Boob Job Ad Banned

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Well everyone else has written about this so we might as well too. The Advertising Standards Authority, a UK-based entity that will ban ads even if they get as little as a couple of complaints. This time around, panties are in a bunch over a cosmetic surgery ad that promotes bobs jobs. The ad, which looks very much like the cover of Cosmopolitan, takes the form of a bus shelter and reads “Cosmetic” across the top.

Other text call outs include “Boob Jobs,” Same Day Surgery,” “get more, pay less” and “more affordable than you may think.” A model with substantial breasts graces the cover as well.

The ASA has taken issue with the ad because it makes light of cosmetic surgery and targets young women. The ASA said the ad’s image of “the woman with large breasts and a top which accentuated that conveyed the message that breast surgery was a straightforward, risk-free lifestyle decision” and that the ad did not promote the procedure “in a sufficiently responsible manner.”

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