Erickson Falls For Fake Pro-Masturbation “FDA” Flyer

Mediaite reports:

On Monday night, conservative pundit Erick Erickson tweeted out a flyer purporting to be part of The Real Cost, an anti-tobacco campaign developed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The top of flyer reads, “Pleasure yourself with Nicotine? Try masturbation instead!”

The flyer further says, “Masturbation is a safe and healthy alternative to vaping as a solution to relieve stress. Try it by yourself or with a friend.”

Indeed, the flyer is very much a gag. In February 2020, one mischievous high schooler in Missouri named Dylan Deering decided he would post a parody of a Real Cost flyer he had seen on the internet.

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A friend passed this along. These were hanging in the bathrooms at a local public school. “The Real Cost” is a project of the federal government. pic.twitter.com/KohRsORLx3

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) October 19, 2021