The great divide on what to do about e-cigarettes is only growing wider.
  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    44·
    1 year ago

    All advertising for all tobacco products should be banned, including of course the product placement bullshit.

    Same with other addictive and/or harmful products.

    Is advertising for addictive and/or harmful products really that much worse than advertising for products in general? Think about it.

    (You might be predisposed to read the above as a defense of advertising, but it’s quite the opposite.)

    • markr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      I agree that advertising is in itself part of the overall cultural problem of the system. However that doesn’t mean the specific forms or contents of advertisements aren’t more problematic than others.

    • Lmaydev@programming.devEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I think so. Every time is see someone smoke on TV I instantly want one. I imagine it’s very similar for people with gambling addiction.

      Really you shouldn’t be allowed to sell anything that is physically addictive. The consumer isn’t choosing to buy it, they are compelled to.