Tv ads for alcohol allowed in Your country?

[AtlantisCash]

and also when the shops that sells alcohol closes?

[EddyTheDog]

Yes, ads allowed and they are often open 24hrs...

edit: UK BTW.....

[CurrentlySober]

yez iz iz...

[Manfap]

Turkey? The new law does seem odd, for Muslims, the turks love a drink.

[seeandsee]

No, only for beer and soft alcohol drinks

[just a punk]

Not allowed in Russia since 2012. The shops get closed from 23:00 to 11:00.

[Harmon]

TV ads were not allowed in the US for many years and then a few years back they just appeared again. Print ads have always been legal as far as I know.

EDIT: Just found this
Liquor Industry Ends Its Ban on TV and Radio Advertising

ALCOHOL
December 1996

The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (Discus), the trade association for the nation's largest liquor companies, decided November 7 to end its decades-long voluntary ban on television and radio liquor advertisement (Stuart Elliot, "Liquor Industry Ends Its Ad Ban In Broadcasting," New York Times, November 8, 1996, p. A1; Anthony Faiola, "Liquor Firms Drop Radio, TV Ad Ban," Washington Post, November 8, 1996, p. A1).

The hard liquor industry says it is ending the ban, which has been in effect since 1936 for radio and 1948 for television, in order to compete more effectively with the wine and beer industries. They claim that beer and wine producers have been taking hard liquor's market share. "There's no basis for letting two forms of alcohol advertising, beer and wine, on television and radio and discriminating against another form," said Fred A. Meister, president and chief executive of Discus. Beer and wine marketers spent $682.4 million to advertise on television and radio last year, compared to $227.6 million spent by liquor marketers to advertise in print and outdoor media in 1995.

"The liquor industry knows its consumption rates have come down, and now they're trying to reach younger consumers. ... They are looking for the entry-level drinker," says Sarah Kayson, director of public policy for the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. "This sends a signal that the liquor industry has declared open season on kids," said George A. Hacker, director of the alcohol policies project of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Hacker is urging Congress to hold hearings on a proposal by Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II (D-MA) to make the voluntary ban a law (H.R. 3644).

Meister said that all other provisions of the industry's advertising guidelines, called the Code of Good Practice, remain unchanged. They include prohibitions against using "cartoon figures that are popular predominantly with children" or claiming "sexual prowess as a result of beverage alcohol consumption." The code also includes several provisions that caution against appeals "to persons below the legal purchase age" for buying liquor. The council maintains that its members will attempt to target adult consumers through the content, media and timing of its ads.

The Council's decision comes seven months after the Seagram Company defied the industry ban and advertised its Crown Royal Canadian Whiskey on Prime Sports Network in March. Since then, Seagram, the nation's second largest seller of distilled spirits, has been advertising several of its products on network affiliates and cable channels.

Jodie Bernstein, director of the consumer protection bureau of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), says that although liquor ads on television and radio are not prohibited, they will be scrutinized. "We believe the F.T.C. has full power to act against any alcohol-beverage advertising that is false, deceptive or in some way targets an illegal audience," said Daniel Jaffe, executive vice president and director of the Association of National Advertisers.

Representatives of the four major broadcast networks -- ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox -- all said their longstanding rules against liquor advertisements would continue. Like Seagram, other liquor companies are expected to first advertise on local stations and regional cable channels. "Individual stations make, and will continue to make, judgements every day about what is most appropriate for their audiences," said Edward O. Fritts, president of the National Association of Broadcasters.

[Klen]

Beer/wine allowed,not sure about heavy drink since i cant remember seeing any ad for it on tv.Stores works 24/7.

[AtlantisCash]

Turkey? The new law does seem odd, for Muslims, the turks love a drink.

Islamo-fascists trying to push us their own ajenda, i feel like the soviet citizens that back in the day wanted to escape from their country and hoping to do that as soon as i can :' cents:

[AtlantisCash]

Not allowed in Russia since 2012. The shops get closed from 23:00 to 11:00.

this is one of the examples used that here by the bigots who's ass licking the governing party.

btw some questions in mind, after 11 pm there is no way of buying drinks in Russia? do Russians really give a fuck about that? because i m sure in tr it is hard to enforce that mutch.

and also do you think Tv ads will make a come back any time in the future?

[Nicky]

It's allowed, they close 8pm on week-day's and 3pm on Saturdays. Completely closed on Sundays.

