Why Is It Taking So Long

[davebro]

after tobacco advertising was banned in the media to introduce similar bans for alcohol & gambling. Such things are seen as harmful and/or harmfully addictive so shouldn't their advertising come under the same strictures?

[dannyk13]

Advertising gambling is being looked into by the government.

[roadman]

its not about whats actually harmful and stuff its about what is socially acceptable the fact is smoking used to be socially acceptable and now its not

[barry1010]

Big difference between cigarettes and alcohol. One cigarette is harmful, one unit of alcohol isn't to the vast majority

[roadman]

one cigarette vs one unit isnt comparable compare a 20 pack of ciagrettes to a 20 pack of beer price wise thats similar

[Atheist]

I think it's a disgrace that gambling ads are allowed. But then again, I'm a nanny-state commie 5C woke left-wing fascist.
:-)

[JimF]

A left-wing fascist :-) Love it!

[Buenchico]

With gambling, the change has actually been in the opposite direction. Tobacco advertising was banned on TV in this country in 1965, with print adverts and billboard posters being banned in 2003. At that time it was illegal to advertise gambling. It only became legal to do so in 2007.

It could be argued though that using tobacco products is harmful to everyone who does so, whereas alcohol consumption and gambling are only harmful to a minority of people who enjoy those activities.

[douglas9401]

Wanna bet?

[Togo]

Ban car adverts, anything in fact that advertises a product that needs self control from the user.

//woke left-wing fascist.// and.

//A left-wing fascist :-) Love it!// but ... very but.

Not so funny if you are able minded. Hitler called the nazis socialists, well before the communists and trade unions adopted the proud handle.

//In political science and popular discourse, the horseshoe theory asserts that the far-left and the far-right, rather than being at opposite and opposing ends of a linear political continuum, closely resemble one another, analogous to the way that the opposite ends of a horseshoe are close together.//

https://thumbsnap.com/i/V9cSm1HN.jpg

[Togo]

The opposite ends of a horseshoe magnet also attract , not repel, each other.

[roadman]

alcohol can harm others around it same as gambling