Below are two recent posts from CSPI's Margo Wootan: 1. How tobacco lawsuits affect what we can do on obesity policy: http://civileats.com/2012/06/01/why-tobacco-lawsuits-loom-large-for-obesity-prevention/ 2. New study from Yale's Rudd Center about food marketing: http://www.yaleruddcenter.org/resources/upload/docs/what/reports/RuddReport_TVFoodAdvertising_5.12.pdf Like other studies, it shows some progress in reducing junk food advertising to kids under 12. But, the progress is modest: * Though industry has been boasting about the decline in advertising to young children, the study finds that the decrease is from an average of 14 ads a day to 13 ads a day for kids under 12 from 2004 to 2011. * Since the CFBAI industry self-regulatory program was implemented, ads aimed at kids for carbonated soft drinks, sweet snacks, salty snacks and cereal have decrease. Ads for candy, fast food and other restaurants have increased. * Ads for fruits, vegetables and water have increased -- but together they are less than 1% of advertising to kids. They also report on advertising to teens and adults. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the NFS-L List, please send an E-mail to: "[log in to unmask]". Within the body of the text, only write the following:"SIGNOFF NFS-L".