News Release, University of Bristol; 21-09-2026 Doc2 22-09-2026 More than 93,000 visible appearances of brands promoting unhealthy food and drink, alcohol, gambling and speculative products were recorded during coverage of the largest FIFA World Cup in history, new research has found. Unhealthy food and drink brands accounted for more than seven in ten, with 65,722 … Read More →
Anu Adegbola Search Engine Land, 4-09-2026 Google will allow advertisers to run personalized alcohol ads across YouTube inventory beginning Oct. 30th, where local laws permit. The policy change opens personalized targeting on YouTube to a category that had previously been restricted, covering alcohol, alcohol-related products and alcohol alternatives. Driving the news. Google said it is updating … Read More →
How alcohol sports advertising influences child and youth consumption behaviour. Report Alcohol Action Ireland, february 2026
Alcohol industry marketing to young people on social media: Today’s landscape, tomorrow’s challenges Register
SLR, Scottish Local Retailer; 10 March 2026 The Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities have published a new strategy aimed at reducing deaths and harms caused by misuse of alcohol and drugs, which includes plans to target the affordability, attractiveness and availability of alcohol, including next steps on alcohol marketing restrictions. As part … Read More →
BMJ 2026; 392 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.s314 (Published 16 February 2026) Cite this as: BMJ 2026;392:s314 Article Related contentMetricsResponsesPeer reviewSubmit a rapid response Sophie BorlandHertfordshire Plans for alcohol advertising restrictions were dropped by government after firms including Budweiser, Greene King, and Heineken warned they would harm the economy. Labour had been considering stricter regulations on ads, including a 9 pm TV watershed, as part … Read More →
Addiction; Sally Casswell ; First published: 21 February 2024 https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16453 It is disappointing to see the Addiction publication ‘Restricting alcohol marketing to reduce alcohol consumption: A systematic review of the empirical evidence for one of the “best buys”’ reaching a misleading conclusion that evidence does not justify a ban on alcohol marketing as a ‘best buy’ … Read More →
Alcohol Action Ireland press release, Wednesday, 10 December 2025 On the day that Australia’s world-leading under-16 social media ban due to child safety concerns came into effect, Alcohol Action Ireland (AAI), the national independent advocate to reduce alcohol harm, has launched a new report – Digital and social media marketing of alcohol – detailing the nature and … Read More →
Renee Quinn, University of Waterloo; Wim van Dalen, Dutch Institute for Alcohol Policy STAP & EUCAM; Utrecht, the Netherlands, May 2022 This article is reposted for technical reasons, September 2025 Introduction Restrictions on alcohol marketing in the Netherlands, and worldwide, focus mostly on restricting exposure to vulnerable groups. In terms of preventing harm caused by … Read More →
7th October, 2022 by shambhaci Anand & Sagar Malviya. From The Economic Times This article is reposted for technical reasons, September 2025 The consumer affairs ministry has issued notices to more than half a dozen liquor brands for non-compliance with rules that prohibit surrogate advertising, said officials with knowledge of the matter. Liquor brands are … Read More →