• More than 90% of children reported that they were exposed to traditional, or offline, alcohol advertisements in the week prior to the study and more than half saw four or more alcohol advertisements per day • 77% of children reported exposure to alcohol marketing online • 61% of children reported that they owned alcohol … Read More →
Soft drink company to part with tradition by launching version of ‘Chu-Hi’ alcopop in Japan Coca-Cola is to produce the first alcoholic drink in its 132-year-history, with plans to launch an alcopop in Japan. The world’s biggest soft drinks company said it would start making a version of “Chu-Hi” – canned sparkling flavoured drinks that … Read More →
Rossen, I., Pettigrew, S., Jongenelis, M., Stafford, J., Wakefield, M., and Chikritzhs, T. (2017). Evidence on the nature and extent of alcohol promotion and the consequences for young people’s alcohol consumption. Report prepared for the Mental Health Commission by the WA Cancer Prevention Research Unit, Curtin University School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Perth, Western … Read More →
ess Live Drinks firms could be liable for harm done by drunks 26 February 2018; Linda Ensor Wheels are turning: Department of Trade and Industry director-general Lionel October speaks at a parliamentary committee meeting. He says it will take two to three weeks to finalise the proposed liquor law. Picture: The Department of Health … Read More →
EU needs to ‘urgently’ adopt new alcohol strategy, argues Ewa-May Karlsson Written by Ewa-May Karlsson on 19 February 2018 in Opinion CoR rapporteur says European institutions have important role to play in providing support and in encouraging cooperation at national and regional levels. Few people realise that alcohol, not smoking, is the biggest risk factor … Read More →
EUCAM 18 February 2018 Alcohol-free and low-alcohol beer is on the rise. The big producers are expanding their marketing strategies. The big question is what impact the increasing popularity of these products has on the consumption of alcoholic beverages. For the time being, the little research that has been done about this has shown that … Read More →
Bethany Whymark BMC Public Health study: link February 2018 More companies are brewing alcohol free and low alcohol beer. What’s behind the trend? As public consciousness of health and wellbeing grows, more and more people are choosing to cut down on or shun alcohol. But what is driving this trend away from … Read More →
Marketing messages accompanying online selling of low/er and regular strength wine and beer products in the UK: a content analysis Milica Vasiljevic Lucia Coulter, Mark Petticrew and Theresa M. Marteau BMC Public HealthBMC series – open, inclusive and trusted201818:147 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5040-6 © The Author(s). 2018 Abstract Background Increased availability of low/er strength alcohol products has the potential to reduce alcohol consumption if … Read More →
February 7, 2018 11.12 Europe/London By Julian Clover Plans by Sweden to impose a ban on alcohol advertising on two UK-based broadcasters is not compatible with European law. Previously the Myndigheten för radio och TV had asked its UK counterpart Ofcom to put pressure on the broadcasters, understood to be Viasat (TV3, TV6 and … Read More →
By AT editor – 5 February 2018 at 12:35 am African health advocacy organizations have joined in a global campaign against the Heineken beverage company’s new partnership with The Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. The Dutch company’s announcement came during the World Economic Forum in Davos, as Heineken promised to share … Read More →