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immoral but not really false advertising?
I just heard a commerical on the radio advertizing a tanning salon. In the commercial in goes in depth how tanning provides you with vitamin d and how that is good for you (elaborates on calcium and muscle production). Now I know it's true Vitamin D is a vital nutiriant best gotten from the sun...like 10 minutes of non tanning bed strength exposure. Basically if you walk outside ever in the day your covered. Anyhow they make it sound like tanning is healthy and completely ignore the other dangers. It's like when freaking sodas or gummy bears advertize Fat Free! It really burns me, its just not fair and its duping the poor public who might not know better. I'm positive if Marlboro came out with "smoking helps cure child hood obesity" they'd be sued so fast they couldn't see straight...but I don't see how its any different. What is the legality of this?
Welcome to the wonderful world of advertising!
Technically speaking, gummy bears are fat-free, and therefore can be advertised as such.
Tanning booths do provide vitamin D, and therefore technically can be branded as providing those nutrients.
Morals, unfortunately are relative to the person making the advertising decision, and therefore advertising such as this exists.
Could you imagine a world where the person creating the advertising has to believe 100% in their product or service before they're willing to create an ad? For one thing, we would be bombarded with far less materials.
I have been asked over the course of my career to provide advertising services to companies I didn't exactly believe in and it's always been a judgement call on if I want to be a part of it... versus the money spent. I'm proud to say that I usually choose to advertise those things I believe in.
The tobacco industry has been faced with many lawsuits because their products actually kill people. They've been banned from marketing to children, and this was a special case. Should the tanning bed and company decide to market to children and provide outrageous claims then they would be subject to the same litigation. At the moment, the tanning that company is merely putting a positive spin on their product.
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