Abstract:BackgroundThree major US tobacco companies were recently ordered to publish corrective statements intended to prevent and restrain further fraud about the health effects of smoking. The court-ordered statements began appearing in newspapers and on television (TV) in late 2017.ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to examine the social media dissemination of the tobacco corrective statements during the first 6 months of the implementation of the statements.MethodsWe conducted a descriptive content analysis o… Show more
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