'Vulnerable patients are being targeted' - Averil Power welcomes ban on cancer treatment ads

The Irish Cancer Society has said it has welcomed Kate O’Connell’s proposed new law that will ban advertisements of so-called cancer “treatments” to the general public.

Deputy O’Connell introduced the ‘Treatment of Cancer (Advertisements) Bill in the Dáil today. Advertisements that claim cancer can be treated by ‘miracle’ foods, fad diets and homoeopathic remedies would all be banned under the proposed legislation.