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Article: Anti-smoking ads may increase teen useage
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- January 18, 2007
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Eddie Kelley
University Wire
01-18-2007
(OSU Daily Barometer) (U-WIRE) CORVALLIS, Ore. -- A study recently published in the American Journal of Public Health has shown signs that tobacco company-sponsored anti-smoking ads may actually lead to an increase in teen smoking.
Brian Flay, a professor of Public Health at Oregon State University is one of nine researchers involved in the Wakefield study. A study done by Bridging the Gap, a research group based out of the Universities of Illinois at Chicago and
the Univeristy of Michigan to research the impact of tobacco company-sponsored advertisements on teens in the eighth, 10th and 12th grades for the past 10 years.
All three grades were ...