Alcohol Control
Where Are We Headed?
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Arlington, Virginia
Alcohol Control
Where Are We Headed?
Isn’t That A Mighty Fine Question!
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Arlington, Virginia
Outcome
When This Panel Discussion Is Over………
• Reviewed and discussed “alcohol regulation – emerging
trends”
• Focused particularly on both legal and structural changes,
what do these changes mean?
• Asked ourselves, do the totality of the changes suggest
that we are moving toward complete deregulation or some
new form of prohibition?
• Debated what should be done in reaction to these trends?
Fight? Embrace? Accelerate?
Format
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Total Session
“Teeing Up” The Issue
Panelist Presentations
Moderator Questions
Audience Questions
Panelists
• We are delighted to welcome a powerful and diverse panel,
containing industry experts with very distinct views on where
we are headed or more importantly where we should be
headed!
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Craig Purser, President, NBWA, CAE
Tom Wark, Executive Director, SWRA
Dr. Peter Anderson, MD, PhD, MPH
Craig Purser, CAE
President, NBWA
• Craig A. Purser, CAE is President of the National Beer Wholesalers
Association.
• During his more than ten years with NBWA, he has led a number of
successful association initiatives and has been instrumental in the strategic
positioning of the association to meet today's challenges by promoting
competition and leading the effort to strengthen the three-tier system and
state-based regulation.
• A veteran of Capitol Hill and numerous statewide political campaigns,
Purser served on the staff of former U.S. Senator and Assistant Majority
Leader Don Nickles (R-OK) for nearly five years.
Tom Wark
Executive Director, SWRA
• Tom Wark is Executive Director of the Specialty Wine Retailers
Association, a national organization of progressive wine merchants who
liberalize shipping laws for wine retailers and consumers.
• Tom began his tenure in the wine industry in 1990 at the marketing firm of
Gracelyn and Burns in Sonoma County, California.
• Tom founded his own communications and marketing firm in 1993 that
focused on wine-related communications and marketing.
• Tom has worked on various wine related political issues through his
associations with Matanzas Creek Winery, Coalition for Free Trade, and
Family Winemakers of California.
• He received his masters degree in Diplomatic History from San Francisco
State University.
Dr. Peter Anderson, MD, PhD, MPH
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Dr. Anderson is trained as a general practitioner and specialist in public health
medicine at the University of Oxford and the London School of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine. His PhD was on the risk of alcohol, and he is currently a
consultant in alcohol policy. He was the regional advisor for both alcohol and
tobacco with the European Office of the World Health Organization from 1992 to
2000.
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Since 2001, he has been working as an independent consultant, and has been an
adviser in the field of addictions to the European Commission, the World Health
Organization and several governments. He was the author of a 400 page report for
the European Commission on Alcohol in Europe, translating the evidence base and
experience of alcohol policy and prevention programmes for policy makers,
programme implementers and researchers.
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He has an extensive research background in alcohol epidemiology, intervention
research, randomized trials, prevention projects and meta-analytical techniques. He
has over 120 publications in peer reviewed journals and is the author or editor of 15
books.
Teeing Up The Issue
What Do We Know About Where
We Are Today?
Alcohol In Society
From a public health perspective, the global burden related to alcohol consumption,
both in terms of morbidity and mortality, is considerable in most parts of the world. Alcohol
consumption has health and social consequences via intoxication (drunkenness), alcohol
dependence, and other biochemical effects of alcohol. In addition to chronic diseases that may
affect drinkers after many years of heavy use, alcohol contributes to traumatic outcomes that
kill or disable at a relatively young age, resulting in the loss of many years of life due to death
or disability. There is increasing evidence that besides volume of alcohol, the pattern of the
drinking is relevant for the health outcomes. Overall there is a causal relationship between
alcohol consumption and more than 60 types of disease and injury. Alcohol is estimated to
cause about 20–30% of oesophageal cancer, liver cancer, cirrhosis of the liver, homicide,
epileptic seizures, and motor vehicle accidents worldwide (WHO, 2002).
