Companies are finding increasingly sophisticated ways to target children with advertising, particularly the unregulated ‘junk food’ industry.
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Municipal drinking amenities were built to control and profit from African drinking. In Bulawayo, the quality of the beer became a colonial obsession.
While a lot of profit stands to be made from alcohol and liquor licensing fees, we can’t ignore the harm it poses to young people.
Adolescent alcohol consumption is driven by several factors such as the availability of alcohol and social norms.
Despite repeated calls for an overhaul of New Zealand’s marketing regulations to protect children from exposure to ads for unhealthy products, successive governments have failed to act.
Teens who see alcohol on TV are more likely to drink. A marketing professor explains how to counter this phenomenon.
Easy access to alcohol and exposure to alcohol advertisements affect social and health outcomes.
The alcohol industry introduced rules to self-regulate placement of alcohol ads in November 2017. We reviewed the first six months of regulation and it was unlikely to protect young people.
Women are catching up to men in rates of alcohol consumption and this has important implications for how we think about our community response to harmful alcohol use.
The current system for regulating advertising in South Africa is dependent on the buy-in of the advertiser. But this may be about to change.
Removing alcohol brands as sponsors of sports events could help reduce the trend of young people drinking.
Australian regulations are inadequate to protect children and adolescents from alcohol advertising.
This was the year the Superbowl adfest finally hit the skids. The Twitter-storm that greeted this year’s supposedly iconic ads suggests they simply didn’t work like they usually do. The Los Angeles Times…
The Australian National Preventive Health Agency (ANPHA) recommended in a draft report in February that the Alcohol Beverages Advertising Code (ABAC) should include all forms of marketing within its self-regulatory…
Opening a bottle and pouring liquid into a glass isn’t exactly an arduous task but a US company hopes to release a powdered variety to make consuming alcohol that little bit easier – and more portable…
Young binge drinkers may get most of the newspaper headlines, but alcohol consumption in middle-aged men and women is an increasing concern. In the UK over the past couple of decades, alcohol-related death…
Alcohol industry-funded organisation DrinkWise has released a new advertising campaign titled Drinking – Do it properly that will supposedly reduce the harmful effects of binge drinking among young Australians…
The Australian Football League (AFL) and Cricket Australia have refused to sell advertising space to a Tasmanian man trying to raise awareness of the impact of junk food and alcohol advertising linked…
Australian brands are increasingly looking to exploit national holidays like ANZAC Day. Given soft retail conditions, such efforts are understandable. But is it welcome? Sure, there is no law against associating…
Over the years, we have become accustomed to alcohol companies and their allies seeking to convince us of their concern about alcohol problems and responsible use of alcohol. Their efforts range from desperately…
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Professor of Public Health, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Professor, University of Wollongong
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Professor of Health Policy, Curtin University
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Associate professor, Monash University
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Professor of Marketing, Pepperdine University
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Lecturer in Marketing, Research School of Management, Australian National University
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Associate Professor and Director of the SAMRC/Wits Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW
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Legal Policy Adviser at the Obesity Policy Coalition and Master of International and Public Law student, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor for Integrated Marketing Communications, Bond University
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Professor of Digital Media, The University of Queensland
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Professor, The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney
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Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor of Advertising Theory, University of Bath
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Professor / Lead Substance use research group, Glasgow Caledonian University