> It isn't just that people knew about the health risks, there > was very targeted advertising towards teenagers and children > - colonizing the future y'know. At times the advertising > subtly discounted the health risks - e.g., showing smokers > engaging in "health" behaviors. Also tobacco and nicotine are > very addicting substances, with successful cessation rates
Another issue - certainly it's bad to target minors, but the whole "health" behaviour thing seems like BS to me. Beer commercials shows guys with super models. Can I sue them since drinking beer doesn't make me sexy to super models? Doesn't _all_ advertising try to make you feel that by using a product, you will be more sexy/smarter/etc? Doesn't a person with common intelligence know better? I refuse to believe the advertisers should have to "dumb down" their ads. This reminds me of the case where Pepsi said if you got something like 7 million Pepsi points you could buy a Harrier jet. Some guy brought suit against them since, somehow, he got the points. I think it was _more_ than obvious that the commercial was using the jet as a joke. -RC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
