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June 5, 2008

Health warnings on car ads to be imposed

By colinc

The European Commission is considering imposing tobacco-style health warnings on car advertisements across media platforms, reports the Daily Telegraph.

Green activists, car makers and advertisers will be consulted today at a meeting in Brussels about the proposals which could see 20 per cent of ad space whether in magazines, posters and TV clips, devoted to information about C02 emmissions and fuel consumption.

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