{"id":19505,"date":"2025-07-22T07:38:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T05:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/22\/smoking-avatars-and-online-games-how-big-tobacco-targets-young-people-in-the-metaverse\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T07:38:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T05:38:17","slug":"smoking-avatars-and-online-games-how-big-tobacco-targets-young-people-in-the-metaverse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/22\/smoking-avatars-and-online-games-how-big-tobacco-targets-young-people-in-the-metaverse\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoking avatars and online games: how big tobacco targets young people in the metaverse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cigarettes and vapes are being smuggled into virtual spaces beyond the reach of regulation, creating a new battleground for health campaigners<\/p>\n

In the image, a group of friends is standing in a bar, smoke winding upwards from the cigarettes in their hands. More lie in an open packet on the table between them. This is not a photograph taken before smoking bans, but a picture shared on social media of a gathering in the metaverse.<\/p>\n

Virtual online spaces are becoming a new marketing battleground as tobacco and alcohol promoters target young people without any legislative consequences.<\/p>\n

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\nCigarettes and vapes are being smuggled into virtual spaces beyond the reach of regulation, creating a new battleground for health campaigners
\nIn the image, a group of friends is standing in a bar, smoke winding upwards from the cigarettes in their hands. More lie in an open packet on the table between them. This is not a photograph taken before smoking bans, but a picture shared on social media of a gathering in the metaverse.
\nVirtual online spaces are becoming a new marketing battleground as tobacco and alcohol promoters target young people without any legislative consequences. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cigarettes and vapes are being smuggled into virtual spaces beyond the reach of regulation, creating a new battleground for health campaigners In the image, a group of friends is standing in a bar, smoke winding upwards from the cigarettes in their hands. More lie in an open packet on the table between them. This is …<\/p>\n

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