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- Drinks companies in the UK are the worst in western Europe at complying with advertising standards aimed at ensuring responsible consumption, according to an industry-commissioned survey seen by the Financial Times.
The findings will fuel the debate about binge drinking in the country. The annual survey of the European Forum for Responsible Drinking (EFRD), which groups seven mostly spirits companies, showed that 96 per cent of advertisements in the 13 European Union countries assessed met standards laid down by national regulators or the industry, on a par with last year. Yet in the UK, which accounted for a third of the advertisements assessed, 7.4 per cent failed stricter standards introduced last year, a sharp increase from 1.4 per cent in 2005. FT.com
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Drinks companies should be banned from sponsoring professional sport because too many children are slipping into alcoholism, a teachers' union has warned.
The 'massive assault of the drinks industry' on sport through advertising and sponsorship must end, National Union of Teachers' general secretary Steve Sinnott demanded yesterday.
He warned beer firms which sponsor football are exposing impressionable children to highly damaging messages.
Speaking at the NUT's annual conference, Mr Sinnott said: 'This exposure to alcohol is damaging young people's lives and their futures.We are failing our youngsters.
'The sponsorship of sport by the drinks industry must end in advance of the Olympics in 2012.' Metro.co.uk
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Beer sales in Scottish pubs are falling as customers stay away because of the smoking ban, industry figures showed yesterday.
The amount of beer sold in pubs last year fell by 6 per cent in Scotland, compared with 4 per cent across the United Kingdom, according to data from the market research analyst AC Nielsen. The discrepancy highlights the added impact of the smoking ban north of the Border, and will raise concerns in Wales, where a ban took effect this week, and in England, where one will be imposed on 1 July.
And although there was an increase in wine sales, pub industry leaders said the figures reflected a downturn across the industry which was facing pressure from cheap drink deals in supermarkets.
Paul Waterson, chief executive of the Scottish Licensed Trade Association, said: "Our own results show turnover figures among our membership are down by 11 per cent. Our figures and yesterday's results confirm that the smoking ban is badly hurting our business, no matter what the politicians say." The Scotsman
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