YP Letters: Time for a ban on all this talk of banning risks
I WRITE regarding calls for the banning of junk food ads and the imposition of a sugar tax (The Yorkshire Post, February 8).
However well-intentioned, they are, when it comes down to it, it is nonsense and no substitute for dietary education and proper parenting.
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Hide AdThat said, it isn’t principally TV ads or slack parenting which guide kids to eat and drink the wrong stuff.
It’s peer pressure from their friends which takes kids through the doors of junk food outlets.
No amount of ad banning or extra taxation will prevent this happening.
If the “ban it” brigade want to focus on something, how about outlawing ads from ambulance-chasing lawyers who cost the NHS a fortune? Money which should be spent on patient care is instead held in tuckaway accounts in case of lawsuits, whether justified or not.
Let’s get rid of ads for online betting and gaming, too.
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Hide AdThese prey upon the weak and drive families into debt through the pursuit of the chimera of a “big win”.
Adverts for cars should be banned, too – think of all the people killed on the road.
Isn’t banning things fun?