tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post1982210241052494398..comments2024-03-29T08:01:51.705+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Chopping down the grapevineCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-29215431683102271022009-09-17T23:02:34.614+01:002009-09-17T23:02:34.614+01:00Paul,
Maybe it is far-fetched, but there was a t...Paul, <br /><br />Maybe it is far-fetched, but there was a time when the idea of a total ban on tobacco advertising was considered far-fetched too.<br /><br />And the point is that there is a huge amount of promotion of alcoholic drinks that is not paid for by producers. In this respect alcohol is very different from the tobacco market. If conventional advertising was banned, inevitably producers would seek ways to use these informal channels, and so the banners would start to turn their attention to them.<br /><br />And Woolpack Dave, as a commercial alcohol producer, certainly wouldn't be allowed to tell us about his beers on his blog.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-10533977034034669212009-09-14T00:28:12.443+01:002009-09-14T00:28:12.443+01:00George the bear didn't know crap about beer. W...George the bear didn't know crap about beer. Who in their right mind would leave the Bavarian forest with its clean air and abundant dirt cheap lager to go and play darts in a tatty, smoky 1970s English pub?Rob Sterowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870233673933087794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-59180933876332546242009-09-13T12:20:13.323+01:002009-09-13T12:20:13.323+01:00"I’m committing an offence if I write on this..."I’m committing an offence if I write on this blog that I had a good pint of Robinson’s" - rather far-fetched me thinks. Despite the various cigarette bans there would be nothing to stop someone blogging about the joys of blogging about their favourite smoke.Paul Garrardhttp://www.realaleblog.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-33594545950712416152009-09-11T22:11:56.599+01:002009-09-11T22:11:56.599+01:00Bring back George the Bear! (and how about Hofmeis...Bring back George the Bear! (and how about Hofmeister too for that matter?)Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-13243800801732890972009-09-11T20:45:36.004+01:002009-09-11T20:45:36.004+01:00Interesting, that - but I've never seen anythi...Interesting, that - but I've never seen anything remotely similar related to cigarettes.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-37681202162529814952009-09-11T09:34:04.121+01:002009-09-11T09:34:04.121+01:00Actually those of us with a serious interest in to...Actually those of us with a serious interest in tobacco have reviews too. I have tired many of the basis of reviews here<br />http://www.tobaccoreviews.com/index.cfmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-55443394731915868392009-09-10T13:17:20.940+01:002009-09-10T13:17:20.940+01:00You're answering a different point from the on...You're answering a different point from the one I raised there, Cookie. Even if what you're saying is true, it's a case for tighter regulation, whereas a total ban would be throwing the baby out with the bathwater. And the Advertising Standards Authority have <a href="http://www.thepublican.com/story.asp?sectioncode=7&storycode=65042" rel="nofollow">praised the drinks industry</a> for complying with some of the strictest rules on alcohol advertising in the world. You couldn't get away with George the Bear now.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-64041302443698026662009-09-10T11:51:34.144+01:002009-09-10T11:51:34.144+01:00I’m not agreeing with an advertising ban, so pleas...I’m not agreeing with an advertising ban, so please don’t take that as my perspective, but when I look at the drinks industry I think it shoots itself in the foot. The channel 4 piece on this showed a youtube viral marketing campaign for girl’s drink Lambrini. Girls dancing to music. Inoffensive enough but when they pointed out children had copied it and posted their own versions I couldn’t help but think those in favour of tighter regulation are making a valid point. Are Lambrini targeting 7 year old girls? The idea that the drinks industry do not target underage drinkers is laughable. What is an alcopop for if not a product for people who don’t really like the taste of drink, most of whom are kids. Effective regulation may be the only route for the drinks industry to consider itself socially responsible.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.com