Alcohol causes 1.8 million deaths (3.2% of total) and a loss of 58.3 million (4% of total) of
Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALY) (WHO, 2002). Unintentional injuries alone account
for about one third of the 1.8 million deaths, while neuro-psychiatric conditions account for
close to 40% of the 58.3 million DALYs. The burden is not equally distributed among the
countries. Alcohol consumption is the leading risk factor for disease burden in low mortality
developing countries and the third largest risk factor in developed countries. In Europe alone,
alcohol consumption was responsible for over 55 000 deaths among young people aged 15–29
years in 1999 (Rehm & Eschmann, 2002).
Excerpt From 2004 WHO Report On Alcohol
“The cost of alcohol to society does
not outweigh the benefit to society,
nor can / does it pay for itself
through taxation”
“In short, society would be better off
without alcohol”
Let’s Ban It
Let’s Tax It To Death!
Russia: Sweet smell of excess
16/06/2006 12:00
Written by: Iain O'Neil
The Russian government is taking steps to cut the number of drink-related deaths in
the country - by restricting the sale of perfume.
Apparently Russian men have taken to buying cheap perfume as an alternative to
drinking more expensive alcoholic spirits - like vodka.
Perfume, brake fluid, de-icer and methylated spirits make up 20% of alcohol
consumed in Russia and are a major factor in many of the 40,000 deaths a year
from alcohol poisoning.
Moscow cosmetics shop owner Nadezhda Ivanova told the Telegraph:
"Just because my husband is fool enough to drink brake fluid, why should I be
deprived of the pleasure of wearing Chanel?"
A Serious Problem……..
Alcohol deaths prompt state of emergency in Siberia
06 Dec 2006 16:35:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
MOSCOW, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Russia's eastern Siberian region of Irkutsk declared a
state of emergency on Wednesday after 10 people died in a 24-hour period from
alcohol poisoning, in some cases after drinking household cleaning products.
The deaths were the latest in a wave of fatalities from alcohol poisoning to sweep
Russia this winter.
Alcohol-related illness is common in Russia, the world's biggest consumer of
vodka, but the outbreaks of mass poisoning this year have been of an intensity not
seen for years.
"In total 3,357 people have been diagnosed with toxic hepatitis of various
degrees of severity (since mid-October)," he said, citing figures for the
Irkutsk region.
Some experts have blamed an unusually lethal strain of fake
alcohol which has appeared on sale after changes in tax rules made legal drink
more expensive.
Not Just Russia……
India: Spurious liquor claims 23 lives in Orissa
Wednesday, March 22, 2006 (Ganjam ):
Twenty three people in Ganjam district in Orissa and ten in the Icchapuram area in
Andhra Pradesh have died after consuming spurious liquor over the last five days.
According to reports the spurious liquor which was mix of methyl alcohol and urea
fertilizer is consumed quite regularly by many people in Ganjam district.
200 people had died in the Cuttack hooch tragedy of 1992 and since then
another 100 people have died in similar tragedies in other districts.
But the reports of the judicial probes on these tragedies have not
resulted in any concrete action by the government.
That also explains why the Opposition has described the announcement for
a judicial probe into the Ganjam tragedy only an eyewash.
On Other Continents Too….
In Paraguay 14 die after drinking doctored liquor
02 Dec 2006 18:12:43 GMT
Source: Reuters
ASUNCION, Paraguay, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Sugar-cane liquor tainted
with methanol killed 14 people in a Paraguayan town, the country's health
minister said on Saturday.
Health Minister Oscar Martinez said laboratory tests confirmed the presence of the
toxic chemical, often used industrially, in the hooch, which investigators suspect
was sold on the black market.
