The court struck down a rule barring the use of color and graphics in tobacco advertising
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The ad then cuts to a model smoking a Virginia Slim, while modern background vocals tell women theyve Come a long, way, baby! The model was Veronica Hamel, who would later be nominated five times for Emmy Awards in the police drama series Hill Street Blues. The loss of tobacco ads nearly all of which were 60 seconds long pushed TV executives to sell more of the cheaper 30- and 15-second ads
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Smoking scenes are still common in a THIRD of prime time TV programmes despite strict regulations to protect children, finds study A total of 611 programmes, 909 adverts and 211 trailers were analysed for study Channel 5 was the channel with most tobacco content, while BBC2 had the least Continued presence thrives despite guidelines by UK's media regulator, OfCom Experts believe it's likely to be a significant driver of smoking uptake amid youth See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Smoking remains common on UK prime-time TV despite strict broadcasting regulations designed to protect children from its glamorisation