Advert using Hoffman death banned
%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%An advert for Alain de Botton's book The News which referred to the death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has been banned after the regulator found it was likely to cause serious offence.
The advert, which appeared in London's Evening Standard the day after the actor died, featured the headline: "Philip Seymour Hoffman's drug overdose eclipses interest in sculpture trail."
