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

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

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.

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.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked 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

Timeline

18 May 2018	Petition opened for signatures
24 May 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 24 May 2018

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