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Skybird · 07-12-06, 08:10 AM

Yes. A good thing maybe would be an age barrier. In Germany, beer and cigarettes are free at age 16, which is a bad joke, imo. Advertising psychologists know all to well that if they have not been successful in turning a poerson into an addictive by the age of around 20 years, after that the probablity that they ever can turn him into an addicitove falls by over 80%. The teenagers of age 12-20 are the most vulnerable ones, they are easy to influence and therefore they are under heavy fire from the advertisement industry. I personally would like to see it like in many US states, no alcohol and cigarettes under the age of 21, driving licence with 17 or 18, but no driving alone without parents before the age of 21 or 22. But that is impossible in Germany.

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,674 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Yes. A good thing maybe would be an age barrier. In Germany, beer and cigarettes are free at age 16, which is a bad joke, imo. Advertising psychologists know all to well that if they have not been successful in turning a poerson into an addictive by the age of around 20 years, after that the probablity that they ever can turn him into an addicitove falls by over 80%. The teenagers of age 12-20 are the most vulnerable ones, they are easy to influence and therefore they are under heavy fire from the advertisement industry. I personally would like to see it like in many US states, no alcohol and cigarettes under the age of 21, driving licence with 17 or 18, but no driving alone without parents before the age of 21 or 22. But that is impossible in Germany. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.