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The best way to do it is to ban advertising. Banning ads for tobacco has been effective. We don’t need to criminalize vice. Just don’t allow advertising for vi
by Apreche 3y ago
The best way to do it is to ban advertising.
Banning ads for tobacco has been effective.
We don’t need to criminalize vice. Just don’t allow advertising for vice.
- ceejayoz 3y agoWhile we're at it, ban it for prescription medications, too.
- AlecSchueler 3y agoIt's tough, though. Right now we see lots of alcohol advertising in the form of "Buy Heineken...0% ;) ;)" and in the case of tobacco we see shell companies like Mission Winnow set up to covertly advertise Marlboro during sporting events. There's also an increasing trend of guerrilla marketing for these brands, like popular posts on social media taking the form "Formula 1 cars never looked so good as they did in the old Marlboro liveries" which attract tonnes of comments like "this post makes me want to smoke."
- galangalalgol 3y agoDry January seems to be doing some good too. That is a charity independent from any religion afaict. I know multiple people who didn't start drinking again when February arrived. They weren't alcoholics, at least not in the classical sense, or that wouldn't have worked. But it almost certainly benefitted their health.