Nicaragua: Authorities hunt moonshiners as poison liquor toll hits 30
Source: CNN / Sep 9th 2006
LEON, Nicaragua (Reuters) -- Nicaraguan police stepped up moonshine raids Saturday,
bursting into seedy bars and liquor stores selling an adulterated cane liquor that the
government said has killed at least 30 people.
Overnight, about 100 people were admitted to the already overflowing and rundown
public hospital in Leon, about 55 miles northwest of the capital, Managua, and the
center of the epidemic, raising fears of more deaths.
But Also Closer To Home…
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United Kingdom: Potentially fatal vodka on sale
Source: BBC
Sept 12th, 2006
Bottles of potentially fatal vodka have been discovered on sale in Lancashire,
trading standards officers say.
The "Kremlin" spirit contains illegal levels of methanol - 16 times higher than the
recommended maximum. It was found in a shop in Burnley.
Deemed unfit for human consumption, drinking the vodka in "moderate" amounts
could cause blindness or even death, experts warn.
Lancashire County Councillor Jean Battle, cabinet member for community planning
and partnerships, said: "This problem has been highlighted thanks to the vigilance
of a trading standards officer who saw the vodka on sale at an off-licence and was
suspicious of its origins.
And About To Get Worse?
United Kingdom: Treasury haunted by spectre of fake spirits
By: Vanessa Houlder, Financial Times
Published: Dec 27, 2006
Criminal gangs are turning to counterfeit alcohol as it becomes harder to smuggle
genuine bottles of spirits, according to the Treasury.
The "emerging threat" of fake spirits is a sign that fraudsters are adopting new
tactics to thwart the crackdown on the alcohol black market, it said.
All but the smallest bottles of spirits will have to carry a pink oval duty stamp,
unless the retailer has records to show that duty was paid before last October. The
industry is concerned that counterfeiters will not only produce fake bottles of spirits
but also attach fake duty stamps.
Revenue & Customs, which has made several seizures of counterfeit spirits and
packaging materials in recent months, fears that such a move could jeopardise the
success of its drive against excise fraud. Criminals often recycle genuine bottles to
make them appear genuine.
Revenue & Customs reported steady progress on reducing levels of spirit fraud
since 2000-01, when it was as high as 28 per cent, leading to revenue losses of
£1.2bn. Its latest estimate was that the market share of illicit spirits was up to 8 per
cent, leading to revenue losses of £300m in 2004-05.
On The Other Hand…..Let’s
Deregulate It…..
(United Kingdom example)
United Kingdom Deregulation
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Shops and bars can sell alcohol 7 / 24
Virtually any outlet can get a license
Available on every corner
Little to no enforcement of underage purchasing
Internet sales account for 10.0% of sales
Selling below cost is routine and large scale
Manufacturers and retailers not separated
A Little
Deregulation
Unintended
Consequences
Atmosphere of
Deregulation
Knee-jerk
Reaction
More
Deregulation
Re-Regulation
Higher Taxes
Complete
Deregulation
Worse Than
Present
United Kingdom: Supermarkets under fire as child alcohol abuse surges
By Sam Coates
Source: The Times
Supermarkets and off-licences have been identified as serial offenders, with 48 per cent of
supermarkets found selling alcohol to under-18s in an undercover operation conducted
before the licensing laws changed. The heads of Tesco and Sainsbury have been called to
see Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary, to explain their approach to the problem.
United Kingdom: Alcohol deaths soaring, new figures show
Saturday July 1, 2006
The Guardian
A sharp increase in the number of people drinking themselves to
death in England was revealed in official figures yesterday.
The Salvation Army said: "We are not surprised, as alcohol has
never been more easily available in the UK.
"The government's failure to adequately address
binge drinking, and the ill-thought-through 24-hour licensing
policy, will do nothing to help the situation."
United Kingdom: Police chief blames drinks industry for Binge Britain by selling alcohol 'cheaper than
water‘
Source: Daily Mail
Feb 14th, 2008
A police chief lashed out at the drinks industry last night for selling beer 'cheaper than water' and leaving
hospitals to pick up the bill in injuries and bloodshed.
