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From: rentsch@unc.UUCP (Tim Rentsch)
Newsgroups: net.med,net.legal
Subject: Re: AMA anti-smoking drive
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Date: Sun, 15-Dec-85 17:51:14 EST
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Summary: 


While we're on the subject, how about if all cigarette advertisement
(and chewing tobacco advertisement!) were simply made illegal?  If
people want to smoke, that's their business;  but if the tobacco
industry want other people to smoke, that's everyone's business.

My contention is that advertising is behavior modification, not
statement of views, and therefore is not protected under the bill of
rights.  In support for this, note that TV cigarette ads were
banned.  Why not just make it all tobacco ads?