This issue of "Media & Values" provides essays and teaching ideas for addressing the influence of the media in society and the growing incidence of addiction. Articles in this issue include: (1) "Culture of Addiction" (Rosalind Silver); (2) "Crack and the Box" (Pete Hamill); (3) "When It Comes to Drugs, Beware the Censor's Fix" (David Musto); (4) "How Free is Commercial Speech?" (Steven Shiffrin; Kerry Gerot); (5) "Deadly Persuasion" (Jean Kilbourne); (6) "Cigarettes Under Fire" (Richard Pollay); (7) "The More Things Change..."; (8) "Anti-Smoking Campaign Fights Fire with Ads" (Eric Vollmer); (9) "Alcohol and Television" (Kathryn Montgomery); (10) "How Advertisers Sell Addiction"; (11) "The Selling of Addiction to Women" (Carol Moog); (12) "Learning from Television: Commercials Influence Kids"; (13) "Cultural Dynamics Mold Hispanic Marketing" (Bruce Maxwell; Michael Jacobson); (14) "Cancer is an Equal Opportunity Disease" (Marilyn Kern-Foxworth); (15) "Giants in the Advertising World" (Beth White); (16) "The New Third World Fight Is over Tobacco" (David Holley); (17) "Resources for Follow-Up"; and (18) "Just Say Yes to Media Literacy" (Elizabeth Thoman). (EH)