Do sexually suggestive ads work more than grabbing attention?

BUSINESS. .

# China's broadcasting watchdog has banned all sexually suggestive advertising on radio and television arguing the these mislead consumers, harm public health, are socially corrupting and morally depraving, and directly discredit the radio and TV industry.

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# Mainstream advertising across the media has grown more sexually suggestive. A total of 1,466 ads involving two billion Yuan (267 million U.S. dollars) have been removed since August, statistics from the China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) showed.

# Sexually suggestive ads make some parents uneasy and others angry about what they consider inappropriate material, still others consider this material to be completely harmless, or they aren't offended by how it depicts women.

# UK's Chartered Institute of Marketing, a couple of years ago found in a survey of 1,000 people, aged 15 and older, that only six per cent enjoyed, or were influenced by sexual images in ads.

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