Morning STAR , August 26 2021 MINISTERS must do more to limit young people’s exposure to alcohol advertising, campaigners demanded today. The Alcohol Health Alliance (AHA) urged the government to bring in “comprehensive marketing restrictions” online and off to protect children from the impact of drinks adverts. A poll earlier this year found more than … Read More →
By Belegger.nl on August 18, 2021 Over the past 20 years, the MSCI European Beverages Index has outperformed the MSCI Europe Index. Surprisingly, the sector has been relatively unaffected by the financial and corona crisis across the board. And the long term also looks attractive. So says Roseanna Ivory, head of European equities at Aberdeen … Read More →
Voxy.co.nz; Monday, 16 August, 2021 – 09:34 Alcohol Action NZ is pleased to advise of a pivotal conference being held on Wednesday 18th August at the Wharewaka Function Centre, Wellington, featuring four outstanding keynote speakers: Professor Jennie Connor, RÄwiri RatÅ«, Sir Graham Lowe and Nicky Hager. The theme of the conference, Public health action on … Read More →
The Guardian, 27 Jul 2021 Josh Taylor and Christopher Knaus Advertisers on Instagram, Facebook and Messenger will no longer be able to market to under 18s based on their interests Facebook will impose more control on the types of ads that children as young as 13 are exposed to on Instagram and other platforms, as new research … Read More →
Kenney, L. J., Cukier, S., Khoury, L., & Steeves, D. (2021). ‘You drink at home so you can go to work safely’: a case study exploring alcohol marketing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drug and Alcohol Review, 1-4. 10.1111/dar.14474 A new study that examines how one alcohol company in Nova Scotia, Canada, coopted he facilities, staff, … Read More →
Amanda Marie Atkinson & HarrySumnall Beth Meadows International Journal of Drug Policy; Volume 98, December 2021, 103376 Link to original article Abstract Background The closure of on-licence premises and the restrictions placed on citizen’s movements and leisure to address the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, created an unprecedented situation for the alcohol industry. With the availability … Read More →
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BMJ 2021; 374 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1516 (Published 19 July 2021)Cite this as: BMJ 2021;374:n1516 Emma Feeny, advocacy director1, Katie Dain, chief executive officer2, Cherian Varghese, cross-cutting lead, NCDs and special initiatives3, George A Atiim, researcher4, Dag Rekve, senior technical officer3, Hebe N Gouda, project officer3 5 Women have traditionally consumed less tobacco and alcohol than men because social and cultural norms have stigmatised their use of these … Read More →
The Irish Post BY: Eunan McKinney August 05, 2021 THE Irish and drink: what’s that all about? That was the question posed recently by Joe Horgan in his provocative piece in his regular column. In his piece, Joe considered reasons … Read More →
July 30, 2021 by Clare Burnett; Brews News.com.au A survey of social media accounts by the Cancer Council has revealed a number of alcohol-related accounts without age gates. The claims highlight the importance for all brewers of any size to be considering age gating and restrictions on not only their websites, but their social media … Read More →