Posted: August 15, 2007
The more magazine ads smokers see for the nicotine patch and other quit-smoking aids, the more likely they are to try to quit smoking and be successful -- even without buying the products, finds a new Cornell study.
"We think that the reason may be that important 'spillover effects' from advertising may be occurring, which has important implications for advertising for a wide range of health products," said Alan Mathios, professor of policy analysis and management at Cornell and a co-author of the study.
In a radio interview, Mathios said some pretty outlandish things,including suggesting that government public health agencies sponsor pharma product DTC ads.
Read more about his and see exactly what Mathios said, today's post to Pharma Marketing Blog.
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