The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #11926   Message #91016
Posted By: Peter T.
30-Jun-99 - 10:31 AM
Thread Name: Thought for the Day (June 30)
Subject: Thought for the Day (June 30)
"Smoking may not be portrayed as health-promoting or harmless."

"Images that create the impression that smoking is a sign of masculinity are barred."

"Tobacco advertising may not be directed at sportsmen."

"Advertising for tobacco products may not be conducted in films, using billboards or posters, at sports fields and racetracks...in or on public transportation."

Code of Advertising Practice for Tobacco Companies, Nazi Germany (Reichgesundheitsfuhrer, Dr. Leonardo Conti).
[excerpted from The Nazi War on Cancer, Robert N. Proctor, 1999).

Yours, Peter T. (non-smoker, non-Nazi!)