Matt Posted 14 April 2006 Posted 14 April 2006 Cigarette-style health warnings about the dangers of excessive drinking could soon appear on bottles and cans of alcohol as well as in pubs, supermarkets and off-licences, a Government minister said last night. Caroline Flint, the public health minister, said she was holding talks with the drinks industry about finding ways to tackle the growing binge-drinking culture. Miss Flint said that warnings were needed because varying sizes of wine glasses and strengths of beer meant that people often did not know how many units of alcohol they were consuming. "I think that is an area we hopefully will explore constructively and we are exploring constructively with industry and something I hope will get to some resolution over the next year, in terms of what could be on the bottle, but also at the point of sale," she told BBC 1's Six O'Clock News. "I think information about both unit measurements but also about a sensible drinking message is something that the industry is engaging with and that's important." She added that she had seen one example during a recent visit to the North East, where a bar had beermats showing the number of units in different drinks. "Nobody is saying you can't have a drink, but you know, think about how you're drinking and its consequences." The Department of Health and the Home Office are drawing up plans for a responsible drinking advertising campaign later this year. Their move comes amid fears about the potential for trouble during this summer's football World Cup, when hundreds of thousands of people are expected to watch England's games in pubs across the country. Miss Flint's intervention appeared to catch her own department off guard last night, with a spokesman initially denying that the minister had talked about putting warnings on drinks. Later, he said the department was concentrating on finding a "sensible drinking message". The Portman Group, which represents the leading drinks manufacturers expressed surprise at Miss Flint's comment. A spokesman said: "The department has asked us to participate in a working group on how we can expand the existing voluntary best practice but its first meeting is not until next week." Never really seen the point of this on Cigerettes (Even though I don't smoke, I don't see the point in the Health Warnings, As if we don't know Smoking can't harm baby's when pregnant or even shock horror...Smoking Kills ) How is a little message on a bottle gonna help? What a stupid idea?! What a waste of time?!
davieG Posted 14 April 2006 Posted 14 April 2006 Good idea, putting the units on each bottle, just the right sort of information needed by 'binge drinkers' to enable them to pick the strongest drink in order to get pissed that much quicker.
Phube Posted 14 April 2006 Posted 14 April 2006 "Warning: consuming too much of this product may make the opposite sex seem more attrative than they are!!" "Warning: memory loss may occur when over consumed!" "Warning: You may tell a pefrect stranger they're your best friend and that you love them!" This could work you know!!
Steven Posted 14 April 2006 Posted 14 April 2006 Never really seen the point of this on Cigerettes (Even though I don't smoke, I don't see the point in the Health Warnings, As if we don't know Smoking can't harm baby's when pregnant or even shock horror...Smoking Kills ) How is a little message on a bottle gonna help? What a stupid idea?! What a waste of time?! Take away common sense as all these messages do the thinking for you.
Scow Posted 14 April 2006 Posted 14 April 2006 Good idea, putting the units on each bottle, just the right sort of information needed by 'binge drinkers' to enable them to pick the strongest drink in order to get pissed that much quicker. I like your thinking, Davie.
Alexikokopops Posted 14 April 2006 Posted 14 April 2006 It's not binge drinking if I do it every night.
Scow Posted 14 April 2006 Posted 14 April 2006 ' date='Apr 14 2006, 12:48 PM' post='301800']It's not binge drinking if I do it every night. Nope, it's called impending liver failure drinking.
The People's Hero Posted 14 April 2006 Posted 14 April 2006 Compulsory tattoo on scrotal sack.. "MAY CONTAIN NUTS"
Jordan Posted 15 April 2006 Posted 15 April 2006 "Miss Flint said that warnings were needed because varying sizes of wine glasses and strengths of beer meant that people often did not know how many units of alcohol they were consuming." Perhaps it's more likely that people lose track because one's arithmetic skills and memory become impaired when drinking.
Rincewind Posted 15 April 2006 Posted 15 April 2006 warning on land mines. 'Stepping on one of these may cause you to go to pieces.'
Steven Posted 15 April 2006 Posted 15 April 2006 warning on land mines. 'Stepping on one of these may cause you to go to pieces.' Exactly.
vanfox12 Posted 16 April 2006 Posted 16 April 2006 Like smoking, drinking has been killing people for years but now there is not enough money for health and pensions the govt. want to keep people living and working into their 70's.
Matt Posted 16 April 2006 Author Posted 16 April 2006 Like smoking, drinking has been killing people for years but now there is not enough money for health and pensions the govt. want to keep people living and working into their 70's. fock that.
carl edmundson Posted 19 April 2006 Posted 19 April 2006 http://www.ebaumsworld.com/flash/alcoholwarnings.html
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