Yes, Mr. Wilson, Potato Chips are Fattening

I love potato chips.  The ruffled ones with a little onion dip – now that’s heaven.  But though I love potato chips dearly, they only enter our house once a…

Other Medical Literature

Hair-raising Hair Product Ads

Want to know the secret behind the lustrous, voluminous, “salon beautiful” hair that is featured in some television and print ads for hair products today?  Extensions!  Yup, fake hair.  Well,…

Unsolicited Checks & Credit Offers

So you come home at 6:00 PM, and begin leafing through your mail.  In an oddly-official-looking envelope from a company you’ve never heard of, you find a check for $250…

Ryan Kaji, 9, earns $29.5m as this year’s highest-paid YouTuber

Rupert Neate, The Guardian

Company Outed for Deceptive Marketing of Children’s Supplement

A dietary supplement aimed at children with speech delays is being deceptively marketed by NourishLife, LLC, and may be hazardous to children’s health, according to findings by truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org). TINA.org,…

The Rise and Fall of Vemma

What led this MLM to a $238 million dollar settlement?

Fungus Eliminator

Forty-five million Americans are ‘fighting a losing battle’ against toenail fungus. Could this supplement be the solution?

Montefiore Ads Pollute NYC Highways

New York neurosurgery center features deceptive testimonial on billboards and website

Roblox rolls out new ad tools amid concerns around how companies market to children — the core users on the platform

Marty Swant & Alexander Lee, Digiday

Ghost Energy Drinks Deceptively Marketed to Kids

MADISON, CONN. December 12, 2022 – A new investigation by ad watchdog TINA.org and the UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Health has found that “lifestyle sports nutrition brand” Ghost…

TINA.org’s Year in Review 2022

Here’s what we accomplished in 2022 with your help.

Most Deceptive Ads of 2022

Some of the worst ads TINA.org covered this year.

2023 Modere Project 23 Health Claims Database

Modere Exploiting Women’s Hormonal Health Issues for Financial Gain

New supplement line targets women with deceptive and illegal health claims.

Kerrygold Salted and Unsalted Butter Sticks

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as if they are free from harmful artificial chemicals

Olly Gummies

Unapproved drug claims abound.

Energy Drinks Are Surging. So Are Their Caffeine Levels.

Julie Creswell, The New York Times

Divi Scalp Serum

Divi isn’t the only company that advertises its products can grow hair and prevent hair loss, in violation of the law.

Puffery – A Marketer’s Right To Lie

Ads can legally lie to you as long as the lie is so obvious an exaggeration that you know not to take it seriously.