Danger: Supermarkets stocking up cheap booze have fuelled street violence, anti-crime campaigners say
"Why is it we have got huge entertainment and drinks companies marketing alcohol to children?"
In the past supermarkets stocked a handful of drinks targeted at youngsters, but "now we have gondolas
of them", he said - the term used to describe large display units.
He accused parts of the drinks industry of not taking the problems seriously, adding: "We can't allow
them to continue to export their negative costs on to the streets, hospitals and into the criminal justice
system. It's got to stop."
Supermarkets are targeting children with cheap booze, according to claims.
Last week the Home Office announced a review of supermarket and off-licence drink sales, with ministers
threatening legislation to outlaw ' lossleader' sales at below cost price unless shops heed the warnings and
fall into line.
The Most Recent Headlines
• United Kingdom: Irresponsible alcohol packaging to be
identified
• United Kingdom: 'Government to unleash alcohol hit
squads to cut booze abuse‘
• Metal detectors will be installed at the entrances to pubs
and clubs in a bid to clamp down on knife and gun violence
• Clubs switch exclusively to plastic cups
• United Kingdom: Call for alcohol ban in supermarkets
• United Kingdom: Ban sale of cheap alcohol, Tesco urges
Brown
• Increase taxes, so on and so on……
A Little
Deregulation
Unintended
Consequences
Atmosphere of
Deregulation
Knee-jerk
Reaction
More
Deregulation
Re-Regulation
Higher Taxes
Complete
Deregulation
Worse Than
Present
What Might One Conclude?
What Might One Conclude?
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We are not in the milk or chips business
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Banning it does not work
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Over taxing it does not work
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Lack of access does not work
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Deregulating it does not work
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Under taxing it is not smart
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Easy access is not the answer
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Tight control over the supply chain is important
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Regulation – legal and structural – is important; makes a difference
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Changes in regulations has an impact on alcohol / society and the quality of our lives!
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Appropriate regulation and market structure is a very difficult business, “it just ain’t easy”
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Expedient, knee jerk politically driven solutions won’t work
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Need to seek out and maintain a balance
So, In The United States, Where Are We Today?
More Importantly Where Are We Headed?
Regulatory & Structural Trends
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Erosion of the three tier system
Direct Shipping
Retailers shipping across state lines
International internet retailing
eBay
Micro distilleries
Availability
Chain power ON & OFF
Sunday sales
Wet votes
Advertising proliferation
My Space / You Tube
Enforcement capabilities
Illegal importation
Refilling and counterfeiting
Gang activity
Rising tide of health claims
Nutritional labeling
Ingredient labeling
Healthy “alcohol” products
“Edgy” products
Lowering of the drinking age
Global pricing
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Costco ruling
Dry votes
Product bans
Advertising bans
DUI enforcement
Ignition interlocks
Allergen labeling
Ingredient labeling
State based labeling requirements
Local labeling initiatives
State taxation increases
Local tax initiatives
Smoking bans
Restaurants - menu calories
WHO
Health Advocates
Attorneys General
Governor spouses
Merging ABCs with DEAs
Direct Shipping
• Texas' "Bizzaro" Landmark Decision
January 16, 2008
Source: Beer Business Daily
A fascinating Federal District Court decision handed down by the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (in Dallas) on
Monday by Judge Sidney Fitzwater (Quick bio: 55 years old, a graduate of Texas
Baylor Law [in a dry county] appointed by Reagan in 1986), is considered so
bizarre that it has been declared by both wholesalers and out-of-state retailer
direct shippers as a great victory.
Most importantly, this case was the first that applies the Granholm case to interstate
retailers (as opposed to wineries), and was perhaps the most methodically thought
out decision for any federal Judge, though perhaps with a gaping hole (more on that
later). And it was a mixed decision, to be sure.
Does direct shipping, shipping across state lines, increasing
access and availability of alcohol and the erosion of the three
tier system expose our society to new perils and dangers
from alcohol?
