New Scottish Government proposals on restricting event sponsorship, marketing and advertising of Alcohol drinks or brands. What’s peoples thoughts? Is it going a bit too extreme, possibly going down the route of tobacco in the UK being hidden from view with no packaging on display. How will events or festivals related to beer, whisky or wine be conducted in future? Will there be a major impact to events or sports? Definitely we need some control, but educate and don’t make things look too glamorous as it’s secreted away and becomes tempting as a rebellious act. The pandemic didn’t stop anyone from consuming alcohol, probably made some people yearn for it more as well as smoking is now transitioning to younger people constantly vaping. Below is the document link, best starting at section 5 onwards for each category. https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/consultation-paper/2022/11/consultation-restricting-alcohol-advertising-promotion/documents/consultation-restricting-alcohol-advertising-promotion/consultation-restricting-alcohol-advertising-promotion/govscot%3Adocument/consultation-restricting-alcohol-advertising-promotion.pdf https://www.gov.scot/publications/consultation-restricting-alcohol-advertising-promotion/documents/

Posted by iainbruce83 at 2022-12-02 05:24:10 UTC