Talk:A Frank Statement

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The A Frank Statement article is rated as a start class article; thus, if I were to work on this article, the first subject I would elaborate on is the strategy behind the advertisement and how tobacco companies were trying to install doubt in the public regarding the health effects of cigarettes. The article gives a brief summary of the history and the science that prompted the Frank Statement, but fails to describe how significantly this affected the public's opinions and how calculated the tobacco companies' response was. I would like to add more details in the "Historical Context" section to show how the public's views on the health effects of smoking shifted as more and more science piled up. I would also like to add a section on the tobacco companies' use of social engineering to foster doubt despite the mounting scientific evidence, and the role that the Frank Statement played in the tobacco companies' plan. The article does not discuss the aftermath of the Frank Statements as it ends after discussing the promises that the advertisement made; thus, I would add a section on the impact of the Frank Statement.

Bibliography for A Frank Statement (in addition to the references already used in the article) http://www.who.int/tobacco/media/en/TobaccoExplained.pdf http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft8489p25j&chunk.id=d0e1246 Bates 1. Rowell 2., Clive 1. Andy 2. "Tobacco Explained" (PDF). World Health Organization. Kluger, Richard (1996). Ashes to Ashes: America's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0375700361. "The Cigarette Papers". publishing.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2017-10-24. Brownell, Kelly D.; Warner, Kenneth E. (2009-03-01). "The Perils of Ignoring History: Big Tobacco Played Dirty and Millions Died. How Similar Is Big Food?". Milbank Quarterly. 87 (1): 259–294. ISSN 1468-0009. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0009.2009.00555.x. Eqw55 (talk) 02:45, 24 October 2017 (UTC) Eqw55 (talk) 02:27, 24 October 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eqw55 (talk • contribs) 02:23, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

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