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Tobacco Control Rhetoric Poll Winner Announced

Posted on December 20, 2010December 20, 2010 by BMJ

James Watson (also known as jwatso or Junican) won the TC website poll for best ideas for new ways to talk about tobacco control with 77% of the vote. Some of Mr. Watson’s colleagues on several pro-tobacco blogs may have helped push his good idea over the top, but this provides even more convincing evidence […]

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Word wars and tobacco control: choose the winner

Posted on October 27, 2010November 22, 2010 by BMJ

Ruth Malone challenged Tobacco Control readers and contributors to devise “ideas for new language weapons in the word wars “. Given how many of you responded, this is something people are definitely thinking about. Using the right language is a crucial strategy in tobacco control. Sometimes the right language happens by a happy accident, other […]

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Word wars and tobacco control

Posted on July 30, 2010October 27, 2010 by BMJ

UPDATE: A short-list of the best have now been selected – place your vote now!  Congratulations to the nominees and good luck! To help officially launch the Tobacco Control Blog, this month’s Editorial has also been posted to the blog and is ready for your comments. The aim of this blog is to stimulate debate, […]

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