Smoking and The Simpsons

Freeman, Becky

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02869.x

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To the Editor: The article by Eslick and Eslick1 caught my attention, as the sophisticated parodying of the tobacco industry on The Simpsons has been a much discussed topic among my tobacco-control colleagues.

School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.

Correspondence: bfreeman@health.usyd.edu.au

1. Eslick GD, Eslick MG. Smoking and The Simpsons. Med J Aust 2009; 190: 637-639. <MJA full text>
2. Freeman B, Chapman S. Tobacco promotion invades new media. Lancet Oncol 2007; 8: 973-974.
3. Wapedia. In the Name of the Grandfather. The Simpsons Season 20, Episode 14. 2009. http://wapedia.mobi/en/In_the_Name_of_the_Grandfather (accessed Jun 2009).

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