Health Policy Watch, 26/05/2023 • Kerry Cullinan New global guidelines to tackle non-communicable diseases (NCDs) were finally passed by the World Health Assembly on Friday afternoon after a mammoth day-and-a-half of member states’ inputs. The guidelines update the World Health Organization’s (WHO) “Best Buys” published in 2017 and focus on the four key risk factors for NCDs – tobacco, alcohol, … Read More →
Dear First Minister As family members and friends harmed by a loved one’s alcohol use, we welcomed the Scottish Government’s commitment in November 2018 to tackling alcohol marketing in Scotland. We also welcomed the consultation on this issue when it was finally published four years later, in November 2022. So we were shocked to hear … Read More →
Irish Medical Times; 23 May 2023 Businesses will have three-year grace period to adhere to the new laws, which apply from May 22 Ireland has become the first country in the world to legislate for the comprehensive health labelling on alcoholic products. The move follows the signing into law of Section 12 of the Public Health … Read More →
17th May 2023 | Assoc. Professor Helen Dixon A new study published in BMC Public Health found that counter-advertising exposing and critiquing alcohol sports sponsorship bolstered public support for restrictions on this harmful marketing. Despite the many health benefits of sport, elite sport is awash with booze sponsorship. Whether watching games live or on TV, spectators are … Read More →
Alcohol and Drugs Foundation’, Australia; May 16, 2023 Young people are exposed to a lot of alcohol advertisements. In fact, over 40,000 ads per year on social media platforms, such as Instagram and Facebook, alone. That’s an issue because alcohol advertising has been linked to young people starting to drink at earlier ages and to binge drinking. … Read More →
Marie McInerney, Devorah Riesenberg ; Monday, May 15, 2023; In: Croakey Health Media Introduction by Croakey: Cancer Council WA says a review of the Responsible Alcohol Marketing Code overseen by the Alcohol Beverages Advertising Code (ABAC) scheme is ineffective and only underscores the failures of the voluntary and industry-led approach which seems to even confuse its … Read More →
RT€ Ireland 14 May 2023 14.40 There has been a call for 0% alcohol products such as beers to have different branding to their alcoholic alternatives. The CEO of Alcohol Action Ireland has said there is a “proliferation of zero-alcohol products” being advertised in settings such as on public transport and that it is in … Read More →
Woman’s era; by Himshikha Shukla; May 13, 2023 It was recently revealed that Instagram and Facebook have begun displaying ads targeting young people with high risks of becoming addicted to alcohol, gambling, and junk food. Activists have already launched a program to protect teens and young adults from digital marketing that can cause irreparable damage … Read More →
Soberzine, The online magazine celebrating sobriety by Mark Holmes | Dec 4, 2021 | News, Research In this shocking video excerpt, bestselling author and influential advertising expert Jean Kilbourne explains how alcohol advertising directly targets minors. “They have to, the younger people are when they start drinking, the greater the risk of addiction. If you start drinking when you’re fifteen, you’re … Read More →
The Journal, Friday 12 May 2023 Alcohol Action Ireland believe that the adverts breach the Public Health Alcohol Act which bans certain types of alcohol advertising. ALCOHOL ACTION IRELAND has recommended that the government ban big alcohol brands from “brand sharing”, something which allows zero alcohol beers to use the same branding as their alcoholic … Read More →