Symposium on Commercial Speech and Public Health

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Jonathan H. Adler

Case Western Reserve University School of Law; PERC - Property and Environment Research Center

Date Written: 2011

Abstract

Americans have access to more health-related information today than ever before. Consumers are bombarded with medical messages and flooded with health-based claims. Television and magazine advertisements inform consumers about everything from insomnia and erectile dysfunction to the importance of dietary fiber and the allegedly wondrous properties of pomegranates. Product labels and promotions provide more food for thought about fat, sodium, and carbohydrates; nutritional supplement makers further supplement consumer nutritional information. Were that not enough, the internet provides access to still more data (and opinion), much of it of questionable provenance and reliability.

Keywords: Consumer Protection, Health-related Information

Suggested Citation

Adler, Jonathan H., Symposium on Commercial Speech and Public Health (2011). Case Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2011, 21 Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine 1 (2011), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3651380

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