What is your opinion? why?
2007-01-19 02:04:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
ops.. my bad... Its the other way around..They banned cigarettes advertising and not alcohol...................sorry.........
2007-01-19 02:06:01 · update #1
Good question. I'm sorry I don't know the answer. After all the number of accidents caused by people smoking too much is very small compared to the number of accidents caused by people drinking too much.
2007-01-19 02:09:53 · answer #1 · answered by namsaev 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because they need someone to pay for the Olympics and other events.
What they should ban is the sale of anything with violence or sex in games, music, radio, tv, dvds, etc. to minors. Put a nice hefty fine on it. No smut on tv before 9 pm like it used to be...including the music stations that play all that trash...then maybe you will end up with half decent kids instead of institutions filled with crazies and drug addicts and criminals.
Smoking makes people sick and that's good for the pharma companies...booze kills innocents so no way the government would ever get away with promoting that in the mainstream...but they would if they could but they can't because the people have gathered and rallied and there is power in numbers and let's face it kids are usually the ones who fall for it all.
Cigarettes are not advertised on TV in Canada...Beer is but usually only on sporting events. You will note no one ever takes a drink from a bottle or glass however.
Both cigarettes and booze are low key in ads here.
2007-01-19 10:19:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly, i dont smoke-never have and never will. And i rarely drink anything alcohol related. But really, i dont see why they should ban either. I loved the old Spud Mckenzee beer commercials along with the Joe Camel advertising. Funny stuff!
2007-01-19 10:10:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it is the beer commercials that make even boring Super Bowls fun to watch.
2007-01-19 10:13:06 · answer #4 · answered by Captain Jack 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Selective contstitional rights is bad.....this slaps in the face of the 1st amendment.
2007-01-19 10:16:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Alcohol industry pay congress more than what the Cigarette industry does!
This sez it all!
2007-01-19 10:12:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
because it was a part of tobacco lawsuit settlement. too bad most the money states got for health care was misused.
2007-01-19 10:14:17 · answer #7 · answered by J Q Public 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FCC. Essentially unlimited power with no oversight. Does anything they do make sense?
2007-01-19 10:12:57 · answer #8 · answered by bequalming 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. They probably should. They could guise it as a way to help prevent youth drinking.
2007-01-19 10:09:21 · answer #9 · answered by JB 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