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After Brazil 2014, beer ban possibly also scratched for 2018 World Cup in Russia

January 27, 2012
As reported earlier by IOGT, FIFA is pressuring Brazil, the host of the 2014 World Cup, to amend its legal prohibition of alcohol retail in football stadiums. Now it seems that the interests of the alcohol industry might have already been safeguarded for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, as Vladimir Putin has promised to consider lifting the recently introduced ban on selling beer in Russian stadiums.
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After Brazil 2014, beer ban possibly also scratched for 2018 World Cup in Russia

FIFA fights Brazilian law on behalf of alcohol industry

January 24, 2012
Fifa, football’s world governing body, keeps insisting that alcohol must be sold at all venues hosting matches in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Fifa even speaks of a right to sell beer. But alcohol is currently banned from Brazilian stadiums as part of measures to reduce violence in football and to improve public health in general. The country’s health minister has urged Congress to maintain the ban in the new “World Cup law”. Read more

 FIFA fights Brazilian law on behalf of alcohol industry

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New Fact Sheet: The impact of alcohol marketing exposure on the drinking behaviour of young people

New Fact Sheet: The impact of alcohol marketing exposure on the drinking behaviour of young people
25 August 2011
The effects of alcohol advertising and marketing on drinking behavior of young people has been more and more extensively studied over the past few years. Evidence has grown stronger that especially exposure to large volumes of alcohol advertising has an undesirable impact on the drinking behavior of youngsters. These effects of alcohol advertising on drinking behavior have been found on the long term (longitudinal studies) as well as on the short term (experimental studies). Both types of research (findings) will be discussed in this fact sheet.
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New Fact Sheet: Legal possibilities of a comprehensive alcohol advertising ban in Europe

New Fact Sheet: Legal possibilities of a comprehensive alcohol advertising ban in Europe
24 June 2011
Econometric studies by Saffer and colleagues suggest that overall bans of alcohol marketing can be successful in decreasing the total alcohol consumption among adolescents. In accordance with this, in its European Action Plan (2011) the WHO recommends a total ban on alcohol advertising in Europe. The new factsheet describes the competence of the European Union to adopt a pan-European alcohol advertising ban and its legal possibilities.
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