ASA bans ad featuring Vicky Pattison and Ercan Ramadan for glamorizing smoking.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) banned an ad featuring reality TV stars Vicky Pattison and her husband Ercan Ramadan for glamorizing smoking. The video, posted on Instagram, showed the couple's wedding party smoking cigars. The ASA received two complaints, deeming the ad irresponsible for promoting smoking as glamorous. The ASA ordered the ad not to reappear in its current form and instructed future ads to be socially responsible and clearly labeled.

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