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This could be the equivalent to price fixing, which is not productive and makes the whole system operate less efficiently, generally resulting in the opposite of what you want. Just because you don't like something doesn't mean you can just force it to go away by law.
> Just because you don't like something doesn't mean you can just force it to go away by law. Of course you can. See tobacco industry. My country made it illegal for them to advertise their product and to openly smoke in public spaces, imposed taxes to make it more expensive for consumers and also required them to add shocking images to the packs to remind people of the consequences. It was incredibly successful, ver…
I didn't realize cars and planes run on tobacco advertisements. Obviously certain things are not necessary and can be removed.