Nations pledge crackdown on online alcohol ads

By Bradley S. Klapper

“Countries around the world are pledging to get tough with companies that market beer and liquor on social media networks such as Facebook, warning that such promotions threaten to entice a new generation into harmful drinking patterns.”

“The crackdown is part of a strategy endorsed Thursday by the World Health Organization's 193 members, breaking decades of global inaction on one of the leading causes of death. It also puts national governments on a collision course with an industry wary of new taxes and advertising controls…”

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