Question

ScH. Corp., a pharmaceutical company, launches a new painkiller. It claims that the product provides relief within two minutes due to its unique ingredients. Tests reveal that ScH's painkiller contains the same ingredients as those of its competitors and that relief is not guaranteed in all cases. Critics of advertising would classify this as a(n) _____ advertisement.

Answer 1

Deceptive advertisement.

Step-by-step explanation:

Deceptive advertisement: It is a type of advertising that is meant for damaging the reputation of competitor´s ad and products by making false claim or by spreading wrong information about the rival´s product. This advertisement is also gimick the customer by misleading them in their promotional campaign. The prime purpose of these type of advertisement is to promote their product as superior and gain more sales due to wrong information spread.

In the given case, pharmaceutical company is falsely claiming that the product provides relief within two minutes due to its unique ingredients, which is deceptive advertisement.