This paper uses changes in smoking behavior as an example of a highly successful dissemination
effort. It analyzes the nature of changes that have occurred and the dissemination activities that
contributed to those changes and then tries to draw out implications for educational disseminators. It argues that educational disseminators spend too much time disseminating techniques
and not enough time disseminating ideas.
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