Big Tobacco's anti-smoking ads begin after decade of delay
Story Date: 11/21/2017

 

Source: Matthew Perrone, WRAL, 11/21/17

Decades after they were banned from the airwaves, Big Tobacco companies return to prime-time television this weekend — but not by choice. Under court order, the tobacco industry for the first time will be forced to advertise the deadly, addictive effects of smoking, more than 11 years after a judge ruled that the companies had misled the public about the dangers of cigarettes.

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