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Meanwhile the LPC oppose the bill while the CPC would work to amend it.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Flavored tobacco was literally marketed to children, to get them addicted to cigarettes from an early age. The "protect the children" arguments are often used to ban things that made no impact or even positive impact in children's lives (DnD, sexual equality). Or it's used to justify surveillance and overreach (porn bans and she verification laws)

These aren't equivalent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If anyone's claiming that any of these things is equivalent to another it isn't me, but marketing campaigns aimed at children (for tobacco and in general) are also something we'd be better off without.

[–] ebc 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Isn't that already illegal? As far as I remember, ad breaks during my morning cartoons were either for other shows on the network or Swiffer and laundry detergent.

[–] DerisionConsulting 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It is illegal, but kids get most content online now. So, although many countries have laws on the books against ads targeting children, it doesn't mean that they don't.

Juul got in trouble for doing this, using ads that were definitely not specifically targeting tweens/teens on websites for Seventeen magazine, cartoon network, and Nick jr.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/health/juul-vaping-lawsuit.html

Edit: correction on the websites