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June 1999
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
194-99 Australian Therapeutic Supplies Pty Ltd
Australian Therapeutic Supplies - Four Seasons condoms - Statue of David
Dismissed Health Products 08/06/1999
February 2007
Case number Ad Standards description Determination Categorysort descending Media Determination date
6-07 Symbion Consumer
Symbion Consumer - Betadine - young girl holding cat by its neck under her arm "This might hurt. The antiseptic won't"
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Health Products Print 13/02/2007
July 2008
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223-08 Symbion Consumer
Symbion Consumer - Cenovis - woman eats unusual items
Dismissed Health Products 09/07/2008
222-08 GlaxoSmithKline Australia Pty Ltd
GlaxoSmithKline - Panadol - man goes diving with cold/flu
Dismissed Health Products 09/07/2008
April 2012
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0142-12 Big Night Recovery
An image of a man under the influence of alcohol, enjoying a night out with friends. The caption reads, “In 4 hours time he’ll be using a nail gun on a worksite” At the bottom right hand corner it says, "Thank God for...bignightrecovery.com.au" and there is an image of a bottle of Big Night Recovery tablets.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Health Products Print 11/04/2012
0141-12 Big Night Recovery
An image of a man under the influence of alcohol, enjoying a night out with friends. The caption reads, “In 5 hours time he’ll be pulling levers on a 20 tonne crane”. An image of a man under the influence of alcohol, enjoying a night out with friends. The caption reads, “In 4 hours time he’ll be using a nail gun on a worksite” An image of two men under the influence of alcohol, enjoying a night out with friends.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Health Products Outdoor 11/04/2012
October 2019
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0340-19 Repromed
This outdoor advertisement features a woman and baby sleeping with their faces near each other, and the text "You won't lose sleep over your decision (That'll come later)."
Dismissed Health Products Outdoor 23/10/2019
0342-19 PharmaCare
This television advertisement depicts a woman (Liesel Jones) speaking to the camera about starting Fatblaster.
Dismissed Health Products TV - Free to Air 23/10/2019
November 2001
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286-01 3M Aust Pty Ltd
3M - Nexcare Tattoo Bandages - boys and dinosaurs
Dismissed Health Products Print 13/11/2001
June 2001
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141-01 Australian Therapeutic Supplies Pty Ltd
Australian Therapeutic Supplies - Four Seasons condoms - '1 brand, 2 sexes, 3 sizes'
Dismissed Health Products Outdoor 12/06/2001
June 2007
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165-07 Reckitt Benckiser (Aust) Pty Ltd
Reckitt Benckiser - Nurofen - woman acrobatically negotiating laser beams in museum takes Nurofen to relieve pain and stress
Dismissed Health Products 12/06/2007
November 2003
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374-03 Dr Daniel Fleming
Dr Daniel Fleming - Breast Implants - Before and After pictures with nipples showing.
Dismissed Health Products Print 11/11/2003
February 2001
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19-01 Boots Healthcare Australia Pty Ltd
Boots - UV Triplegard Sunscreen
Dismissed Health Products 13/02/2001
8-01 Hagemeyer Lifesyle Brands (Aust) Pty Ltd
Hagemeyer Lifestyle - Polaroid - female streaker
Dismissed Health Products 13/02/2001
March 2006
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60-06 Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd
Pfizer - Diflucan One - vaginal thrush tablets - woman in front of TV crew says she is going to treat herself for vaginal thrush right here on TV in front of the audience
Dismissed Health Products 14/03/2006
November 2012
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0419-12 Natural Health Specialists
Two full colour A4 size brochures with text and pictures. Images included naked men and women. Advertising was for Sex magnet - magnetic chip.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Health Products Mail 14/11/2012
December 2012
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0478-12 Breast.com
There are 2 empty bras floating around the TV screen with female voices discussing breast enlargement.
Dismissed Health Products 12/12/2012
October 2020
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0315-20 Cosmetique
This transport advertisement features an image of a woman in a pink bikini top. Text covering her face states "Breast augmentation from $5999 all inclusive!". Text covering her torso states "Put your job seeker to bigger use".
