Poll: Should alcohol advertisement be banned?

[Reaper195]

Tobacco ads were banned in the US only last year? They've been gone from New Zealand since before I was even born (Late-ish '89).

Alcohol is not more dangerous than Tobacco. There is nothing wrong with a beer or two. Only fucking morons drink more and then drive/do whatever gets people killed. Unlike Tobacco which actually does give people cancer, the only problem with alcohol are the retards that abuse it.

 

[MarcusD357]

I seem to recall that in the UK there was some law passed a while back that all alcohol and tobacco adverts could not promote the fact that using the advertised product would cause you to take on a new lifestyle. Nowadays I think the adverts stay within that law in England, but I'm not sure about other places. In my opninion, as long as the adverts aren't breaking that law (which I believe to be a very reasonable law), they should still be allowed to be aired. Advertisement isn't really hurting anyone.. As soon as you start banning certain ads, it soon gets out of control because those companies get pissed off that they arent allowed to show their product and take it out on other businesses just so that they can level the advertisement-playing-field

 

[Asdalan08]

Every single advert atleast in the UK shows alcohol just being drunk in a social manner, none suggest any sort of high from it. Plus there is a DRINK RESPONSIBLY announcement at the end of all of them

 

[The Diabolical Biz]

here in canada tobacco ad's are banned (just like the US) and Alcohol has very strict guidelines you must follow when advertising alcohol (this includes both brands of alcohol and places that serve alcohol.

-you cannot specifically mention price of drinks
"we're selling bud light at $5 a six-pack"

-you cannot attempt to influence non-drinkers to start drinking your alcohol
"you don't drink beer, your friends drink bud light, don't you like being popular?"

-you cannot encourage people to buy or consume your alcohol
"Buy Bud light!" "Drink Bud Light!"

-you cannot show (or imply) your product is being consumed in your advertisement
"I'm going to drink a bud light, watch me drink it right now!"

there are several more they can all be found here:

http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/general/codes/alcohol.htm

as for your question I would support banning alcohol ad's. I'm a radio man myself so it would be nice to not have to work around all these advertising rules (radio stations are not allowed to 'give away' alcohol for contests etc.)

Do you have any videos of these ads? They sound quite amusing/

"BUD LITE! IT'S...A...PRODUCT! BUTITNOW! OH SH-* *%(%&@ LAWS *(*^%$£"

 

[Gustavo S. Buschle]

I do not understand at all the concept of advertisements. I mean, the only time I ever used something because I saw an advertisement was when I didn't know the product. I was searching for where to find Mexican food in Denmark, then I remembered an ad of a website that finds restaurants. I mean, Can someone possibly not know beer? Or alcohol?

 

[Thumper17]

Cigarettes are completely bad for you and have no redeemable qualities or functions, it kills you. End of.

Alcohol has medical uses, cleaning sores, rubbing alcohol all of that stuff. In addition to the fact that you can cook with it and it's good for you in moderation.

Theirs also the fact Jesus drank. Whatever that means to you.

So I can abide drinking more then smoking, though I've had so many bad experiences with alcohol I almost want prohibition to come back.

Let everyone smoke weed instead, the worst thing we get is a small food shortage from everyone having munchies at the same time.

 

[teebeeohh]

yeah, because most alcohol ads are stupid anyway.

 

[player3141]

I see nothing wrong with tabacco or alcohol advertisements. I think both should be allowed to aired, despite both being able to kill you. It is the parents job to educate the child that alcohol in excess, can be deadly; and smoking causes lung cancer. If a parent can't do that, then it is up to the child to have a brain and listen to the tons of anti-tabacoo/alcohol advertisements that are everywhere.

 

[Continuity]

I think it really ought to be banned, after all it is proven to be quite bad for your health. We shouldn't be encouraging people to do things that are bad for their health.

I see nothing wrong with tabacco or alcohol advertisements. I think both should be allowed to aired, despite both being able to kill you. It is the parents job to educate the child that alcohol in excess, can be deadly; and smoking causes lung cancer. If a parent can't do that, then it is up to the child to have a brain and listen to the tons of anti-tabacoo/alcohol advertisements that are everywhere.

