SLICK advertising campaigns by multi-national corporations are damaging to people's physical and mental health, according to a leading Scottish researcher.
SLICK advertising campaigns by multi-national corporations are damaging to people's physical and mental health, according to a leading Scottish researcher.
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Helen Puttick Health Correspondent
Professor Gerard Hastings, who advises governments on the power of marketing, calls in his new book for a crackdown on the way a wide spectrum of goods are promoted.
It is not just the impact of encouraging people to smoke, drink alcohol or eat high-calorie foods which concerns him.
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