International Internet Retailers
Does the specter of offshore retailing who do not pay US tax
nor comply with US regulation pose a health threat? Unfair
competition? Provide youth access?
EBay Retailing
Does the arrival of professional, organized retailing on eBay
deprive states of tax revenue? Constitute a new threat to
underage consumption? Amazon.com?
Counterfeiting
United Kingdom: Fake vodka could blind you
Source: Watford Observer
Jan 30th, 2008
Trading Standards chiefs in Hertfordshire are warning residents to be wary of buying counterfeit
Glen's Vodka which could cause blindness.
Cheap "knock-off" 70cl bottles of the spirit, which has not been through the company's strict distilling
process, has been found at five locations in neighbouring Buckinghamshire.
It has sparked a national investigation.
As regulations affecting the structure of the market change,
loosening controls on the supply chain. What impact will
all this have on the safety and security enjoyed today?
Enforcement Capability
WINE AND SPIRITS TRADE GROUP URGES IOWA ACTION IN UNDERAGE ALCOHOL SHIPPING
CASE
Source: WSWA
March 23rd, 2007
Washington, D.C. (March 23, 2007)-The Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America, Inc. (WSWA) today
requested that the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division investigate and take enforcement action against an
online retailer who shipped alcohol illegally into Iowa recently.
A UPS spokesman was quoted in the article saying that the giant carrier was not a "police" agency.
"We don't expect to be, and we don't want to be." He further claimed that UPS was not responsible
for enforcing the law. READ: I want the profits but the not the responsibility.
"It is hard to understand how UPS can be entrusted to deliver alcohol in Iowa-or anywhere else for that
matter-when it disavows any legal responsibility to ensure its deliveries are in compliance with the law,"
Wolf said. "We hope the Iowa ABC looks into the conduct of UPS in this case as well."
As a practical matter, what enforcement capability do we
really have? If none, why have the regulations? New
Hampshire thinks differently?
Supreme Court Agrees!
WSWA: SUPREME COURT REJECTION OF CARRIER AGE VERIFICATION
CALLS INTO QUESTION STATE DIRECT SHIPPING LAWS
Source: WSWA
Feb 21st
Washington, D.C. (February 21, 2008)-The Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America
(WSWA) urged states to conduct a careful and broad re-evaluation of direct
shipping regulations in the wake of a troubling Supreme Court decision
handed down Wednesday.
In unanimously striking down a Maine law regarding the direct shipment of
tobacco products to consumers, the Supreme Court found that the state cannot
legally compel carriers to verify that recipients of packages containing tobacco
are of legal age. The case was closely watched by the beverage alcohol
community because of the potential ramifications for unregulated home
delivery of alcohol, a product which also carries a minimum age requirement
for purchase.
As a practical matter, what enforcement capability do we
really have? If none, why have the regulations?
Micro Distilleries
Washington: Distillers may get lift from the state
By Andrew Garber
Jan 21st
Seattle Times Olympia bureau
OLYMPIA - Don Poffenroth can show you how he makes whiskey
from Washington-grown grains at his new Dry Fly distillery in Spokane. But he
can't sell you a bottle or even offer a nip.
Customers who want a taste have to walk to a pub next door to
buy a drink. If they want to purchase a bottle, Poffenroth says, he has to "draw
them a map to a liquor store."
The reason: Only state liquor stores can sell bottles of booze,
a holdover from the end of Prohibition in 1933. But that's likely to change
soon.
Do micro distilleries open the door to more and yet larger
manufacturers selling direct to consumers? What defines a
“distillery’? Do they threaten the Control State System?
Chain Power ON / OFF
How stores pile alcohol high and sell it cheap
Last updated at 00:52am on 15th February 2008
Supermarkets are selling alcohol at a loss to pull in customers.
They are offering shoppers savings worth millions, particularly around
the time of sporting events and national holidays.
