Report: YouTube Promotes Smoking As Tobacco Industry Posts Without Restriction

According to recent medical research released this week, YouTube has become a stomping ground for the tobacco industry to promote smoking to young people. The research shows that YouTube is emerging as the perfect advertising channel for Big Tobacco, as it lacks restrictions found on television, newspapers and radio. The study says, “Tobacco companies stand to benefit greatly from the marketing potential of Web 2.0, without themselves being at significant risk of being implicated in violating any laws or advertising codes.”