From: The Tobacco Files: What Big Tobacco Hid
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How can you spot when a company is trying to create 'fake doubt' about a product's safety?

Tobacco companies didn't try to prove cigarettes were safe; they just tried to make people think the science was undecided. Recognizing this tactic helps you see through modern marketing tricks.

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Look at a controversial product today and check if the critics are funded by the industry selling it.

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