Delays in South Africa's plans to ban alcohol advertising.
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Last year Cabinet moved forward on its intention to ban alcohol advertising by approving “The Control of Marketing of Alcoholic Beverages Bill”. This bill, now subject to a regulatory impact assessment (RIA), aims to help reduce alcohol-related harm and protect public health through limiting the public’s exposure to alcohol marketing by limiting advertising of alcohol products to points of sale, banning all sport and arts sponsorships associated with alcohol products and prohibiting the promotion of alcoholic beverages. The liquor industry is strongly opposed to the bill and has mobilized interest groups (including the advertising industry) to challenge its merits. Industry criticisms have denied evidence for a link between alcohol advertising and consumption, and argued that an advertising ban is anti-competitive, will have negative consequences for the economy, will promote trade in illicit liquor, will erode personal freedoms and hurt the arts and sports development. Minister Motsoaledi has been accused of being a “nanny from hell” and his supporters labeled “prohibitionists”. In response, the government, public health researchers and advocacy groups have pointed to the evidence supporting a ban. If alcohol advertising is banned in South Africa, bans in neighbouring countries may follow and this would undermine industry’s efforts to develop new markets targeting women. The last minute addition of an independent RIA, despite the fact that the Department of Health had already conducted one, has delayed the legislative process considerably and mirrors concerns that the way RIAs are applied may undermine healthy public policy because of possible corporate influence. CELEBRATES SCIENCE
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Lancet
دوره 383 9933 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014