HLTHAGE 2L03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: White Trash, Sistrum
11 Apr 2018
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Pressure to remove smoking from lms and tv. From 1980"s rates of smoking dropped signi cantly, by 2/3. Health consequences known since 1950s even earlier. 1953, readers digest cancer by the cartoon". 1963, surgeons general report (made it clear that tobacco use is harmful) Adding of asbestos lters to, remove the dangerous stu . When advertising banned, coalition with other industries to present ban as. The tobacco industry framed this as the story of freedom. Oreskes and conway: merchant of donut : industry pours millions into research to dispute science: to argue. Inconclusiveness or distract from tobacco"s role in disease by highlighting other disease factors like stress. Builds networks of loyal experts for court cases: pr lms hired to promote the debate. Argue for balance in coverage. compare equal weight to both sides vs. Two sides giving their opinion and they don"t necessarily have equal weight.
