Enamel Cigarette Sign

1966

Please settle a bet here.......................Just wondering if anyone knows what is the stance on old cigarette signs / Players Wills sign (for example) being displayed in a pub..............surely they are ok to display being such attractive signs & not considered 'advertising' when the brand is no longer available?

Del.Monte

1966 wrote: »

Please settle a bet here.......................Just wondering if anyone knows what is the stance on old cigarette signs / Players Wills sign (for example) being displayed in a pub..............surely they are ok to display being such attractive signs & not considered 'advertising' when the brand is no longer available?

I know that some years ago there was a panic over this and some pubs even removed their old enamel signs, but if it is against the law - which I doubt - it is not enforced.

whisky_galore

Heard from a pub owner in West Cork that some Health Board person with more time on her hands than sense went complaining about his ciggie signs and that she was going to report him (half the brands aren't even made anymore). Signs are still hanging up though.

Think the same may apply to the 'Guinness is good for you' with the Gilroy animals. If Guinness had an ad campaign like that now, it would be seen as encouraging children to take up drinking the black stuff with all those cartoon zoo animals.

Think common sense applies that all these signs are understood to be of historical interest only and not part of any company ad campaign if that company is still in business. Certainly tobacco companies are no longer able to release new ad material for quite a few years now and drinks company ads have to have that obligatory health warning.

1966

Thanks guys.......common sense approach needed to these