A study published this week in the health journal Tobacco Control reveals scores of smartphone applications are promoting a pro-smoking message, from brands to games. Public-health researchers led by Nasser BinDihm at the University of Sydney in Australia say they found 107 tobacco-friendly apps in a trawl of the Apple App Store and Android Market. Some were programmes that allowed the user to simulate smoking or collect points for buying Marlboro cigarettes. ...Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Study Finds Shocking Pro-smoking Message Promoted by Smartphone Apps
A study published this week in the health journal Tobacco Control reveals scores of smartphone applications are promoting a pro-smoking message, from brands to games. Public-health researchers led by Nasser BinDihm at the University of Sydney in Australia say they found 107 tobacco-friendly apps in a trawl of the Apple App Store and Android Market. Some were programmes that allowed the user to simulate smoking or collect points for buying Marlboro cigarettes. ...
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