Dismissed Health Products Transport 21/10/2020
November 2000
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319-00 Rozner Mr Leo
Rozner Mr Leo - plastic surgeon
Dismissed Health Products Print 14/11/2000
September 2015
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0346-15 Chemist Warehouse
The promotional material shows a man with his arm around a boy & in his other hand is a tobacco pipe. "Smell like a sir" suggests to me that smoking a pipe is 'sophisticated .
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Health Products Promotional Material 09/09/2015
November 2008
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465-08 Advanced Medical Institute
AMI - Prostate Health Clinic - Are you getting up several times a night.
Dismissed Health Products 26/11/2008
August 2001
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205-01 GlaxoSmithKline Australia Pty Ltd
GlaxoSmithKline - Panadol Gel Tabs - 'and you can drop 3 dress sizes in just two weeks!'
Dismissed Health Products Print 14/08/2001
October 2002
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240-02 GlaxoSmithKline Australia Pty Ltd
GlaxoSmithKline - Beconase for hay fever - animated woman riding bicycle without helmet.
Dismissed Health Products 08/10/2002
May 2010
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0173-10 Brindabella Hearing
A man is watching television with his friends. Tracey enters and asks if they would like some dinner. The man mishears and replies that 'yes she does look thinner'. End tag with Brindabella Hearing Centre contact details.
Dismissed Health Products 12/05/2010
June 2015
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0233-15 Victorian Hearing
The ad stated that hearing aids can be ugly, but they had a solution that was invisible.
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Health Products Internet 10/06/2015
May 2003
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146-03 GlaxoSmithKline Australia Pty Ltd
GlaxoSmithKline - Valtrex - 'She is one of the one in eight Australians who have genital herpes'.
Dismissed Health Products 13/05/2003
July 2010
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0269-10 Wyeth Consumer Healthcare Pty Ltd
Scenes alternate between a woman dressed in sportswear entering a building and going for a swim, with the same woman sat on her couch wearing a dressing gown and blowing her nose. A female voice over says "If you think cold and flu...will stop me, you don't know Dimetapp." A male voice over then describes Dimetapp's "fast acting liquid capsules" and the final screen shot has the words "Dimetapp. What a relief".
Dismissed Health Products 14/07/2010
0254-10 Supplemax
A woman's voice states "Why do as many as 20% of men and women in relationships have affairs? The sex is better." She then goes on to say that Supplemax can be used for many sexual problems; "Supplemax, for a powerful satisfying sex life. Go to S-max - that's S-max.com.au or call 1300 975 875."
Dismissed Health Products Radio 14/07/2010
June 2005
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160-05 Schering-Plough Pty Ltd
Schering - Postinor 2 - (print) morning after pill appeared in Who Weekly
Dismissed Health Products Print 14/06/2005
July 2012
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0290-12 Reckitt Benckiser (Aust) Pty Ltd
The Advertisement is a print ad for Reckitt Benckiser’s Strepsils throat lozenges in the Australian Woman’s Weekly. The Advertisement features a picture of a slice of bread on a plate. The bread appears to be fairy bread. Upon closer examination it is apparent the bread is covered in dressmaker pins with multi-coloured heads. The Advertisement features the tagline ‘Swallowing doesn’t have to feel like this!’ together with a picture of each of the Products, a description of their listed indications and mandatory warning statements.
Dismissed Health Products Print 25/07/2012
September 2018
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0429-18 Specsavers Pty Ltd
That vision is priceless and cannot have a price attached to it
Dismissed Health Products Internet - Social - Other 26/09/2018
May 2001
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86-01 Nestle Confectionery
Nestle - ACTIV - woman's head with dissected body of mannequin
Dismissed Health Products Outdoor 08/05/2001
February 2010
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28-10 Valeant Pharmaceuticals Australasia
Valeant Pharmaceuticals (28/10) - Outdoor - Indoor Cricket's Crap
Dismissed Health Products Outdoor 10/02/2010
34-10 FAUK
Fauk (34/10) Print. Fauk n Fat catalogue
Dismissed Health Products Print 10/02/2010
August 2020
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0234-20 Galderma Australia Pty Ltd
This TV on Demand advertisement features two teenage girls sitting on some stairs looking at their phones.
