Are “Zynfluencers” the brand new Joe Camel? Joe was the cartoon mascot utilized by R.J. Reynolds to promote cigarettes within the Nineteen Nineties, till the federal government cracked down on advertising tobacco to youth. Today, in accordance to journalist Emily Dreyfuss, social media influencers are utilizing their platforms to push addictive and dangerous merchandise like Zyn, a nicotine pouch, to younger individuals. In a latest New York Times piece, Dreyfuss writes that influencer advertising to youngsters “falls right into a authorized and technical canyon so huge that the following era is being misplaced in it.” We’ll speak to Dreyfuss concerning the energy of influencers and what mother and father want to know.
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