It’s baffling that TV ads for alcohol and cigarettes are illegal, but pharmaceuticals? That’s free speech!

brookst 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

TV ads for cigarettes are not legal in the US at least. And alcohol ads have a bunch of weird regulations like they can’t show people in the act of drinking (holding the booze is fine).

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johanneskanybal 13 hours ago | parent [-]

that's what illegal means.

	▲	_heimdall 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think you mean regulated. At best you could say ads showing people drinking alcohol are banned, but alcohol ads in general are regulated.

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tehwebguy 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Pretty sure the cigarette companies are stoked they can’t / don’t have to spend any money on TV ads

	▲	kevin_thibedeau 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Transport yourself back to the 60s when America was great and Fred Flintstone was hawking Winston's.