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Ten Motives e-cigarette ad banned after claims it appealed to children

on Oct 8, 2014 | 0 comments

By Natalie Mortimer

Ten Motives electronic cigarettes has been rapped by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after the watchdog received complaints that its advert was likely to appeal to children.

A leaflet created by Ten Motives gathered complaints after it used an image of an ice-cream with a flake replaced with an e-cigarette.

The company said the ad was intended to appeal to smokers and to inform them that flavours were available for electronic cigarettes as an alternative to the taste of tobacco; a fact it believed was little know.

Ten Motives added that the mailing was sent to a “focused demographic” of people who had Read full story ›

Source: The Drum