Pediatricians Propose Stricter Limits on Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Drug Ads

By Jennifer Warner

"In a new policy statement, the American Academy of Pediatrics is calling for the government to ban all tobacco advertising accessible to children and to limit alcohol and other drug ads on television, online, and in other media."

"'It is time to eliminate all tobacco advertising and to decrease greatly the depiction of smoking in mainstream media,' write researcher Victor C. Strasburger, MD, and colleagues in Pediatrics. 'Although parents, schools, and the federal government are trying to get children and teenagers to 'just say no' to drugs, more than $25 billion worth of cigarette, alcohol, and prescription drug advertising is effectively working to get them to 'just say yes' to smoking, drinking, and other drugs.' ..."

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