There was a story a few years ago about a girl scout who found that she could be incredibly successful by setting up shop outside marijuana stores. From one an

There was a story a few years ago about a girl scout who found that she could be incredibly successful by setting up shop outside marijuana stores. From one angle, this girl is giving the customer what they want. It's a win-win. From another angle, this girl is using psychological tricks to exploit her customers to convince them to buy eat high-fat high-sugar cookies. If it were easy to come up with a clear boundary between ethical and unethical advertising that most people agreed with, I believe we would do it. There has to be a more sensible way? Like what? If you were to put forth a recommendation it actually seemed like it could work, that would be something people could go forward with. Short of that, you're asking companies to not take advantage of legal methods that their competitors surely will take advantage of.