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I think that the potential for vaping to lead to smoking in younger populations is perhaps the biggest issue here and advertising aimed towards this cohort should definitely be closely monitored and potentially banned in some instances.
However, I don't think that automatically means that all forms of advertising for vaping should be banned.
There could be an argument that football shirt sponsors reach a large cohort of children and young adults.
However, I don't necessarily think that companies target this particular demographic. And the types of companies who have their names on shirts would support that logic.

 

Nope. Been against them sponsoring our shirts since day 1.

 

I think in terms of shirt sponsorship, although they may not outwardly target those particular groups what it does in my opinion is normalise the product and the act of vaping - it isn't like cigarette products now, that have to declare 'smoking is highly addictive, don't start'. The same should be applied to vaping: nicotine is highly addictive, don't start vaping. It seems ironic that cigarette/tobacco advertisement has been largely censored and neutralised whilst the opposite has happened with the new, shiny, glamouress vape. An interesting read on the subject here: Ads for E-Cigarettes Today Hearken Back to the Banned Tricks of Big Tobacco | History | Smithsonian Magazine

 

Are you serious or just being mischievous with your comments on betting companies ? The current suicide rate of inveterate gamblers in UK is > 500 a year. Plus when you take into account that UK gamblers lose, not bet, actually lose £13 billion a year, the untold misery that causes to families is off the scale. Betting advertising and sponsorship should be banned, the same as tobacco.

 

I am not being mischievous at all, we all like a flutter, I do the post code lottery & some times the national lottery , I also do the cancer , nspcc & British Legion lotteries all for good causes but a form of gambling, I like a flutter on the fixed odds during the football season & do the super 6, so please do not chastise me , I am not a hypocrite & I will not call for a ban on gambling simply because I take part in it myself , I also enjoy a social drink but I am not going to call for the banning of carling sponsorship for example either ,although I know there are people who suffer with alcoholism which is an awful disease , unfortunately there are an awful lot of things that cause misery to families & I sympathise but there has to be other ways than shutting everything off .

 

You've convinced me that further attention needs to be paid to how these companies advertise their products. Particularly with regards to targeting young people. However, I'm still not fully convinced that shirt sponsorship is a key issue. I also think it's difficult to enforce the same regulations which are in place for tobacco smoking when there is a lack of evidence regarding the long term impacts of vaping on health. There's no doubt it's addictive so I guess the question is whether regulations should be in place for addictive products, if the product itself is likely to be harmless. Or whether the potential of these products to lead to increased tobacco smoking alone means products should carry warnings etc. Whilst also balancing that with the potential positive impact of e-cigs as a harm reduction strategy.

 

Sorry mate you are wide of the mark on a number of counts. I am not chastising you nor calling you a hypocrite. I am not calling for a ban on gambling. You won’t become a pathological gambler playing the National lottery, likely to commit suicide. You cannot make a corollary with social drinking and alcoholism linking the same with pathological gambling and suicide. My criticism is of betting companies shirt sponsorship, TV advertising and the irresponsibility of these companies allowing addicts to run up unpayable debts that lead to suicide and gross misery.