
AFL and NRL ladder of alcohol advertising addiction
A study launched today highlights the extent that foreign multinationals leverage the popularity of the AFL and NRL to market their alcohol brands to kids.
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A study launched today highlights the extent that foreign multinationals leverage the popularity of the AFL and NRL to market their alcohol brands to kids.
Road trauma and safety experts fear the fatal consequences of Heineken’s high profile Formula 1 sponsorship, ahead of the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne this weekend, and have accused Heineken of recklessly encouraging drink driving.
Baseball Australia has stepped up to the plate to protect children from alcohol harm, today pledging to no longer accept alcohol advertising in its junior competitions and at the national representative level of the game.
Stop marketing alcohol to children on television and you would reduce youth drinking.
Spoiling the start of our ‘summer of cricket’, the alcohol industry has been exposed for using supposedly tough rules on alcohol advertising as a decoy to continue targeting children with alcohol ads as they watch their heroes play.
“Richie Benaud was a great role model and I thought he conducted himself throughout his cricket career and beyond in an exemplary way. He was appreciated by cricket followers and people all around the world,” said Inverarity.
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The End Alcohol Advertising in Sport campaign calls for alcohol advertising to be phased out of professional sports. This is an initiative by the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education, supported by health organisations across Australia.
©2019 Foundation for Alcohol Research & Education
PO Box 19 Deakin West ACT 2600 | 02 6122 8600
ABN 91 096 854 385 | Privacy Statement