Dismissed Health Products TV - On Demand 12/08/2020
July 2014
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0227-14 iNova Pharmaceuticals Australia Pty Ltd
The advertisement depicts two men embracing on a beach, intercut with a man in a business suit attempting to take liquid medicine via a spoon in an elevator.
Dismissed Health Products TV - Free to Air 09/07/2014
July 2017
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0325-17 Aqua Cleanse Pty Ltd
The advert is a very large billboard and reads as follows: "It’s ok to lose your sh*t sometimes because if you don't you'll end up full of sh*t" AquaHealth 1300-802-083"
Upheld - Modified or Discontinued Health Products Billboard 26/07/2017
March 2007
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60-07 Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd
Pfizer - Diflucan Duo - woman treating herself for vaginal thrush on camera -combined ad for tablet and cream
Dismissed Health Products 13/03/2007
December 2013
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0419-13 Menarini
A couple on bed in a suggestive pose, sexual messages and text.
Dismissed Health Products Print 11/12/2013
March 2017
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0121-17 Chemist Warehouse
There are two ads one has a woman in a red dress sedatively wrapping herself around people that are ill with cold and flu symptoms. The other is a man in a suit jacket over his shoulder swanning into an office where people are sic again with flu symptoms taking the phone from them, sharing their food, and purposefully being within their space so that they cough and sneeze at him.
Dismissed Health Products TV - Free to Air 22/03/2017
April 2009
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153-09 Reckitt Benckiser (Aust) Pty Ltd
Reckitt Benckiser - Nurofen Zavance. TV pain reliever depicted as faster car overtaking slower car on wrong side of road.
Dismissed Health Products 22/04/2009
June 2018
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0287-18 Innova Derma
It is an aid for male masturbation
Dismissed Health Products Internet 20/06/2018
October 2008
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388-08 Johnson & Johnson Pacific Pty Ltd
Johnson & Johnson - Codral - Soldier on with Codral - encouraging people to return to work
Dismissed Health Products 08/10/2008
September 2010
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0370-10 Fisherman's Friend
Two men are stood in front of a truck parked next to a busy road. One man opens a packet of Fisherman's Friends and the other man asks if he can have one. He takes a lozenge, puts it in his mouth then both men turn to watch a woman approaching them. She is wearing skintight red pvc with a matching rain hat, and is carrying a large fish. She uses the fish to slap the man eating the Fisherman's Friend across the face. She then turns and walks away as the man smiles and says, "Oh yeah!" A male voice over says, "New resealable Fisherman's Friends.
Dismissed Health Products 08/09/2010
August 2005
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217-05 Naturopathica
Naturopathica - Diuret - "my belly is like a camel's hump"
Dismissed Health Products Print 09/08/2005
April 2016
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0151-16 Boeringer-Ingelheim Pty Ltd
Antistax ad shows a woman standing on an elephant’s trunk.
Dismissed Health Products TV - Free to Air 13/04/2016
April 2010
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0162-10 Advanced Medical Institute
This radio advertisement commences with background song “I wanna do it like an animal”. Female “My bloke makes love like a rabbit.” Male “I’m always at it.” Female “Yeah and 10 seconds later you hop off.” Male “sorry”. Female “I want you to do it like a Tasmanian Devil”. Male “A Tasmanian Devil?”. Female “They can go for hours”. Male “No way”.
Dismissed Health Products Radio 28/04/2010
August 2009
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313-09 The No Brace Centre
THe No Brace Centre TVC shows children talking about how traditional braces are terrible and "no braces" are cool.
Dismissed Health Products 26/08/2009
March 2005
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42-05 GlaxoSmithKline Australia Pty Ltd
GlaxoSmithKline - Panadol - rodeo rider shown working and home life - takes a Panadol when he has a headache
Dismissed Health Products 08/03/2005
October 2000
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278-00 Janssen Cilag Pty Ltd
Janssen Cilag - Livostin nasal spray
Dismissed Health Products 17/10/2000

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