Timeline for Why is there a disclaimer about not accepting money from tobacco companies at the end of movies?
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| Jan 29, 2019 at 8:56 | comment | added | Ed999 | @AndyT Yes, tobacco advertising is banned in the UK, on television. But this only means that a commercial tv channel can't sell advertising space to a cigarette company during the commercial break. It doesn't mean that the BBC can't show a Humphrey Bogart movie, just because Betty Bacall smokes in it! You aren't allowed to offer cigarettes for sale, so merely showing someone smoking does not count as advertising, because no sale of a product is involved. When characters smoke in old movies you usually don't know which brand of cigarette it is, so it doesn't even amount to product placement. | |
| Jan 19, 2017 at 10:01 | comment | added | AndyT | It is also important to know that tobacco advertising is illegal in some countries (definitely the UK, and if I remember correctly France too). Any movie with tobacco advertising would therefore not be able to be shown in these countries, unless the advertising was edited out. Film studios don't want to limit their revenue by not being able to show their films all over the world! | |
| Jan 19, 2017 at 7:50 | vote | accept | Pavel Janicek | ||
| Jan 18, 2017 at 20:49 | comment | added | coteyr | It's important to know that Tobacco companies did sponsor movies and did pay for product placement before the MSA. | |
| Jan 18, 2017 at 16:51 | history | edited | John | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Corrected some formatting and made clarifications
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| Jan 18, 2017 at 15:55 | comment | added | Chloe | It sounds like the tag at the bottom of your mattress - only existing due to bureaucrats. | |
| Jan 18, 2017 at 9:30 | history | answered | John | CC BY-SA 3.0 |