Tag: ftc
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The Ginny Jump Jacket and Sports Shorts will bring out the athlete in you This Virginia Slims ad came in the middle period of tobacco ad regulation — restrictions were just coming into place, including placement of the Surgeon General Warning, but subject matter was still pretty … well, misleading. Still, it had come a…
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Late-night television is awash in get-slim-quick schemes, and it’s hard to spend more than a few minutes online without being serenaded by “one weird trick” to reduce belly fat. We sort of know in the back of our minds that these pitches have something wrong with them, but what, exactly? The Federal Trade Commission has…