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- From: ccdarg@dct.ac.uk (Alan Greig)
- Newsgroups: uk.misc
- Subject: Re: Subtle (i.e. obscure) cigarette adverts
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.124432.1544@dct.ac.uk>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 12:44:32 GMT
- References: <6787@m1.cs.man.ac.uk> <JC.92Nov19091603@mr-potter-t-crosser-i-dotter.fulcrum.co.uk>
- Organization: Dundee Institute of Technology
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- In article <JC.92Nov19091603@mr-potter-t-crosser-i-dotter.fulcrum.co.uk>, jc@fulcrum.co.uk (John Callingham) writes:
- > I don't know the names, but I believe that the tobacco companies are
- > trying to get round some advertising laws about not including brand
- > names in tobacco advertising.
-
- When the leave out the brand name they do this for its psych-hype effect.
- Not for legal reasons...
-
- I know I'm just terminally stupid but it took me years to work out the
- chainsaw/fabric ad - Silk Cut (geddit).
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