“One would understand a ban on surrogate advertising, but to completely ban [smoking] is ridiculous, a joke taken too far.” TakenJokesRidiculousAdvertisingSmokingBansSurrogates Author:Mahesh Bhatt
“It used to be fashionable for authors to have their pictures taken with dogs, but the dogs always looked like models hired from an advertising agency, and probably were.” UsedTakenDogModelsAdvertisingUsed To BeAgencyFashionableAdvertising AgenciesPicture Taken Author:Robertson Davies
“I love the way the American trade magazines never give anybody a bad review because they're afraid the advertising will be taken out. It's so hysterical.” WayGivingTakenTradeAdvertisingMagazinesReviewsHystericalBad Reviews Author:Elton John
“As a culture, we've become upset by the tobacco companies advertising to children, but we sit idly by while the food companies do the very same thing. And we could make a claim that the toll taken on the public health by a poor diet rivals that taken by tobacco.” ChildrenCulturePoorCompanyTakenClaimsAdvertisingUpsetDietsRivalsTobaccoPublic HealthTolls Book:Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us Source: Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
“The scientific community, public health officials, and others have raised serious doubt about the steps taken to ensure the safety and efficacy of the herbal dietary supplements taken daily by millions of Americans, as part of a broader investigation, NYAG is reviewing the sufficiency of the measures manufacturers and retailers are taking to independently assess the validity of their representations and advertising in connection with the sale of herbal supplements.” CommunityStepsMillionsTakenDoubtSeriousHealthConnectionsSafetyRaisedAdvertisingOfficialsInvestigationRepresentationValidityPublic HealthSupplementsEfficacySufficiencyRetailers Author:Eric Schneiderman
“The entertainment industry, the advertising industry have taken [the] tools from the art world and made themselves much more politically potent. We are really devastated and very impotent right now. A photographer just working for an advertising company has a platform to be much more politically effective in the world than an artist.” WorldArtMadeArtistCompanyTakenIndustryRight NowToolsPhotographerEntertainmentAdvertisingPlatformsArt WorldDevastatedEntertainment IndustryAdvertising Industry Author:Jeff Koons
“In our modern society the image and mythic process has been taken over by corporations that directly control advertising and, indirectly, the entertainment industry. Powerful erotic images are used for the sole purpose of selling consumer products; the side effects of this commercialization have a profound impact on the sexual imagination and identity of vast numbers of people.” PeopleHas BeensUsedPurposeProcessSidesImaginationPowerfulNumbersTakenModernEffectsIdentityProductsIndustryImpactProfoundEntertainmentSellingAdvertisingConsumersCorporationsSoleEroticModern SocietyEntertainment IndustrySide EffectsCommercialization Author:Robert Lawlor