer nicotine products, and use aggressive marketing tactics to undermine decades of gains in tobacco control.

World No Tobacco Day 2026

Protecting Youth from Digital Marketing

Unmask the appeal of nicotine and tobacco by exposing how the industry follows teens into their digital feeds through influencers, social media, and covert algorithms.

Expose the Harm:
Protect the Next Generation

Behind the Smoke Screen:
Exposing Tobacco Industry Manipulation

The facts

The addiction algorithm

Enforce comprehensive bans on digital tobacco marketing and influencer promotions

Impose penalties on tobacco and nicotine industries for circumventing regulations

Strengthen digital platform safeguards to protect youth from exposure to tobacco marketing

Unmasking the Digital Trap

Why digital nicotine marketing is a youth crisis

Massive Global
Reach

Threats from New Products

Youth Exposure by Design

Hidden &
Targeted

Peer-to-Peer Amplification

Systemic Digital Addiction