Decreasing smoking but increasing stigma? Anti-tobacco campaigns, public health, and cancer care Journal Article
| Authors: | Riley, K. E.; Ulrich, M. R.; Hamann, H. A.; Ostroff, J. S. |
| Article Title: | Decreasing smoking but increasing stigma? Anti-tobacco campaigns, public health, and cancer care |
| Abstract: | Public health researchers, mental health clinicians, philosophers, and medical ethicists have questioned whether the public health benefits of large-scale anti-tobacco campaigns are justified in light of the potential for exacerbating stigma toward patients diagnosed with lung cancer. Although there is strong evidence for the public health benefits of anti-tobacco campaigns, there is a growing appreciation for the need to better attend to the unintended consequence of lung cancer stigma. We argue that there is an ethical burden for creators of public health campaigns to consider lung cancer stigma in the development and dissemination of hard-hitting anti-tobacco campaigns. We also contend that health care professionals have an ethical responsibility to try to mitigate stigmatizing messages of public health campaigns with empathic patient-clinician communication during clinical encounters. © 2017 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. |
| Keywords: | neoplasm; neoplasms; psychology; smoking; health promotion; tobacco; advertising as topic; advertising; social stigma; humans; human; smoking prevention |
| Journal Title: | AMA Journal of Ethics |
| Volume: | 19 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| ISSN: | 2376-6980 |
| Publisher: | American Medical Association |
| Date Published: | 2017-05-01 |
| Start Page: | 475 |
| End Page: | 485 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.5.msoc1-1705 |
| PUBMED: | 28553905 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC5679230 |
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| Notes: | Article -- Export Date: 1 March 2018 -- Source: Scopus |
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