adverts to be banned

AKA

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Sugar as bad as alcohol and tobacco?

Next we'll have the police breathalysing us for ice cream and it being banned in public places for fear of secondary ice cream inhalation

I think it fits with the idea of Mum being 'magic' If Mum regularly bought ice creams the child wouldn't regard it as 'magic'.

Danger here of losing sense of perspective, seeing a child with an ice cream is not going to make everyone rush out to buy one and subsequently become obese, any more than seeing a black horse running (Lloyds Bank) is going to make everyone rush out to book riding lessons.

You can' t take ice cream away from kids!

I can think of many adverts I find either distasteful, annoying and/or promoting things I disagree with!

I am less upset by the image of a child having a 'treat' than the adverts for sugar laden brakfast cereals!

No

I'm sure her mum is very proud of her but I'd rather ban yucky child actors.

Doesn't everyone love a 99 flake?

I agree with you jocelyne
I think sugar is at least as harmful as alcohol,and possibly even tobacco, and we wouldn't encourage children smoke and drink.
Just my personal view of course.

quite a nice story behind it too

is it this one?

I think it's very sweet.

....and they interrupt the programmes so noone has a concentration span of more than 15 minutes.

I hate all ads......manipulations to make you want what you didn't want before.....consumption has to grow, or the system will collapse!

If I was banning anything, it'd be those adverts for gambling that come on during any sports type tv show. And, even gambling adverts that come on at any time.