L&M’s foray into marketing ‘natural’ cigarettes

This ad watch details new L&M cigarette marketing in the United States that now features the terms “simple” and “tobacco and water”, while continuing to highlight its affordable and premium qualities. This implicitly positions L&M as an affordable natural brand, which is new for the brand. From a public health standpoint, this warrants attention and raises concern because of the commercial success of brands positioned as “natural”, the well-documented misperceptions of “natural” tobacco as presenting fewer health risks, and the potential to attract vulnerable populations who are both cost and health conscious.