Advertising trade bodies united in distaste for 'junk food' TV and online ad ban: Brinsley Dresden comments for The Drum

27 July 2020

The UK government is planning a junk food TV – and now potentially online – advertising ban, blaming such ads for the ticking “time bomb” of obesity. Whether this move will improve public health remains hotly contested, but among the advertising trade bodies there is consensus. They hate it.