YP Letters: Time for a ban on all this talk of banning risks

From: Hugh Rogers, Messingham Road, Ashby.
A pile of cheeseburgers and french fries, as three-quarters of adults support a ban on junk food advertising before the 9pm TV watershed, according to a new poll.A pile of cheeseburgers and french fries, as three-quarters of adults support a ban on junk food advertising before the 9pm TV watershed, according to a new poll.
A pile of cheeseburgers and french fries, as three-quarters of adults support a ban on junk food advertising before the 9pm TV watershed, according to a new poll.

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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That 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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These 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?

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