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Dr. Cheryl Healton


Self Description

November 2002: Public health activist.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/27/business/yourmoney/27TOBA.html

Third-Party Descriptions

May 2007: Some critics were quick to assail the new policy as inadequate. “It’s an anemic response,” said Dr. Cheryl Healton, president of the American Legacy Foundation, which in recent years has led a drive to minimize exposure of young people to films that depict the habit without clearly showing its dangers.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/11/business/media/11smoking.html

Relationships

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Organization Head/Leader (past or present) American Legacy Foundation Organization

Articles and Resources

Date Fairness.com Resource Read it at:
May 11, 2007 Puffing Away That PG Rating

QUOTE: Under the new policy, a film’s rating will consider all tobacco use, rather than just teenage smoking, as in the past. But the board stopped short of guaranteeing that tobacco use would be considered as heavily as sex, violence or drug use in assigning a rating.

 New York Times
Oct 27, 2002 Cigarette Makers Take Anti-Smoking Ads Personally

QUOTE: Anti-smoking advocates and tobacco companies agree that the campaign has been highly effective. But while smoking-prevention groups say that such campaigns resonate, especially with teenagers, industry officials argue that in some cases they do little more than vilify cigarette companies and their employees.

 New York Times