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Re:One in Eight U.S. Adult Deaths Involved Too Much Alcohol by barbazoo on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @02:26PM (#33440633)
That was 100 years ago. Since then many countries have successfully reduced the usage of other harmful substances, for instance tobacco which was done by prohibiting advertising. It doesn't need a ban to change the public's behavior.
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Re:One in Eight U.S. Adult Deaths Involved Too Much Alcohol by aeternum on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @03:55PM (#33442033)
Yes, an all out ban is foolish, there are smarter ways to deal with it.

Why not slap a significant tax on alcohol advertising just as we do with alcohol sales?

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Re:One in Eight U.S. Adult Deaths Involved Too Much Alcohol by mlinksva on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @04:53PM (#33442772)
Indeed why not. Yet another possibility: remove copyright restrictions on any work featuring alcohol or an alcohol brand.
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Re:One in Eight U.S. Adult Deaths Involved Too Much Alcohol by mdaEyebot on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @07:28PM (#33444294)
The taxes on alcohol are already quite high; vice taxes are good politics.

I am all for a complete ban on alcohol ads, even if it seems about as likely to happen as a ban on car ads.

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