HRIDAY – SHAN a Delhi based NGO has complained to the Indian Information and Broadcasting Ministry that the Royal Challengers, a Premier League cricket team from Bangalore, is directly advertising alcohol through sponsorship. The club is sponsored by (and received its name from) liquor brand Royal Challenge, as well as a vodka brand. One of … Read More →
A new report, ‘Is alcohol too cheap in the UK? Setting the case for a Minimum Unit Price [MUP] for alcohol’ was published this month by the Institute of Alcohol Studies. The paper, written by Dr Tim Stockwell and Dr Gerald Thomas, reviews the most recent evidence on MUP, whilst addressing common criticisms of the … Read More →
Dutch Secretary of Health Martin van Rijn will soon start discussions with the Ministry of Education about how young people between 12-18 years can be better protected from the influence of alcohol advertisements on TV. In this pursuit, the Secretary said he will look into various instruments, such as self-regulation, a media guide and adapting … Read More →
Reverend Joseph Bosomah, Acting Chairman of the Central Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, recently expressed his concern about the excessive alcohol ads on television and radio. EUCAM’s 2010 research in Ghana supports these concerns. The reverend appealed to government to act quickly, before it causes harm to the youth. The appeal was made … Read More →
No less than 43 percent of the festivals where the majority of visitors are under 25 years of age in Sweden are sponsored by an alcohol vendor. Overall, one in four Swedish festivals has an alcohol vendor sponsor. These figures come from a recently released report from Swedish moderation movement IQ which focuses on alcohol … Read More →
Search engine operator and online marketing company Google this month decided to stop advertisements of alcohol and alcoholic beverages in Finland. As such, Finland has joined the ranks of China, Poland, Vietnam and South Korea as a country where Google does not advertise alcoholic products. Kari Kunnas of the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare … Read More →
The Finnish Government is considering a total ban on outdoor alcohol advertising, according to Finland’s public broadcasting company Yle. The ban would also affect advertisements in media such as radio and social networking site Facebook. Alcohol branded sports sponsorship would remain unaffected. Yle reports that a ministerial social and health policy working group will … Read More →
British newspaper The Independent reports that ‘street drinker event’ have dropped with 49 per cent, after the sale of super-strength alcohol was banned in the town of Ipswich. The results come from a voluntary program which was launched six months ago by the local police and retail chain Co-op. The ‘Reducing the Strength’ campaign … Read More →
Reuters reports on the growing acceptance of female alcohol consumption in India. According to the press agency women who drink are becoming a ‘big business in socially conservative India’. The article states that the female market segment of drinks consumers is growing twice as fast as the overall sector. In India’s $10 billion drinks industry … Read More →
Fiona Ryan, chief executive of Alcohol Action Ireland, said policymakers know what needs to be done to combat the alcohol problem, but “don’t want” to do it. Ryan made her statement at a seminar organised by Alcohol Action Ireland and Depaul Ireland, which works with the homeless. Also speaking was health expert Professor Joe … Read More →