New FDA Anti-Smoking Campaign Encourages LGBT Teens To 'Keep Your Flawless'

For years now the Food and Drug Administration has been warning teens about the dangers of smoking cigarettes. A new ad campaign geared towards LGBT youth features drag queens and urges teens to persevere their “flawless.” Here and Now’s Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with John Carroll, Here & Now media analyst and professor of mass communication at Boston University.

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• John Carroll, Here & Now media analyst and professor of mass communication at Boston University. His blog is “Campaign Outsider” and he tweets @johncarroll_bu.

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