[temporallobe]

It’s baffling that TV ads for alcohol and cigarettes are illegal, but pharmaceuticals? That’s free speech!

[brookst]

TV ads for cigarettes are not legal in the US at least. And alcohol ads have a bunch of weird regulations like they can’t show people in the act of drinking (holding the booze is fine).

[johanneskanybal]

that's what illegal means.

[_heimdall]

I think you mean regulated. At best you could say ads showing people drinking alcohol are banned, but alcohol ads in general are regulated.

[tehwebguy]

Pretty sure the cigarette companies are stoked they can’t / don’t have to spend any money on TV ads

[kevin_thibedeau]

Transport yourself back to the 60s when America was great and Fred Flintstone was hawking Winston's.