No,specifically, the affiliate target site violated their landing page policies (Good luck trying to get more clear details than that from them). I managed to contact them and they agreed to remove my violation if I changed the page at the offending URL. I repeatedly insisted that I was just advertising as an affiliate, and didn't control the actual site, therefore couldn't "change" it to fit their policies.. I could only stop advertising it on Adwords and on their platform. Removing it from Adwords wasn't enough though for them.. I had to actually take down a site I didn't own in order for them to be satisfied. So its not explicitly stated, but only advertise for sites you control. (No, it wasn't porn or anything illegal either)
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No,specifically, the affiliate target site violated their landing page policies (Good luck trying to get more clear details than that from them). I managed to contact them and they agreed to remove my violation if I changed the page at the offending URL. I repeatedly insisted that I was just advertising as an affiliate, and didn't control the actual site, therefore couldn't "change" it to fit their policies.. I could only stop advertising it on Adwords and on their platform. Removing it from Adwords wasn't enough though for them.. I had to actually take down a site I didn't own in order for them to be satisfied. So its not explicitly stated, but only advertise for sites you control. (No, it wasn't porn or anything illegal either)
Google, F*#@ you. Seriously.
Not too sure here, but I think they have a strong 'anti tobacco' policy - perhaps, that's the root cause of the troubles you faced.