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FDA targets LGBT youth in anti-smoking campaign
The $35.7 million campaign, which the FDA says is funded entirely by user fees collected from the tobacco industry, includes one of several videos placed on social media in which actors portray LGBT people – including drag queens – dancing in gay bars wh
May 3, 2016
Washington (DC) Blade
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May 3, 2016 13:50
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[California] VIDEO: ‘This Free Life’ Anti-Smoking Campaign Targets LGBT Young Adults
“We know LGBT young adults in this country are nearly twice as likely to use tobacco as other young adults,” said Mitch Zeller, J.D., director of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products in a press release. “We want LGBT young adults to know that there is n
May 2, 2016
Channel 2000 (KCBS) (Los Angeles, CA)
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May 2, 2016 19:13
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[Australia] VIDEO: WATCH: Smoke free, still fierce
Whilst LBQ women are aware of the risk factors attached to smoking, they continue to smoke at a rate double that of their heterosexual counterparts. ACON is hoping to change all that with a new groundbreaking tobacco reduction campaign, #SmokeFreeStillFi
May 2, 2016
Gay News Network (au)
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May 2, 2016 15:29
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FDA effort aims to curb smoking in LGBT community
FDA officials attribute the higher smoking rate in the LGBT community to the "coming out" process...Tobacco companies are footing the bill for the campaign through fees charged under a 2009 law that created the FDA's tobacco regulation program.
May 2, 2016
AP - Associated Press
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May 2, 2016 15:14
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This Free Life Campaign
“This Free Life” is FDA’s public education campaign designed to prevent and reduce tobacco use among LGBT young adults who use tobacco occasionally. Through the use of authentic and credible messages from tobacco-free members of the LGBT community, the c
May 2, 2016
FDA - Food and Drug Administration
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May 2, 2016 14:15
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FDA launches public education campaign to prevent and reduce tobacco use among LGBT young adults
The “This Free Life” campaign is designed to specifically reach the occasional or “social” smokers in the LGBT community... “‘This Free Life’ is designed to challenge the perception that tobacco use is a necessary part of LGBT culture,” said Richard Wolit
May 2, 2016
FDA - Food and Drug Administration
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May 2, 2016 14:11
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Michigan LGBT Community Centers Offer 2016 Smoking Cessation Programs
LGBT community centers across the state have teamed up to provide a multitude of programs and cessation techniques to help smokers quit. Tobacco consumption is responsible for nearly 480,000 deaths annually in the United States, nearly 10 percent of whic
Apr 13, 2016
Pride Source Media Group (Livonia, MI)
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Apr 13, 2016 23:41
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Conspiracy Theory Or Marketing? Why Tobacco Companies Spent So Much On AIDS Research
A new paper claims the historical involvement of tobacco companies during the early days of the response to the AIDS epidemic was just a cynical marketing ploy to distract the public from the dangers of smoking.
Apr 11, 2016
Science 2.0
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Apr 11, 2016 17:45
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‘Public enemy no. 1’: Tobacco industry funding for the AIDS response [FREE FULL TEXT]
This article analyzes the history of tobacco industry funding for the AIDS response – a largely ignored aspect of private donor involvement...This raises questions, which this paper seeks to answer, about if donations by tobacco companies to AIDS organiz
Apr 6, 2016
Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS: An Open Access Journal
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Apr 8, 2016 17:49
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[Africa, Canada, USA] Big Tobacco sought to enhance own image by fighting AIDS, study says
While such practices continue in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, AIDS groups elsewhere have disavowed tobacco funding — one HIV advocate calling the former financial links a “pact with the devil,” the paper notes. The authors say that should be an example f
Apr 7, 2016
National Post (ca)
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Apr 8, 2016 17:43