Smoking in Medical Dramas Sparks Reader Outcry
A Dear Ann Landers letter laments cigarette smoking scenes in a medical TV series as a hidden product placement. The columnist condemns the practice and urges viewers to write to producers and sponsors.
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 2001
Page
3
A Dear Ann Landers letter laments cigarette smoking scenes in a medical TV series as a hidden product placement. The columnist condemns the practice and urges viewers to write to producers and sponsors.
A letter responder defends human interaction by cashiers urging readers to consider staff as people not robots. Two cashiers share experiences of busy shifts and mixed customer behavior, noting that brief chats can improve tone. Readers are advised to greet kindly and to treat service staff with respect.
Dear Dr Donohue outlines that a 6.2 mEq/L potassium reading may be spuriously high from a shaken blood sample. Recommends repeating the test to confirm real elevation, then investigates causes such as medications, adrenal or kidney issues, with low potassium diet as interim step.
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