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Health Disparities and Behavior Change:
A Plea to Stop the Attack Ads

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Laura Newman

The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene takes on a poor, white, single-mom, smoker in a harsh black-and-white tv spot. An off-camera announcer essentially tells her to quit smoking or risk leaving her children without a parent. That’s the … Continue reading →

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