By Storyboard18| March 29, 2026 Indian Railways boosts Non Fare Revenue via OOH, RDN and train branding, with strict ad bans on alcohol, tobacco and erotic content, Ashwini Vaishnaw tells Rajya Sabha. Indian Railways has formulated comprehensive Non-Fare Revenue (NFR) policies to earn non-fare revenue through advertisement and branding initiatives. Under the Out-of-Home (OOH) advertising … Read More →
By Alejandro Calvillo March 21, 2026 This article by Alejandro Calvillo originally appeared in the March 21, 2026 edition of Sin Embargo. As a society we are drowning in advertising, to such a degree that we do not fully distinguish it; we have no idea how it determines our habits, our choices. Advertising has the capacity to … Read More →
Medical Xpress, 21-03-2026 An attractive influencer couple chats in a kitchen as they prepare dinner. A wine bottle sits on the counter. Someone takes a sip. It looks less like an ad than a slice of ordinary life, the kind of moment that can pass unnoticed during an aimless scroll on social media. Influencer posts … Read More →
New Stalk News New Zealand; Tom Eley and Danielle Zollickhofer, 20 Mar 2026 University of Waikato Te Wānanga Waiora Division of Health, associate professor Dr Victoria Egli. University of Waikato researchers say a new study shows alcohol advertising is shaping how New Zealand children think about drinking and could be pushing them towards alcohol … Read More →
International Journal of Drug Policy Volume 148, February 2026 ; Richard I. Purves a, Jack G. Martin a, Piotr Teodorowski a, Olivia Brown b a. Institute for Social Marketing and Health, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, United Kingdom b. University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom Highlights Young people (aged 11–17) demonstrate strong recognition of alcohol brands through sports sponsorship exposure. Alibi … Read More →
The effects of advertising, and now social media, on alcohol-use disorder and substance-use research, are both global and urgent. Alcohol and Alcoholism and Nicotine & Tobacco Research, two leading journals in alcohol-use disorder and substance use research, have collaborated on this collection of recent articles published in their journals exploring how advertising, social media, and marketing have … Read More →
How alcohol sports advertising influences child and youth consumption behaviour. Report Alcohol Action Ireland, february 2026
Institute of alcohol studies IAS, London, 16-03-2026 Bribing politicians. Writing governments’ own alcohol policies. Targeting children with cheap sachets and mini-bottles. Exploiting migrant workers in conditions described as modern slavery. This is the alcohol industry in the Global South and our new film exposes it. While markets in wealthier countries stagnate, giants like Diageo, AB … Read More →
Alcohol industry marketing to young people on social media: Today’s landscape, tomorrow’s challenges Register
Conversation, March 10 2026 Highlights Shows how alcohol marketing is targeted to women on takeaway products in Australian retail outlets (using bottles, labels, and packaging of 473 products). Applies semiotics to illustrate how alcohol is signified to enable access to gendered emotions, such as happiness, wellness, resilience and confidence. Identifies how alcohol companies reinforce and … Read More →