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Anti-Smoking Ads, Funded By Big Tobacco, To Air

Thanks to a court order, commercials and print ads touting the negative effects of smoking — and paid for by three major tobacco companies — begin running on Sunday.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Here & Now media analyst John Carroll (@johncarroll_bu), author of the Campaign Outsider blog.

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