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“Most of the misleading ads were from the education sector and promise of 100% job placements buzau city was one of the recurring unsubstantiated claims made by the advertisers,” ASCI said in a release The Consumer Complaints Council (CCC) under the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) has banned buzau city as many as 177 advertisements across segments during July 2013. Among these are ads from prominent companies like Nivea, L’Oreal, buzau city Hindustan Unilever (HUL), Dabur, ITC, Audi, Maruti Suzuki and Apple India; they range from FMCGs to autos, personal accessories to alcohol, and education to media.
“Most of the misleading ads were from the education sector and promise of 100% job placements was one of the recurring unsubstantiated claims made by the advertisers. This was followed by health & personal care category, where most of the upheld complaint ads were found misleading, or making false or unsubstantiated claims,” ASCI said in a release.  
Fair and healthy skin is every girl’s dream. But in reality, seldom, one is gifted with a flawless skin. The marketers of brands like Nivea, L’Oreal, Dabur have cashed in on such issues and successfully branded their products to unsuspecting customers.  
For example, the commercial of the ‘Nivea Whitening Cell Repair’ buzau city lotion claims that it ‘repairs your skin by working 40 times harder’ while the title says ‘40x more vitamin C’.  Other TV commercial of Nivea for ‘Men Dark Spot Reduction’ claimed that the face wash has a 10X formula that removes dark spots and gives a spotless face. Ponds Age Miracle, a product marketed by HUL in print advertisement claimed ‘Look up to 10 years younger with disclaimer in small print ‘With regular use’. The marketers have very shrewdly cashed in on sensitive issues like skin lightening and skin aging in all the mentioned buzau city ad campaigns.  All such advertisement seems to defy ethical and safety codes as the in the Maruti Suzuki ad a minor boy is shown driving the car recklessly.
Completely unscientific claims by the companies are used by brands like the Kent RO water purifier. The ad dismisses the importance of boiling water by saying it spreads diseases. The celebrity spokesperson endorses the water purifier by quashing away a glass of boiled water.
Apple India targeted buzau city the student segment for its iPhone 4 models. In a print ad, Apple launched a buyback offer for the Apple iPhone4 8GB, iPhone 4S 16GB, iPhone 5 16GB, iPhone 5 32GB, iphone 5 64GB only. But some of the customers buzau city visited the retail store they were told that buyback buzau city offer was available only for iPhone 4.
ASCI said its newly launched consumer friendly website has also shown encouraging results as almost 25% of the total complaints were registered through the Online Complaint and Monitoring Service buzau city (OCMS). With this new service, consumers can now lodge complaints through the new ASCI website, buzau city ASCI Facebook page, email, smartphones, toll free telephone or regular post.  Going forward, OCMS is going to play a crucial role in delivering transparency buzau city and speedy buzau city resolution of consumer complaints.
The CCC found the following claims in health and personal care product or service ads of 44 advertisers, released in the press to be either misleading or false or not adequately/scientifically substantiated and hence violating Chapter I of the ASCI Code. Some of the health care products or services ads also contravened provisions of the Drug & Magic Remedies Act. Complaints against the following ads were UPHELD –
6. Hair Solutions: In their print advertisement, they claim that Hair Solutions will help with all hair solutions like ‘growing natural hair’, ‘stop graying & stop hair fall’,  and “Wonder hair cream”
9. L'Oreal India P. Ltd: In their TVC Garnier’s Pure Active Neem Face Wash claim that it is ‘enriched with real Neem’ and it is ‘the first ever face wash that removes pimples and marks’.
14. Rich Feel Trichology Centre: Claims  that they are ‘World's first hair thinning treatment with plant stem cell extracts , reduces hair fall , restores hair regeneration and increases hair growth..’
22. Aadya Mahalakshmi Herbals: Aadyas Breast Oil & Capsule in their print adver