February 22, 2012 4:25pm by David Farrar

All this publicity for a study of 13 people!

I blogged yesterday about a study that concluded fewer people would take up smoking socially if smoke-free rules extended to areas outside bars. It was based on a massive 13 interviews.

I wondered how many media outlets reported this study, and how many used their judgement that there is nothing newsworthy in a study of 13 people that purports to reach conclusions that are applicable over the entire population.

Well the answer is depressing. This is a list of media outlets that gave near uncritical coverage to this study of 13 people.