Rejected petition Restrict the marketing and promotion of ‘skinny’ quick-fix, laxative products.

Social media is inundated with ‘skinny’ teas, with laxative ingredients. These companies are selling an unrealistic and damaging ideal to their audience. Products containing laxative ingredients have been proven to have serious medical consequences.

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Companies that sell these products should be forced to inform their customers of all possible side effects, and true reflections of the results, rather than promoting an image of a figure that was not created by using their products alone.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. There are already advertising rules for weight-loss and slimming products.

You can find out more here:

https://www.asa.org.uk/topic/Weight_and_slimming.html

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 18 May 2018
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