Alcohol marketing and young people: David Jernigan

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In 2014 the Australian Alcohol Policy Coalition commenced work on an alcohol policy roadmap project, examining the current state of alcohol law and policy in Victoria, and looking at areas for law reform and policy development, with the overall goal of reducing alcohol related harm in the state.

In the first phase of this project, the APC are examining state powers to limit advertising exposure to children and young people, the impact of planning laws on alcohol policy, the ways in which planning laws can be improved to reduce alcohol related harm and national model laws on secondary supply.

As part of this project, they have produced a series of podcasts on the three current focus areas: advertising, planning law and secondary supply. This is the first podcast, Alcohol marketing and young people: David Jernigan, PhD, Director of The Centre on Alcohol Marketing and Youth, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health:

 

 

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