UK: No to junk food ads
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TO fight an obesity crisis, the British government plans to ban junk food advertisements on television before 9pm. Viewership figures show that 70 per cent of children&#39;s TV viewing takes place between 6pm and 9pm.
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Malaysia's health minister called Monday for a ban on fast-food commercials during children's television programmes to control rising obesity.
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The British government has won another battle in its war against cigarette smoking, with strict new limitations on advertising in commercial venues taking effect Tuesday.
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Despite rules banning the advertising of unhealthy food online, some brands are bending the rules, research suggests.
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King-size candy bars that have helped fuel Britain&#39;s expanding appetite and waistline will be phased out by some food companies, in compliance with an official campaign against obesity.
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LONDON, Dec. 17 â As regulators wage war on unhealthy diets, cholesterol in food is increasingly unpopular. But it may have found a new role in advertising.
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Ministers will order television companies this week to come up with a new set of rules to stop children being exposed to advertisements encouraging them to fill their stomachs
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No more bets please Google UK has extended its ban on adverts from gambling sites to include non-cash games and gambling tutorials.â¦
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Authority shows its WKD side The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a series of TV ads for "alcopops" WKD and Smirnoff Ice, citing "new rules and Guidance Notes" which came into force on 1 January 2005 "as a result of widespread concern about drinking behaviour among young people, including excessive or binge drinking and anti-social behaviour".â¦
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A ban on adverts for junk food during television programmes aimed at children under 16 comes into force.
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The European Union wants firms to stop advertising junk food to children and improve the labelling of products, the FT says.
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4pm: The UK's three biggest cinema chains have said they will not show an advertisement about Madeleine McCann in screenings of children's movies. By Mark Sweney
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British advertising authorities said on  Wednesday they have banned racy Trojan condom poster adverts  with the phrase "Come online & play the sex organ."
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Kraft Foods Inc. on Wednesday said it  would curb the advertising of its snack products to children  younger than 12 as part of plans to increase the visibility of  its more nutritious products.
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King-sized chocolate bars are to be taken off the shelves by Birmingham-based Cadbury&#39;s in a bid to tackle Britain&#39;s obesity crisis.
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New controls on tobacco advertising have come into effect, the latest step in a government campaign against smoking. Cigarette and tobacco advertising in shops, pubs and clubs will now be
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TORONTO (CP) - Education Minister Gerard Kennedy says he will ban junk food from vending machines in the province&#39;s elementary schools because not all school boards are doing it voluntarily.