Majority Favors Ban on Tobacco Ads

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Whatever qualms they may have about Big Government, people in business are more strongly averse to Big Tobacco. So we can infer, at any rate, from the results of a poll conducted for AdweekMedia among members of LinkedIn.

Participants were asked whether, when it comes to marketing tobacco, the government should ban advertising altogether, regulate it more strictly or leave the rules as is. A majority, 56 percent, said they’d favor an outright ban on tobacco advertising — a step Congress has shown little if any sign of daring to take.

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