Re: Advertising to Kids (was Re: Science has a new Martyr)

[Doug Pensinger]

Jeffrey Miller wrote:
> 
> Doug Pensinger wrote:

> > I think it's time we limited the advertising of alcoholic beverages as well -
> > as was done with cigarettes many years ago.  The beer spots on TV for example,
> > are aimed directly at under age kids.
> 
> For the sake of argument - so what?
> 
> The insidiousness of advertising aside, instead of sheltering children
> and continuing to promote the morality of innocence, why not use it
> instead as an opportunity to teach children about advertising and
> choices?
> 

I'd go for that.  We're kind of doing that here in Ca. with the advertising
campaign against the tobacco industry (supported by a tobacco tax).  They've
even come down hard on Philip Morris's phony do-gooder ads.  Of course a
company like Anheuser Bush has a lot of dough to combat any efforts to
compromise their influence, but you could always raise alcohol taxes...

Doug