Now stop bashing booze !

[Wij]

BBC News - Why is alcohol consumption falling?

*thirsty*

 

[DaGaffer]

What a badly researched and written article. It completely failed to consider the effect of the smoking ban, doesn't understand that binge drinking can go up whilst overall consumption goes down, and doesn't mention that the recommended units figures are all pulled out of some lobbyist's arse anyway. Fail BBC.

 

[Wij]

I'll take anything that encourages people to leave thirsty brits alone.

 

[DaGaffer]

I'll take anything that encourages people to leave thirsty brits alone.

In that case you should probably read the article; it was only too happy to praise the efforts of the anti-booze puritans and encouraged them to continue their good work...

 

[Wij]

Yes but more puritanical dimwits lowering their booze consumption eases the pressure on sensible alcies.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Drop all concerned stuff, fluffy state and nanny behaviour, bring ack smoking in abrs, lower tax on cigs, booze and legalize all drugs.

The ones who don't know how to use sh*t, will perish from this realm and those who don't kow that a smoking oub is a health risk, can stay home

When did it become the governments job to hold your hand anyway?

 

[Wazzerphuk]

I love watching people get all antsy about their precious foul tasting liquids.

 

[Wij]

I love watching people get all antsy about their precious foul tasting liquids.

Hypocrite. You're always keen for me to ingest your foul-tasting liquids.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

bring ack smoking in abrs

No (despite the mangled typing ). The rest I don't mind

 

[rynnor]

No (despite the mangled typing ). The rest I don't mind

I agree - its made it much easier to give up - of all the regular bar smokers at work theres only 1 left from 5 a couple of years back and after a night out I no longer smell like an ashtray.

 

[old.Tohtori]

No (despite the mangled typing ). The rest I don't mind

Yeah i mangled that post pretty well

I still think that it should be up to bars to choose if or not they allow smoking.

Hate the if/or style of the world.

 

[Wij]

The Daily Mash - Thousands of public health experts could disappear

 

[Will]

I still think that it should be up to bars to choose if or not they allow smoking.

It was up to bars for years and yet not a single one did ban smoking. So legislation was brought in and most people seem to be happy about it.

I reckon a French-style ban on most alcohol advertising is the way forward but I can't see anything every happening due to the lobbying power of the drinks makers and the tax pounds alcohol brings in.

 

[DaGaffer]

It was up to bars for years and yet not a single one did ban smoking. So legislation was brought in and most people seem to be happy about it.

I reckon a French-style ban on most alcohol advertising is the way forward but I can't see anything every happening due to the lobbying power of the drinks makers and the tax pounds alcohol brings in.

Leave alcohol advertising alone! : Its usually better made than the programmes. And besides, nothing the French do is ever "the way forward". (NB. I sat through a presentation from the global marketing boss of AB InBev - Budweiser to you - the other day, and it was fairly clear that booze marketing is going primarily social and online - partly because their primary consumers don't respond to traditional advertising anymore anyway).

NB. Even though I no longer smoke, I wouldn't say I was "happy" about the smoking ban; I look at fascist twats like Michael Bloomberg in New York and see his end game; smoking in bars was only the start, now he's going for all public places. Once he's done that booze will come under the microscope.

 

[Raven]

I quite like the Fosters adverts, with the two Australian blokes in the shed, though they do not make me want to buy that piss water (I don't drink lager anyway so nothing would)

As for the minimum pricing, who cares? It's not as if it will affect anything worth buying, only those nasty little French bottles and value shit. What I do have a major problem with is the duty imposed on pubs, far too many are closing down.

Our village pub, which really is the hub of the community (we don't even have a shop) is pretty much on the ropes, it only re-opened last week after being shut since Christmas. This is simply down to the price of a pint. Drop the duty, sell more beer, make more tax money.

 

[Ch3tan]

A lot of pub closures are down to the breweries themselves being money grabbing *****, and not caring about the ability of their landlords to run a successful business.

 

[Calaen]

A lot of pub closures are down to the breweries themselves being money grabbing *****, and not caring about the ability of their landlords to run a successful business.

Yup a local pub near my old place of residence has had so many landlrods over the last 5 years, one of those was a known friend of the family and she had the place bouncing with live bands at the weekends and quizzes/killer pool competitions through the week.

The second the Brewery saw she was making money the tried to up the amount of cash they took from her. She told them to fuck off and handed the place back and it's been sat empty for 8 months.

 

[Ctuchik]

I reckon a French-style ban on most alcohol advertising is the way forward

Oh i would love that. Iirc cigarette brand advertising is already banned, at least i have yet to see one, so alcohol should be as well.

 

[DaGaffer]

Oh i would love that. Iirc cigarette brand advertising is already banned, at least i have yet to see one, so alcohol should be as well.

Why?

 

[Billargh]

Heh a mate of mine was considering taking over a local pub, but had a look over their records etc before hand, turns out the place made a profit of £200 over the course of 4 months, £50 profit per month man, absolute joke.

 

[Ch3tan]

Oh i would love that. Iirc cigarette brand advertising is already banned, at least i have yet to see one, so alcohol should be as well.

Why exactly? Alcohol adverts are usually class, why take that money away from advertising companies?

Do you think people are going to stop drinking? People were drinking long before advertising.

 

[Will]

Why exactly? Alcohol adverts are usually class, why take that money away from advertising companies?

Do you think people are going to stop drinking? People were drinking long before advertising.

Having read up a bit on the effects of alcohol advertising, it seems that the majority of studies conclude that it affects brand share rather than rate of alcohol consumption which is more closely related to cultural factors.

So I retract my previous statement. Assuming the research I found is correct.

I still hate advertising in general though.