Evidence supplied to a Competition Commission inquiry suggests the
big four - Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons - sold an estimated
£100 million worth of beer, wines and spirits below cost at the time of
the World Cup in 2006.
Recent promotions of cheap lager and cider have brought down the cost
of alcohol to below the prices charged for some bottled water.
What threat do very large and powerful retailers pose to
society as it relates to alcohol? Should their economic
interest in alcohol sales be constrained?
Chain Power ON / OFF
DUI suit settled for $21 million. Man in crash that killed 3 drank at
T.G.I. Friday's
By GREGORY A. HALL The Courier-Journal BY SAM UPSHAW JR., THE COURIER-JOURNAL
The company that owns the T.G.I. Friday's restaurant that served
alcohol to a Prospect, Ky man before he drove his truck into a car
carrying two 16-year-old sweethearts — killing all three — has paid
$21 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the teens' parents.
Direct quote from ON Premise Chain Operator: “I do not
understand why my buyers cannot receive gifts from alcohol
vendors like they get from food vendors”
Can large chain ON premise operators be relied upon to
promote alcohol responsibly? How long before they want to
buy direct? What impact will that have on drinks prices?
Global Pricing
• Sovereign and state trade rules and regulations
are eliminated
• Chains grow into international and global
groups
• Prices are compared across countries
Tesco Takes On US Shoppers
The company hopes to keep prices low by selling big volumes of those few
chosen items and relying on trusted suppliers, some of which it brought from
Britain to the U.S.
What will the convergence of these trends mean for alcohol
prices? Are prices likely to go up or go down? In turn, how
will this impact alcohol consumption in the US?
Advertising
• Cable companies are becoming increasingly lenient with spirits advertising…
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Radio Stations Accepting Spirits Ads
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Cable Markets Accepting Spirits Ads
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Local TV Accepting Spirits Ads
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What is the long term impact of this trend?
Jan 2003
Jan 2004
Social Media
(You Tube / My Space)
What impact do new trends like You Tube, Face Book, My
Space have on the role of alcohol in society?
Gang Activity
Mesa 'party crew' arrested for hosting underage drinking
Reported by: EastValleyTribune.com
Last Update: 1/27 9:23 pm
“Police! Get down on the ground!” officers yell as they race to the front of the
restaurant.
Typically made up of gang members or their friends, party crews are highly
organized groups of older teens who throw large parties, where for $3 to $10,
underage kids come in and drink. Their proceeds often fund more parties,
announced over cell phone text messages or in some cases, on MySpace.com, an
Internet “social” site popular with teens.
But it isn’t just the underage drinking that worries police — it’s the violence that
often comes with it.
What is driving this? Increasingly liberal or conservative
attitudes to alcohol? Increasing pressure on youth?
Drinking age? Society in general?
Nutritional Labeling
Labels on Alcoholic Drinks Should Include
Calories, Ingredients & Alcohol Content
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In 2003, CSPI, the National Consumer League, and others called on TTB to develop an easyto-read, standardized Alcohol Facts label, similar to the popular Nutrition Facts labels on
packaged foods. In 2007, TTB responded by proposing a “Serving Facts” label which would
include calories, fat, carbs, and protein, but which would let manufacturers disclose alcohol
content elsewhere, and presumably in much smaller print, on the label. The TTB proposal also
would not require disclosure of ingredients, nor would it require a statement communicating
the government’s advice on moderate drinking.
In fact, one of the TTB’s proposed Serving Facts label is eerily similar to a 2005 Diageo
advertisement in USA Today for Seagram’s 7 whiskey, neatly illustrating the industry’s
influence over the bureau, says CSPI.
What message will this send to society about alcohol? What
type of new products will this give rise to? What long term
impact on consumption will this have?
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Edgy Products
What impact do these type of products have on consumption
levels and patterns?
