Beer and spirits feature in HALF of all TV programmes as campaigners call for tighter advertising restrictions on alcohol Teenage binge drinking is being fuelled by half of all peak time TV featuring booze including popular soaps, research...
READ MOREHeineken is still worried about Snapchat’s age-gating policies Seb Joseph Digiday Snapchat has made moves to address the age-gating concerns of alcohol advertisers over the last year, and it’s gotten Budweiser and Moët to buy into the...
READ MORE“Insane” Instagram Stories ad for drinking game app banned by watchdog Smart Company DOMINIC POWELL An advertisement for a drinking game mobile app that appeared through Instagram’s ‘Stories’ function has been banned by the Advertising Standards...
READ MOREIt Was Supposed to Be an Unbiased Study of Drinking. They Wanted to Call It ‘Cheers.’ The New York Times Roni Caryn Rabin The director of the nation’s top health research agency pulled the plug on a study of alcohol’s health effects without...
READ MOREADS OR NOT? DJ KHALED FACES SCRUTINY OVER SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS PLUGGING BOOZE BRANDS AdAge E.J. Schultz A collection of watchdog groups has done the impossible: They slowed down DJ Khaled’s brand plugs on social media, at least for alcohol...
READ MOREShould Music Videos Have to Disclose Product Placement? Pitchfork Jessica Meiselman In the first seconds of DJ Khaled’s video for “I’m the One,” the camera pans onto him inserting a Beats branded earbud into his ear. He speaks into the...
READ MOREGroups to NYC Council Members: Stop Alcohol Advertising to Kids on Public Transit WASHINGTON, D.C. − New York City should protect public health and promote health equity by refusing to allow advertisements for alcohol from its public...
READ MORESelf-Reported Youth and Adult Exposure to Alcohol Marketing in Traditional and Digital Media: Results of a Pilot Survey Alcoholism David H. Jernigan, Alisa Padon, Craig Ross, Dina Borzekowski Results Youth were more likely than adults to recall...
READ MOREOnline Adverts Promoting Unhealthy Foods to Kids Banned in United Kingdom The National Law Review From 1 July 2017, non-broadcast adverts for high fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) foods aimed at children will be banned in the UK. The ban is a response...
READ MOREAlcohol companies fail to follow their own ad rules during the 2017 Super Bowl Medical Press Jonathan Noel And Thomas Babor Alcohol companies used controversial marketing tactics in their 2017 Super Bowl commercials, including the use of animals...
READ MOREAlcohol advertising is aggressive and linked to youth drinking, research finds The Guardian Melissa Davey Leading health researchers from around the world including Australia have presented the strongest evidence to date that alcohol advertising...
READ MORESacramento transit agency has second thoughts about advertising alcohol on buses, trains The Sacramento Bee Tony Bizjak Sacramento Regional Transit officials have backed off a plan to allow alcohol advertising on the sides of buses and light-rail...
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