Alcohol debate simmers on
The national Legislative Assembly’s ad-hoc committee vetting the proposed alcohol control bill has decided to impose a ban on alcoholic beverage advertisements in broadcast media and at movie theatres at all hours except between midnight and 5am. In making the decision, the committee took into consideration free radio and television stations’ dependence on revenues from alcoholic beverage ads as well as public concern about the need to protect young people from advertisements that anti-alcohol groups say encourage them to take up drinking from a tender age—which they fear will lead to a host of social problem ranging from drunken driving to unsafe sex and alcoholism Apparently the decision pleased neither the broadcast and entertainment industries and liquor producers on the one side nor the anti-alcohol lobby on the other which may not be a bad thing after all. A contrarian approach is what is needed to settle such a controversial issue.
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