Brains Matter Episode 102 - The Psychology of Tobacco Advertising

In this episode, I talk to Dr Owen Carter, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer Control at Curtin University, on the topic of tobacco advertising.

- What were the techniques used by tobacco companies in their advertising?
- Does tobacco advertising actually affect smokers?
- What is the effect of tobacco advertising on non-smokers?
- What kind of effects have been discovered?
- Have the impacts on children been considered?
- What is being done to combat these psychological effects?
- What studies have been done to help us understand the situation?
- What legislation has been implemented based on these studies?

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Brains Matter is a podcast out of Australia, which features stories on science, curiosities and general knowledge. It also features interviews with various experts in science and other interesting areas.

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