Kids’ Food Ad Ban By Spring

Cabinet will detail draft regulations this spring to impose a billion-dollar ban on food advertising to children on TV and the internet, says a Department of Health briefing note. Regulations will still permit fast food ads on radio, billboards, movie theatre screens and sponsorships of minor sports leagues by restaurant chains: “Industry self-regulation is not enough to protect children.”

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