Is Britain going into an ad-banning frenzy?

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Britain’s Telegraph newspaper has taken a fascinating look at the increasingly tough task of advertising just about anything in the U.K.  I recently wrote about the nation’s ban on advertising formula for newborns, along with the effort to block ads for every type of formula. Then there’s the relatively new ban on advertising junk food to kids under 16, which shows how big a bullet our corporations dodged with their voluntary guidelines. (Tellingly, British children’s programming is expected to take a huge hit by the end of the year.)

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