Thread: sweeping changes in alcohol laws

Originally Posted by capecoddah

Banning advertising: No impact. I haven't seen a cigarette ad in a few years; I still smoke. I see liquor ads all the time and don't make my purchasing decisions based on what I see. (Bud Light with lime? Really? Are you serious?)

You are a well grown up person while the teenagers are easily affected by advertising. These days teenagers or people under 25 are really the beer addicts in Russia. The typical view of a Russian drunk man is changed from a grown up full of vodka for the USSR time to a teenager or under 25 full of beer for these days. This is why the beer commercials are considered as dangerous for making teenagers minds.

Originally Posted by CoffeeCup

The typical view of a Russian drunk man is changed from a grown up full of vodka for the USSR time to a teenager or under 25 full of beer for these days. This is why the beer commercials are considered as dangerous for making teenagers minds.

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Originally Posted by CoffeeCup

You are a well grown up person while the teenagers are easily affected by advertising. These days teenagers or people under 25 are really the beer addicts in Russia. The typical view of a Russian drunk man is changed from a grown up full of vodka for the USSR time to a teenager or under 25 full of beer for these days. This is why the beer commercials are considered as dangerous for making teenagers minds.

It does seem silly that beer would need a commercial.. it's like steak. Everybody knows what it is, go get one if you want it, or don't. =)

Originally Posted by kidkboom

It does seem silly that beer would need a commercial.. it's like steak. Everybody knows what it is, go get one if you want it, or don't. =)

How silly it may seem but during last couple decades the beer commercials were 9 of 10 of all the commercials at the night time on TV. So it did hit the minds of young people that drinking as much bear as you can is cool. The beer vendors fight to death for customers since they can get unbelievable profit if they would became the most popular vendor for beer. Some years ago the ban for showing up the bear commercials at the day time was released and the discussions in government for this ban were quite hot.

There are definitely worse countries to use as a model

Russia

But I have not seen a black or middle eastern person at all in the Baltics

I have :P - but mostly foreign students or tourists.
Those who think that you can parasite on social security here - better forget about it - you will live like a bum if you do not work
And Scandinavia also should reform its social security system to not allow immigrants or lazy locals to parasite on others.

I really like the way you sell alcohol Scandinavia, and would like that something like that here, but I doubt that It will be allowed - alcohol manufacturer's lobby is too strong.