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Public health strategies used against cigarettes could help reduce appeal of firearms, paper argues

Public health strategies that helped reduce cigarette smoking in the United States could provide a model for reducing the appeal and use of firearms, particularly handguns, according to a new paper from the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania.

Public health strategies used against cigarettes could help reduce appeal of firearms, paper argues
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Public health strategies that helped reduce cigarette smoking in the United States could provide a model for reducing the appeal and use of firearms, particularly handguns, according to a new paper from the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania.

Originally published at Phys.org

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