Press Release – Alcohol Healthwatch Alcohol harm reduction advocates are calling for an end to alcohol advertisers writing the rules around advertising. Strong statutory standards on alcohol advertising are being demanded following research published today in the New Zealand Medical Journal. …
Alcohol harm reduction advocates are calling for an end to alcohol advertisers writing the rules around advertising. Strong statutory standards on alcohol advertising are being demanded following research published today in the New Zealand Medical Journal.
Dr Nicki Jackson, Executive Director of Alcohol Healthwatch, says “Responsibility for protecting our children and vulnerable people from harmful, ubiquitous alcohol advertising should not be delegated to alcohol advertisers. Regulatory standards are long overdue.”
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Friday, 19 February 2021, 12:52 pm
Alcohol harm reduction advocates are calling for an end
to alcohol advertisers writing the rules around advertising.
Strong statutory standards on alcohol advertising are being
demanded following research published today in the New
Zealand Medical Journal.
Dr Nicki Jackson, Executive
Director of Alcohol Healthwatch, says Responsibility for
protecting our children and vulnerable people from harmful,
ubiquitous alcohol advertising should not be delegated to
alcohol advertisers. Regulatory standards are long
overdue. The science is clear that voluntary codes
do not work. Codes are deliberately vague, focus on content
of individual ads, and do nothing to address the saturation
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