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Tobacco Ads Almost Banned! by Tomo 2006-11-19 12:55:59
At midnight tonight GMT (16:00 UF) tobacco advertising on billboards, magazines newspapers and the internet are banned in the UK.

Now all we need to do is get the tobacco companies to pay for the healthcare required for smokers, and everybody's happy.
(Except the tobbaco companies, but I never liked them anyway)

Full story at the BBC

[ Reply ]
  *ponders* by zona2003-02-13 01:56:47
    Well, there's only a limited number of brands by Tomo2003-02-13 02:23:54
    So we're going to get tobbaco spam now? (n/t) by mwq2003-02-13 02:37:15
  "Ministers believe the ban will save lives"? by Khaar2006-11-19 12:55:59
    I'm sorry, but that's a silly opinion. by Naruki2003-02-13 04:49:46
      True, but... by GreyArea2003-02-13 05:09:31
      Ads work against competition not as initiation. by Khaar2003-02-13 05:36:19
        Not true... by GreyArea2003-02-13 05:42:36
          True... by Khaar2003-02-13 05:48:20
            How on earth would you know? by Naruki2003-02-13 06:25:07
              Tobacco ads were banned few years ago here. by Khaar2003-02-13 06:37:59
                Prohibition failed. by Naruki2003-02-13 08:25:46
                  I know it's not the same. by Khaar2003-02-13 08:49:49
                    You're not completely correct. by Naruki2003-02-13 09:05:52
                      See the result of discussion? by Khaar2006-11-19 12:55:59
                        Nope. by Naruki2003-02-13 09:33:39
                          I said "compared to"! (n/t) by Khaar2003-02-13 09:49:04
                            You also said "negligible"! by Naruki2003-02-13 09:57:59
                Comment: by rapido752003-02-13 10:43:16
      I dunno about that... by rapido752003-02-13 10:40:06
        The ads were not immediately successful. by Naruki2003-02-13 12:14:48
          You just have to have the last word, don't you? by Khaar2003-02-13 12:31:46
            You have something intelligent to say... by Naruki2003-02-13 14:28:49
              OK, I'll try. by Khaar2003-02-13 15:20:26
                Bad try. by Naruki2003-02-13 18:42:30
  Well aren't you slow. :-Þ by Spisefisken2003-02-13 02:36:54
    We do have a Labour government, by Tomo2003-02-13 02:57:20
  Been baned in Aus for many years. by Dok2003-02-13 05:03:21
  Good thing too, just don't push it too far by nibbler2003-02-13 06:34:00
    Exactly... by rapido752003-02-13 10:31:45

 

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