The trouble with that is that it ignores the effect that advertising has, companies don't pour billions of $$$ into advertising for the hell of it. Advertising makes people consume more of your product, yes its the individual's responsibility to moderate their own intake but given that it is a proven fact that advertising increases consumption regardless, I think its right it ought to be moderated.

To put it another way, if a company was selling suicide kits and advertising them on TV, would that be a good thing? It would still be the individuals choice but you can bet there would be more suicides as a result.

So I guess the thing is that we are compulsive creatures, and advertising taps into that element of our psyche and creates an undue influence, where that involves something that does us harm we ought to be protected from it.

 

[DYin01]

Some people in this thread made a very good point distincting tobacco from alcohol. Alcohol isn't harmful in small amounts. It's only bad for you if you overdo it, which is true for a lot of products.
I do argue that alcohol is addictive and it can cause some serious damage to your body if you overdo it for long enough. Your organs and your brains can be damaged beyond repair if you do it long enough.

All in all though, I'm a little in dubio. I actually work with addicts daily and I see what alcohol can do to people, but it's never just alcohol. There are also plenty of people out there who love drinking alcohol every now and then and they get nothing but pleasure from it.

 

[standokan]

No, because that´ll get alot of other advertisements banned too.

I have no idea why I care for the other advertisements.

 

[Continuity]

Some people in this thread made a very good point distincting tobacco from alcohol. Alcohol isn't harmful in small amounts. It's only bad for you if you overdo it, which is true for a lot of products.

Even very small amounts of alcohol on a regular basis have been shown in studies to increase your risk of cancer, so alcohol isn't as benign as you might think.

 

[FuktLogik]

No, you're clearly trying to impose your personal beliefs on others. Calm the fuck down, it's only booze.

If you're going to argue that it is not good for your health, then I suppose all fast food advertisements, over the counter medication advertisements, and pretty much all other advertisements should be banned as well. Oh, and don't forget vehicular advertisements, since they can be dangerous too. See, it's a slippery fucking slope.

It's people like you who bring us closer and closer to total censorship in all forms of media.

 

[EvilRoy]

No, you're clearly trying to impose your personal beliefs on others. Calm the fuck down, it's only booze.

It's people like you who bring us closer and closer to total censorship in all forms of media.

To be honest I've always personally questioned the need for alcohol advertisements, at least here in Canada.
I know that in some other countries (United States for instance, I think) you can buy booze from alot of different places, like grocery stores or convenience stores, but here in Canada there is only one place you can get liquor: the liquor store.

It may be beside a grocery store, but it is always a separate building, and inside there is absolutely nothing but liquor. So, as you might imagine, everything an add could possibly do (comparing your brand against another, or just getting people to realize your brand exists) is completely taken care of by the store itself. You go inside, and every kind of vodka, gin, beer, tequila you name it is placed on shelves beside each other, with their customary blurbs about how great they are on the bottles.

So honestly, I could totally support an alcohol advertisement ban. The advertisements are so restricted and generally useless it's a better idea just to go to the store and check it out yourself anyway.

 

[Plurralbles]

Umm... if they can ban things from being advertised that are harmful to the public... can we ban political ad campaigns?

 

[Gigano]

While commercials for alcohol should exercise social responsibility in not showing use of alcohol in connection to driving, minors etc., it's a legal product which any adult may choose to purchase, and thus advertising it to adults should be just fine. They can choose for themselves.

Purging it from commercials will only serve to cement its status as something truly adult, with an aura of slight aura of something "rebellious" to and "forbidden" in the eyes of society to it; guess who love that sort of thing.

Again, it's not like any ordinary person who wouldn't otherwise drink am going to suddenly start drinking by watching commercials.

...And those few who might probably need that drink anyway.

 

[FallenRainbows]

They all have the drink responsibly tag on them now. I'm British, in answer to why it's allowed... MONEY!

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I agree.