10 September, 2020 by Jordan Kelly-Linden. From The Telegraph. A new report has exposed the sinister ways in which leading unhealthy food and drink brands have exploited the coronavirus crisis to further corporate interests at the expense of public health. In fact, since the start of the pandemic hundreds of examples have emerged of ultra-processed food and … Read More →
April 12, 2021 by Clare Burnett. From Brews News A series of beer marketing communication have faced an ABAC panel after alcohol advertising watchdog’s quarterly report on complaints. In fact, complaints remain high in the first quarter of 2021 after a record of complaints in 2020 with 24 determinations, 11 of which were upheld, 12 … Read More →
Barker, A. B., smith, J., Hunter, A., Britton, J., & Murray, R. L. (2019). Quantifying tobacco and alcohol imagery in Netflix and Amazon Prime instant video original programming accessed from the UK: a content analysis. BMJ Open, 9, 1.5. Doi: 10.1136/ bmjopen-2018-025807. Given that exposure to tobacco and alcohol content in audio-visual media is a … Read More →
28 March 2021. From the Sunday Times. Doctors have renewed calls for Scottish ministers to break links between alcohol and sport with a clampdown on lucrative sponsorship deals. Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) said children were especially susceptible to advertising and called for robust restrictions to be considered by the next Scottish government … Read More →
31st March 2021. From an ARCHIVE of alcohol awareness campaigns, videos, posters, clips, infographics, documentaries and other materials. Hosted by Nordic Alcohol and Drug Policy Network (NordAN). www.nordan.org “WeAreTheCity and WeAreTechWomen are celebrating International Women’s Day by ellevating the voices of 100 incredible global women who #ChooseToChallenge. Throughout March, through this campaign, incredible words of … Read More →
From Alcohol Action Ireland Alcohol Action Ireland (AAI), the national independent advocate for reducing alcohol harm, welcomes the publication of the General Scheme of the Online Safety & Media Regulation Bill. The AAI argued that children’s exposure to Internet alcohol marketing should be listed as ‘harmful content’ The AAI also notes that as per the … Read More →
30th March 2021. From Miragenews. In Australia, the Cancer Council has released a report which examines how the industry-run Alcohol Beverages Advertising Code (ABAC) Scheme responded to alcohol marketing during the pandemic. Still, it demonstrates how the industry failed to protect the community from alcohol advertising during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chair of the Cancer Council … Read More →
22nd March 2021 by Adam Bertscher & Leslie London. From The Conversation. The lockdown restrictions introduced in South Africa to curb the initial spread of COVID-19 in March 2020 were the tightest in the world. They included a ban on alcohol sales. This, the government said, was to reduce the pressure on hospitals caused by drinking-related trauma, and to discourage social … Read More →
23rd March, 2021, by Siân Smith, campaign admin assistant at the Alcohol Health Alliance. From Alcohol Health Alliance. The World Health Organization has concluded that bans and restrictions on alcohol marketing are some of the best and most affordable policies to reduce alcohol-related harm. But what impact is alcohol marketing having on those in recovery in … Read More →
O’Brien, P., Stockwell, T., Vallance, K., & Room, R. (2021). WHO should not support alcohol industry co-regulation of public health labelling. Addiction. The World Health Organization (WHO) is undertaking important work to develop a new action plan on alcohol for 2022–30. However, the WHO’s published proposal for the action plan envisages that the alcohol industry … Read More →