Mark Dolliver's Takes: Favoring a D-T-C Moratorium

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Proposals are rattling around in Congress to impose a waiting period of two or three years before a new prescription drug can initiate direct-to-consumer ads. TNS Healthcare polling finds significant public support for such a measure. Forty-four percent of adults favor “a moratorium of some length”; just 9 percent oppose it, with the rest unsure either way. Respondents were also asked how much they agree (on a scale of 1 to 5) with some views about prescription-drug ads.

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