Courtesy of Cancer Council WA
We are calling on the Federal Government to take action to protect Australian kids from harmful alcohol marketing on social media, with new research showing over a quarter of Instagram accounts owned by major alcohol companies are accessible to kids.
Julia Stafford, Chair of the Cancer Council Alcohol Working Group and co-author of the research, said existing voluntary advertising codes are failing to prevent children’s access to harmful alcohol content online and must be overhauled.
“Since 2017, the industry-managed advertising code has required alcohol marketers activate age restriction controls on social networking sites to prevent children from accessing alcohol content,” Ms Stafford said.
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Taking a break from alcohol is absolutely one of the best things you can do for your health (and your wallet!).
It is estimated around three per cent of all cancers diagnosed in Australia each year are due to alcohol use. Cutting out alcohol not only reduces your risk of cancer and other alcohol-caused disease, but you can also reap these benefits:
Benefit 1: Better sleep
Drinking alcohol before bed can lead to poorer quality sleep as it disrupts the body’s restorative process. Within one week of giving up alcohol, you might experience an increase in wakefulness, better work performance, better sleep quality and improved concentration. Your break from alcohol may lead you to explore other opportunities to get out and about and reduce your fatigue long term through exercise.