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| Mon, 3rd Aug 2020 13:27:00 |
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Adverts for large polluting cars 'should be banned' |
A new campaign called "Badvertising" is demanding an immediate end to adverts for large polluting cars.
It says the government should clamp down on sports utility vehicle (SUV) car adverts in the way it curbed smoking ads.
In urban areas, big SUVs are a particular nuisance, they say. Their report found that 150,000 new cars on the road are too big for a standard UK street parking space.
Andrew Simms, one author, said: "We ended tobacco advertising when we understood the threat from smoking to public health.
"Now that we know the human health and climate damage done by car pollution, it’s time to stop adverts making the problem worse.
"There’s adverts, and then there’s badverts, promoting the biggest, worst emitting SUVs is like up-selling pollution, and we need to stop."
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