0 ▁million ▁for ▁such ▁initi atives ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁ ▁A ▁study ▁from ▁the ▁Stan ford ▁University ▁School ▁of ▁Medicine ▁had ▁discovered ▁that ▁ment hol ▁cig aret te ▁manufact ur ers ▁created ▁very ▁direct ▁market ing ▁campaign s ▁designed ▁to ▁attract ▁young ▁black ▁sm ok ers . ▁Far ▁from ▁being ▁a ▁catch all ▁effort , ▁Re ut ers ▁says ▁these ▁campaign s ▁were ▁concert ed ▁attacks ▁on ▁African - American ▁te ens : ▁" A ▁recent ▁analysis ▁of ▁the ▁data ▁found ▁school ▁neighborhood s ▁were ▁increasing ly ▁likely ▁to ▁have ▁lower ▁prices ▁and ▁more ▁advert ising ▁for ▁New port ▁c igare tt es ▁as ▁the ▁proportion ▁of ▁African - American ▁students ▁rose . ▁The ▁same ▁was ▁true ▁of ▁neighborhood s ▁with ▁higher ▁proport ions ▁of ▁children ▁aged ▁ 1 0 ▁to ▁ 1 7 ." ▁ ▁New port , ▁N ike , ▁and ▁pl ag iar ism ▁In ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁a ▁report ▁was ▁written ▁where ▁the ▁popular ▁sport ▁sh oe ▁company ▁N ike ▁copied ▁the ▁S wo osh ▁logo ▁from ▁New port . ▁The ▁comparison ▁was ▁made , ▁because ▁New port ▁was ▁introduced ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 7 ▁and ▁used ▁a ▁logo ▁they ▁call ▁the ▁" sp inn aker ", ▁while ▁N ike ▁was ▁formed ▁on ▁January ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 1 9 6 4 ▁as ▁Blue ▁Rib bon ▁Sports ▁by ▁Bill ▁Bow erman ▁and ▁Philip ▁Knight , ▁and ▁officially ▁became ▁N ike , ▁Inc . ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8