Drinking Age
South Carolina: SC Rep.: Alcohol for Underage Military
Jan 30th, 2008
Source: AP
A state lawmaker wants to give members of the armed forces
younger than 21 the right to buy alcohol even though it's in stark contrast to
the military's efforts to diminish underage drinking and related
accidents.
"I really don't think it should create a problem for the
military. It might even enhance their morale," Rep. Fletcher Smith said
Wednesday.
What is 60 Minutes about to say on the subject. We all well remember the power of
the “French Paradox” segment.
The movement appears to gaining steam. What impact will
this have on the broader question of the LDA?
Well, you might say….. “Are we on
a pathway to alcohol anarchy?”
We might well be, but we are going to do it
in bi-polar manner!!
So, don’t bolt for the exit yet, it gets better!
Dry Votes
Louisville Voters reject alcohol sales in 4 precincts
'We're just elated,' ban supporters say
Source: The Courier-Journal
Alcohol sales will soon be a thing of the past in part of far western Louisville.
In a special election yesterday, 86 percent of voters backed banning liquor and alcohol sales in
four precincts that take in a large portion of the Shawnee neighborhood and a sliver of
Portland.
Is this just an isolated issue or part of a developing trend?
What if this becomes more widespread?
Product Bans
Advocates Taking Aim at Alcoholic Energy Drinks
Source: Beverage News Daily
February 14, 2008
Advocacy groups are taking dead aim at energy drinks that contain alcohol, with the
objective of having them removed from the market - either voluntarily by suppliers
or by state and local action.
That became clear at a workshop during the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of
America's (CADCA) National Leadership Forum yesterday.
"Banning the products is what we really want," she said.
New > Anheuser, Miller Face Marketing Probes and a lawsuit!
Where does this begin and end? Who decides? Does this
increase or reduce demand? Does it cause “other channels”
to open?
Advertising Bans
The Clock's Running-Out On Super Bowl Beer Ads
Source: Marin Institute
Wednesday January 30, 6:00 am ET
Marin Institute Demands the NFL and A-B Stop Advertising Alcohol
to Kids
Marin Institute, the alcohol industry watchdog, is demanding that National Football League
(NFL) commissioner Roger Goodell, and August Bush IV, CEO of Anheuser-Bush (A-B),
stop advertising and marketing beer during the Super Bowl, a sporting event known to reach
millions of young viewers.
New York: End of the Line for Alcohol Advertising on Public Transit
Marin Institute, the national alcohol industry watchdog group, joined New York State Assemblyman Felix
Ortiz (D-Brooklyn), a group of students from Hunter College, City University of New York, and Bruce
Carmel of the Brooklyn youth development nonprofit, Turning Point, at a news conference today
on the steps of New York City Hall. They came together to release a new report and demand an end to
alcohol advertising on New York's public transit
systems.
Where does this begin and end? Who decides? What’s
right, legal, appropriate?
DUI Enforcement
Liquor industry-MADD square off in Olympia
Source: Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
Jan 24th
The liquor industry and Mothers Against Drunk Driving aren't seeing eyeto-eye at the Washington state capitol.
Thursday, MADD announced its support for two pieces of legislation: one
would authorize the use of DUI checkpoints in the state, and another would
mandate alcohol ignition interlock devices for all first-time drunken driving
offenders in the state.
"Neither of these bills will help solve the drunk driving problem in
Washington state, because they aren't targeting the right people,"
said ABI spokeswoman Sarah Longwell, in a statement.
Is there a limit to the efforts we should expend to rid our
country of this blight? What price 17,000 lives?
Ignition Interlocks
Virginia: Virginia House Okays Interlocks on 1st DUI
Source: Beverage News Daily
February 13, 2008
The Virginia House of Delegates approved, 80-18, and sent to the state Senate a bill
requiring installation of ignition interlock devices upon a first conviction of
drunken driving. An ignition interlock is equipment that the driver must blow into
to start his car. If the driver has alcohol on his breath, the car won't start.
The law now requires the device upon a second DUI conviction.
