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Behavioral inoculation
Behavioral inoculation refers to Behavioral immunization, programs designed to inoculate people against adverse health habits by exposing them to mild versions of persuasive communications that try to engage them in a poor health practice and giving them techniques that they can use to respond effectively to these efforts.
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