As the leaders of major advertising companies in the U.S. no doubt drive around in their gasoline-powered vehicles and fly in executive jets powered by fuel from oil and gas refineries, they have launched a growing campaign to compare fossil fuels to big tobacco.
OilPrice.com pointed out this week how activists are trying to rally the advertising industry against Big Oil. It worked against Big Tobacco and resulted in cigarette ads eventually being banned from TV and massive settlements with states such as Oklahoma.
Just as the Marlboro Man rode off into the sunset, could oil and gas ads do the same?
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