Tobacco Companies May Have Found Advertising Loophole
August 27, 2010 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Current Events, Featured, Nutri-Life
A new study published in the Tobacco Control journal suggests that the major tobacco companies are getting around the rules barring advertising to kids on television by tapping YouTube.
Cigarette manufacturing at the Philip Morris USA Manufacturing Center in Richmond, VA
Though the five major cigarette makers deny it, some suggest there are videos on YouTube with product placement-style promotions of certain brands, according to The Los Angeles Times. The companies deny this allegation but some say many videos appear professionally made and even use songs and images the companies own the rights to.
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