Banning advertising here just restricts the freedom of corporations. Banning the item itself means individuals who want it can't get it.

And corporations can't vote .. :)

Corporations are a centralization of power that has obligations to money above all else.

Also if you give me the choice between being able to vote and being to to hire a lobbying firm, I know which would have more influence.

Would you admit the corporation one vote or as many votes as total number of shares divided by number of shares held by smallest shareholder?

Is this a serious question? Are you talking about voting for politicians? Anyone can start as many corporations as they want.

Also corporations have roughly 100 million shares and anyone can buy a single share, so your formula would give one corporation more votes than the number of people who participated in the 2016 US election.

Do you really think corporations are under represented in the political process?

I wanted to illustrate sillyness of the idea. Partners of a corporation are already represented, no need to represent the whole partnership.

That seems like a rehash of what I was already saying, I'm not sure what point you are trying to make.

Because people won't accept outright bans for things that are popular. Change happens through a build up. You start small and keep moving the border of what people can accept until one day you get your desired effect. The slippery slope is essentially how policy is made.

Banning outright vs removing ads is an entirely different ballpark. Adults should have autonomy over their body so long as it does not infringe on others. It's not up to authorities to decide whether individuals trade long term health for short term enjoyment.

It certainly infringes on others in any country with a publicly funded health care system. The individual's bodily abuse is paid for by everybody else.

Add a soda tax that covers the healthcare burden

You don’t ban things all at once, you do it in small steps.

Yeah, I suggest that in my last sentence. I think it's a bit dishonest but I guess practical.