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

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 The FDA's new anti-smoking ad campaign is geared towards LGBT youth. (Kari Söderholm/Flickr)
The FDA's new anti-smoking ad campaign is geared towards LGBT youth. (Kari Söderholm/Flickr)

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 preserve 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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This segment aired on May 10, 2016.

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