Health claims that contradict health authorities
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What triggers it
Claims that contradict health-authority guidance and risk serious harm: false vaccine safety claims, promoting harmful substances as cures (e.g. MMS, black salve), unproven cancer treatments in place of approved care, or denying that tobacco or nicotine are addictive or harmful.
What YouTube says
“Content that denies the addictive or harmful properties of nicotine and tobacco.”
We last checked this against YouTube's page on .
How to fix it
Remove cure or guaranteed-treatment claims, add health-authority context, and present personal experience as personal.
Good to know
Look for 'cure', 'doctors don't want you to know', 'chemo never works', juicing or diet instead of cancer treatment, MMS or black salve, and vaccine claims (causes autism, infertility, contains trackers, alters DNA).
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