We Banned Cigarette Ads, Should We Ban Car Ads Too?

摘要

This recent editorial written by an environmental educator, Arwen Birch for www.smh.com.au compares the health risks around driving to those caused by smoking. Do you think this type of media is beneficial for our industry, by helping to promote cars as a luxury and limit road trauma or negative, because its reducing advertisement and demoting daily use? A ban on car advertising may seem far-fetched, but if you compare the automotive and the tobacco industries, the similarities may be closer than you think. Smoking and car use have comparable health costs, yet while we have the strictest tobacco promotion laws in the world, we allow car companies to promote themselves unbridled.