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05-18-2007, 12:30 PM
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Angling in the Deep
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Anti-Smoking Ads Stir Up Controversy
One of the best ads I've ever seen!!
 --------------------------------------------------------- "Hooked" anti-smoking ads spark record complaints Wed May 16 LONDON (Reuters) - British Government anti-smoking posters featuring men and women with fish hooks through their mouths attracted one of the highest numbers of complaints the advertising standards watchdog has ever received.  An image from British government anti-smoking posters featuring men and women with fish hooks through their mouths. The ads attracted one of the highest numbers of complaints the advertising standards watchdog has ever received. (NHS/Handout/Reuters) Nearly 800 complaints were made about a series of poster, TV, newspaper and Internet adverts which many felt were offensive and distressing, particularly to children. It was the highest number of complaints received by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) since a KFC advert in June 2005 which featured people singing with their mouths full, which notched up the highest ever number with 1,671. The Department of Health had commissioned the anti-smoking adverts in an attempt to shock smokers into breaking the habit. "The average smoker needs over five thousand cigarettes a year. Get unhooked," the posters read. The government said it believed people would not be seriously offended by the adverts, particularly because they aimed to protect people from the damaging effects of smoking. It had taken measures to ensure the posters would not be placed near schools. Nevertheless, 152 people said the posters had upset their children. The ASA upheld those complaints, saying the posters could easily be seen by children. It did not however consider the adverts breached its decency code. CONT, Last edited by Bronco_Beerslug; 05-18-2007 at 12:32 PM.. |
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05-18-2007, 12:34 PM
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Great ad.
Maybe the truth hurts and that will help some people quit. |
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05-18-2007, 01:15 PM
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If kids associate cigarettes with hooks in their mouths, that's a good thing...
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05-18-2007, 01:19 PM
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if only smoking wasn't so nasty I'd wear a "smoking is not a crime" t-shirt. like the skateboarding one.
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05-18-2007, 01:20 PM
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05-18-2007, 02:08 PM
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05-18-2007, 04:57 PM
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I wonder if BB would agree with posters accurately depicting the results of abortion...
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05-18-2007, 09:34 PM
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coat hanger, like many did before abortion became legal. |
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05-18-2007, 10:24 PM
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Don't get your knickers in a twist, Bronco Bob. I'm as pro-choice as they come, but I don't delude myself into thinking an abortion has no more impact than getting rid of a hangnail.
That said, I was just trying to rile ol' Beerslug. It's been awhile... |
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05-18-2007, 11:11 PM
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Who designed those smoking ads anyways? Clean?? |
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05-19-2007, 01:53 AM
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