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IEA - Banning food adverts is nanny statism to the extreme
IEA reacts to Labour Party's call for a ban on food adverts
Commenting on the Labour Party’s promise to ban advertising of junk food before the 9pm watershed, Chris Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs said:
“Under this puritanical proposal, the majority of food adverts would be banned at Christmas time. Cheese, nuts and chocolates would be treated as X-rated items. Christmas puddings could not be shown before the watershed. This is the world the food fanatics want us to live in. Bah humbug, indeed.”
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For more on the nanny state, see IEA research here.
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