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Op-ed likens celebrity sports betting ads to tobacco ads
Original: Contributor: Celebrities who shill for sports betting are the modern Marlboro Men
A Los Angeles Times contributor argues that celebrities promoting sports betting platforms are playing the same role the Marlboro Man once played for cigarettes: glamorizing a harmful product for profit. The piece frames the booming, celebrity-fronted sports gambling industry as a public health concern, drawing a direct parallel to the era when tobacco advertising relied on iconic spokespeople to normalize smoking.
Why now: Concerns are growing over the rapid expansion of sports betting advertising and its use of famous faces to normalize gambling.
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- Contributor: Celebrities who shill for sports betting are the modern Marlboro Men · Los Angeles Times
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