Author: Julia Stafford and Hannah Pierceon: April 15, 2020In: alcohol, Coronavirus outbreak 2019-2020, public health, Public health and population health It doesn’t take long for the well-resourced alcohol industry to adapt their marketing to tie-in with current events. We see it with major sporting events, the holiday season, and even the devastating Australian bushfires. A … Read More →
Join us on Wednesday, 15 April, 2020, for a new session of the Alcohol and Health Webinar series, titled: “Alcohol Marketing and Public Health: What Do We Know and What Can We Do?”, presented by Dr. David Jernigan . The session will be in English. DATE: Wednesday, 15 April, 2020 TIME: 12.30 pm (EDT) … Read More →
New Zealand, RNZ 6 April 2020 Allowing all alcohol retailers to sell online during the lockdown is doing more harm than good, a health watchdog says. A rule change late Friday night meant all alcohol stores in New Zealand could now sell online, while some retailers have had to stop delivery services because they could … Read More →
Health April 1, 2020 AEDT Cancer Council WA is calling on the alcohol industry to reign in its opportunistic marketing behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic, following a spate of concerning advertising in the press and on social media in recent days. Cancer Council WA’s Alcohol Program Manager, Julia Stafford, said some big players in the … Read More →
THQ Technology and Business 23 March 2020 by Jia Jen Low Crafting more personal connections is key to marketing to a new generation in the alcoholic beverage sector. “Mass personalization is definitely where [marketing] is going,” Influence Director of Ogilvy, Imogen Coles recently told the Drum. The marketing and advertising sector has come a long … Read More →
March 17 2020; Medical news Bulletin; By Shayna Goldenberg; Alcohol marketing to young people is more likely to encourage greater alcohol consumption, a recent study finds. Alcohol marketing is pervasive. It is seen on posters, TV, and the internet. While young people are not the target audience, this constant display of alcohol advertising may have … Read More →
GALA (Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance) 4-02-2020 By Wambui Mwariri and Rose Njeru The County Outdoor Advertising and Control Bill, 2018 (the Bill) was recently passed by the Senate with amendments and referred to the National Assembly to proceed to the Second Reading. The Bill claims to be targeted at ensuring that advertisers utilizing outdoor advertisement … Read More →
Prevention Research Centre, Berkeley US March 6 2020 A new study by a research team including scientists from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation provides a systematic review of research that examines relationships between exposure to alcohol marketing and alcohol use behaviors among adolescents and young adults. The researchers … Read More →
Press release 4-03-2020 New research shows for the first time the high levels of exposure to alcohol sport sponsorship in professional football and rugby union in Scotland Alcohol marketing references featured once every 15 seconds in live Six Nations rugby match and once every 98 seconds in a live Scottish Premier League … Read More →
Sadhbh O’Sullivan; Last Updated 2 March 2020 ; www.refinery29.com In January of this year, Müller launched its newest yoghurts as part of the ‘Light’ range: gin & tonic and pink gin & elderflower. Despite being practically alcohol-free (pots containing less than 0.5%), the product launch became, momentarily, a focal point for the debate about the … Read More →