11 May 2014 Australian researchers argue that the alcohol industry uses social media to get around advertising regulations and to let consumers mount their marketing pitch for them. This conclusion follows a content analysis of the activity of the top 20 alcohol brands on Facebook in Australia. The new research, executed by Dr. Nicholas Carah … Read More →
11 May 2014 How is the Danish alcohol marketing situation currently? Last spring the main concern was a new Danish high school tradition of going alcohol-bananas in Prague during the winter break. Around that time a thought entered my mind: What if Prague and Sunny Beach are merely the tip of the iceberg? What if … Read More →
5 May 2014 During her campaign to become leader of Trinidad’s People’s National Movement (PNM), Pennelope Beckles-Robinson addressed the problem of alcohol marketing to children. During a seminar at the Association of Psychiatrists of Trinidad and Tobago (APTT) Beckles-Robinson said that profits from alcohol sales have increased while the children of the nation are left … Read More →
A new Labour government would implement tough restrictions on the sale and advertising of alcohol, unhealthy food and tobacco, according to a leaked policy document published today in The Mail on Sunday. The leaked document describes the plan to ban sports sponsorship by drinks firms and impose minimum alcohol pricing to curb the impact of … Read More →
The British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has criticized spirits producer Morrisons, for showing their advertisement on Youtube during a series of children’s nursery rhymes. No penalty was given to Morrisons, but the company was told to ensure its ads were “appropriately targeted in future”. The ASA criticism followed on a complaint by a viewer who … Read More →
Powdered alcohol just ad water, was to be introduced in the US this month. Initially approving powdered vodka, rum and other cocktails, the US Treasury’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau came around a few days later, stating that this approval was an error. After bloggers got wind of the approval of this potentially … Read More →
Alcohol industry complaints that a television advertisement linking drinking with an increased risk of cancer was misleading have been rejected by the Advertising Standards Authority. (ASA) The ASA came to this conclusion after being presented with scientific evidence on the links between alcohol consumption and the risk of cancer by Balance, a North Eastern England … Read More →
New research finds countries with greater alcohol advertising restrictions had lower prevalence of hazardous drinking than countries with no restrictions and countries with some restrictions; independent of variables such as alcohol taxation. Based on their findings, researchers suggest a need for strict alcohol advertisement restriction policies. The researchers from the Pompeu Fabra Univerisity in Barcelona … Read More →
The three community ministers of Culture of the French, Flemish and German speaking communities of Belgium have submitted the nomination dossier to have the Belgium beer culture added to UNESCOs Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. A press release ascribed by the Walloon government, the Flemish government and the government of the … Read More →
New research finds that music which makes frequent references to specific alcohol brands increases the likelihood of binge drinking in teenage listeners. Additionally, the researchers found that teenagers are exposed to an average of eight alcohol brands references per day by listening to music. The study was conducted by researchers at Dartmouth College and the … Read More →