A Tri-Cities health board reversed itself Wednesday and voted against endorsing a colon cancer awareness campaign that uses billboards saying, "What's up your butt?"The Tri-City Herald reports the Benton Franklin Health District commissioners responded to complaints the ads are in poor taste.The butt billboards have been displayed in Yakima to raise colorectal cancer awareness and encourage people to get screened for the disease/Associated Press. (AP file photo of 20-foot long replica of a human colon)
Question: Would a billboard that asks 'What's up your butt?' make you more aware of colorectal cancer?
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.
campaign that uses billboards saying, "What's up your butt?"The Tri-City Herald reports the Benton Franklin Health District commissioners responded to complaints the ads are in poor taste.The butt billboards have been displayed in Yakima to raise colorectal cancer awareness and encourage people to get screened for the disease/Associated Press. (AP file photo of 20-foot long replica of a human colon)