Some delegates, however, said the measure goes too far. Del. Kenneth Melvin (D) said
most people who get one DUI never get another. "They're chagrined, they're
embarrassed and they're lighter in the pocket," he said.
How long before every car comes standard with a lock?
How long before it becomes law? What will the BAC limit
be?
Smoking Bans
New smoking ban changes business
The ban has hurt the business' alcohol sales. People no longer sit around to chat and drink. Instead
they might drink one quick beer then head home where they can light up, Paula Ray said.
Smoking ban slashes pub trade
01 February 2008
Two south Norfolk publicans may consider closing their pubs because the smoking ban has
slashed trade.
“The smoking ban has put a lot of pressure on us and this combined with cheap booze has led to a
lot of people staying at home,” Mr Green said.
How does the smoking ban impact alcohol consumption?
Culture of consumption? Overall consumption?
Menus and Calories
• NYC Votes To Force Chain Restaurants To Put Calories On
Menus
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
January 22, 2008 6:49 p.m.
NEW YORK (AP)--Want 300-calorie fries with that?
The New York City Board of Health voted Tuesday to approve
a new version of a law requiring fast-food outlets to display
calorie counts on their menus, hoping the fat-filled truth will
shock New Yorkers into eating healthier.
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Footnote: Ruby Tuesday removed calorie listings after sales dropped
What will this do to the restaurant trade and in turn alcohol
consumption and patterns?
Labeling Proliferation
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Allergen Labels
Ingredient Labels
Nutrition Facts
Local Labels
Where on the product do all these labels go? What will it to
the image of the products? How will consumption be
affected?
Local Labeling Initiatives
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California Alcopops Labeling Bill Clears Senate
Governmental Organization Committee; Legislators Help Control Alcohol Marketing
to Kids
Source: AScribe
Tue Jul 10 17:54:39 2007 Pacific Time
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., July 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- AB 346, a
measure authored by California Assembly Members Jim Beall (D-San Jose) and Lori
Saldana (D-San Diego) cleared another hurdle today when the Senate Governmental
Organization Committee passed the bill on a bipartisan vote of 6 to 2. The
legislation would ensure that underage youth, parents, teachers, law enforcement
personnel, retail employees that sell alcoholic beverages, and other members of
the public are able to readily discern that a particular product contains
alcohol. The measure also mandates a clear label statement signifying the amount
of alcohol the product contains.
At what point will Federal label approvals no longer be good
enough for the states? A different label for each state?
Tax, Tax, Tax
Alaska: Fairbanks wants to double alcohol tax
by The Associated Press
Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007
FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- Fairbanks wants to double its alcohol tax
to help combat a $2 million shortfall in next year's city budget.
City officials say they'd rather raise the alcohol tax than make
cuts in the budget.
Alaskan Supermarkets Move Mouthwash Behind the Counter to Reduce Alcohol
Abuse
Monday, January 14, 2008
Source: FoxNews
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A few supermarkets in Anchorage are selling mouthwash
from behind the counter to keep people from stealing it to get drunk.
Federal taxes? State Taxes? Municipal taxes? How much
is enough? When do folks start to make their own hooch or
find Russian style alternatives?
Liquor with Drugs
Oklahoma: Bill would merge alcohol, drug
control
Source: NewsOK
By Michael McNutt
Feb 14th
A bill abolishing the commission that regulates the state's alcohol
industry and placing it under the state's drug enforcement
agency received the backing of a House committee and is on
its way to the full House.
At the same time Oklahoma committee approved direct
shipment to retail.
What does this mean? Alcohol on the verge of becoming an
illegal substance again? What are the long term
implications?
Gathering Coalitions
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World Health Organisation
Health Advocates
Attorneys General
Governors Spouses
Concerned Industry Members
MADD
Special Interest groups
As deregulation and its consequences gather momentum,
what type of new coalitions will be formed. What impact on
the landscape will they have?
Now, you might say…..”Are we on a
pathway to a new prohibition?
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