Any sort
of alcohol advertising glass seems to do pretty well so at a quarter each, I grabbed the 4 round bottom rum glasses.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board on Wednesday voted to
ban alcohol advertising from its properties, beginning Jan. 1.
The Virginia Distillers Association follows the DISCUS (Distilled Spirits Council of the United States) Code of Responsible Practices for
Beverage Alcohol Advertising and Marketing.
In one blog post about a proposed ban
on alcohol advertising, he wrote: «So let's get this right: we are going to ban alcohol adverts because apparently they encourage youngsters to act irresponsibly, but we allow adverts that promote abortion, which also encourages people not to take responsibility for their actions.
The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority is being urged to remove
alcohol advertising from its public transportation vehicles.
Its alcohol policy recommends member institutions to «prohibit on -
site alcohol advertising during all preseason, regular season, conference and postseason intercollegiate events».
A ten minute rule bill setting out measures to
stop alcohol advertising being aimed at children and ensure that promotional messages are factual will be put forward by Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston next Wednesday.
Labor came away with the silver medal promising to restrict poker machines,
reduce alcohol advertising to children, commit and grow the prevention workforce, maintain funding for evidence based health promotion and support local governments to develop their Public Health Plans.
The relationship between exposure to
alcohol advertising in stores, owning alcohol promotional items, and adolescent alcohol use
The Distilled Spirits Council's Code of Responsible Practices for
Beverage Alcohol Advertising and Marketing embodies the commitment to responsibility that is the touchstone of our member company advertising practices
It called for the introduction of minimum pricing, improved regulation
on alcohol advertising and a mandatory labelling scheme.
There are many longitudinal studies that link youth exposure to
alcohol advertising to the likelihood that kids will begin drinking early or if they have already started drinking, drink more.
The two experts argue that the government needs to address two «pressing» problems: the excessive drinking of young people and their wide exposure to
alcohol advertising.
Proposed legislation ensuring that
alcohol advertising should not be targeted at children has been backed by medical experts.
Federal regulations do not require «responsibility» statements in
alcohol advertising, and while the alcohol industry's voluntary codes for marketing and promotion emphasize responsibility, they provide no definition for «responsible drinking.»
Other recommendations: tighter controls on
alcohol advertising; enactment of all - offender ignition interlock laws; and treatment for offenders when needed.
That the Commonwealth takes steps to ensure a nationally consistent and coordinated approach to
alcohol advertising, including:
FARE Chief Executive, Michael Thorn was particularly encouraged by Labor's acknowledgement that children must be protected from
alcohol advertising, it's timing coming just days before another alcohol - drenched State of Origin game.