Bad Medicine?

  He was a licensed medical doctor and appeared on TV to relay health strategies for the new year, so his advice must be worthwhile.  One of his helpful hints had to do with the difficulty in administering medicine to children.  Kids don't like the taste of some liquids, so pills might be a better option.  And since kids often have difficulty in swallowing pills, the doctor's suggestion was to have them practice by swallowing a TicTac.  It just seems so wrong, on so many levels, doesn't it?