[yuu.design]

yes, all the time

[Rochard]

I don't even understand why this is a concern.

I know in some areas they don't sell booze after a certain hour - talk about stupid.

[Elli]

They can advertise on TV here in Canada, but I believe only during certain hours and shows. In BC you can only purchase liquor from a government liquor store or other regulated liquor stores. Liquor isn't allowed to be sold in regular grocery stores or convenience stores.

[Scott McD]

Yes to all of the above...

[Sarah_Jayne]

Yes but where it is sold and how is different from location to location. In my city, there is always somewhere to buy something.

[just a punk]

btw some questions in mind, after 11 pm there is no way of buying drinks in Russia? do Russians really give a fuck about that? because i m sure in tr it is hard to enforce that mutch.

It's really depends of where you are and who you are. If you are a law-abiding citizen of a big city, you won't get booze anywhere except retardants what open 24/7 (Moscow never sleeps ;)). On the other hand, if you are a red-neck alcoholic somewhere in deep Siberian village, you'll get a bottle easily.

I have some mixed feelings regarding this restriction. As an adult I have a right to do anything I want and anytime I want if it does not hurt others. So if I want to buy a bottle of beer, why can't I do it? On the other hand I know, that I can always have a drink in the nearest restaurant. I can even buy a bottle of vodka/whiskey/tequila/whatever else there. Yes the price will be higher, but I know I can do that.

From the other point of view, I find it good, since headless underage idiots now have a real problem to get their booze and over-set all the night long. I'd better buy and extra bottle now (20:55 o'clock here and I have a lot of time to do so, because I have a supermarket right on the first floor of my home ;)) rather than to listen as drunk kids party under my windows

and also do you think Tv ads will make a come back any time in the future?

I don't think so. The cigarette and strong alcohol ads were banned many years ago and they didn't come back.

[just a punk]

duplicated

[sperbonzo]

Bans and restrictions on these things are so silly.... If they make it so that the store is open for only one hour per week, then you just line up and buy a weeks worth at that time, what difference does it make except to make politicians look like they are "doing something" and making things less convenient and more expensive for the ordinary citizens? Just silly IMHO.



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[baddog]

Yes but where it is sold and how is different from location to location. In my city, there is always somewhere to buy something.

Not quite correct. While the market may be open, you can not sell alcohol between 2 AM and 6 AM in the State of California.

[Sarah_Jayne]

Not quite correct. While the market may be open, you can not sell alcohol between 2 AM and 6 AM in the State of California.

That explains the gates at CVS but not why people still buy it. Are beer and other alcohol treated differently here? I'm from a State store state...so it is all weird to me.

[trevesty]

Yes, they're allowed. No alcohol sales after 1:30AM in my city.

[georgeyw]

Bans and restrictions on these things are so silly.... If they make it so that the store is open for only one hour per week, then you just line up and buy a weeks worth at that time, what difference does it make except to make politicians look like they are "doing something" and making things less convenient and more expensive for the ordinary citizens? Just silly IMHO.



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In the Northern Territory our indigenous people have SERIOUS drinking problems and some pretty draconian measures have been taken to restrict alcohol consumption.

Have present your ID when you purchase alcohol and you are only able to spend a certain amount per day / at a time.

I was up there some time ago and it was a nightmare getting alcohol.

[nico-t]

Bans and restrictions on these things are so silly.... If they make it so that the store is open for only one hour per week, then you just line up and buy a weeks worth at that time, what difference does it make except to make politicians look like they are "doing something" and making things less convenient and more expensive for the ordinary citizens? Just silly IMHO.



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this was the case when i was in Tunesia. The alcohol shops had weird times. All alcohol including beer. Big lines when it was open. To do with religion.
Nice vacation country by the way. I have never encountered such annoying people in my life. Worst vacation just because of the fucked up culture there. Won't even start explaining but take my word for it, you don't want to go there.

[Lukke]

Sure. Everything is allowed here in Czech republic.

[Antonio]

over here, even KFC and Mcdonalds sell beer

[just a punk]

over here, even KFC and Mcdonalds sell beer

Not sure about McDonalds , but KFC sells beer here too.

[Jakke PNG]

Beer / Cider = yes
Wine = No
Spirits = No

Grocery stores cannot sell anything stronger than 4.7% alc
Grocery stores can only sell alcohol between 7am - 9pm

Government has monopoly on spirits / wine.

..then we have a massive problem with alcohol. Heh. Regulation doesn't work.