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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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