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Lung cancer victim’s deathbed image sends potent message
Los Angeles Times: For American smokers, her portrait is a glimpse of a future frightening to ponder and, for U.S. health officials, perhaps too powerful to foist on the public: an unsparing photograph of a
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Scary New Cigarette Labels Not Based in Psychology
Science: There’s no question that the nine new graphic cigarette warning labels designed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which will be on all cigarette packages sold in the United States starting in September
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Potatoes bad, nuts good for staying slim, Harvard study finds
The Washington Post: Everyone knows that people who chow down on french fries, chug soda and go heavy on red meat tend to pile on more pounds than those who stick to salads, fruits and
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FDA’s Graphic Cigarette Images: Will they work?
The Sacramento Bee: Can graphic images persuade people to make lasting changes to their behavior? The answer, according to psychological research, is probably not. Dr. Howard Leventhal, the Board of Governors Professor of Health Psychology
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FDA’s Graphic Cigarette Images: Will They Work?
Can graphic images persuade people to make lasting changes to their behavior? The answer, according to psychological research, is probably not. Howard Leventhal, the Board of Governors Professor of Health Psychology at Rutgers, agrees that
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Powerful, Intoxicated, Anonymous: The Paradox of the Disinhibited
A team of scientists proposes a model to explain how the diverse domains of power, alcohol intoxication and anonymity produce similarly paradoxical social behaviors.