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

• brookst 1y ago
  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).
  • johanneskanybal 1y ago
    that's what illegal means.
    • _heimdall 1y ago
      I think you mean regulated. At best you could say ads showing people drinking alcohol are banned, but alcohol ads in general are regulated.
• tehwebguy 1y ago
  Pretty sure the cigarette companies are stoked they can’t / don’t have to spend any money on TV ads
  • kevin_thibedeau 1y ago
    Transport yourself back to the 60s when America was great and Fred Flintstone was hawking Winston's.