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FTC Reports on Alcohol Marketing and Self-Regulation

Date

June 26, 2008

A new Federal Trade Commission report on alcohol marketing and youth examines industry efforts to reduce the likelihood that alcohol advertising will target those under the legal drinking age of 21...

Report

Self-Regulation in the Alcohol Industry: Report of the Federal Trade Commission

Date

June 1, 2008

Underage alcohol use is a widespread problem with significant health and safety consequences. This is the third Federal Trade Commission report on efforts by the alcohol industry to reduce the...

Self-Regulation in the Alcohol Industry: Report of the Federal Trade Commission (10.3 MB)

Statement of Commissioner Harbour Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part (10.3 MB)

Advocacy Filings

FTC Staff Comment Before the Department of the Treasury Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Concerning Alcohol Labeling

Date

September 1, 2005

Matter Number

V050019

FTC Staff Comment Before the Department of the Treasury Alchohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Concerning Alcohol Labeling (50.75 KB)

Related Release

Announced Action for September 26, 2005

Press Release

FTC Report Cites Improvements in Alcohol Industry Self-Regulation

Date

September 9, 2003

In response to a request from the House and Senate Appropriations Committees and hearings by House Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Frank R. Wolf, the Federal Trade Commission today issued a...

Report

Alcohol Marketing and Advertising: A Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress (September 2003)

Date

September 1, 2003

The Conferees of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees directed the Federal Trade Commission to study the impact on underage consumers of ads for new flavored malt beverages, and whether the...

Alcohol Marketing and Advertising: A Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress (468.43 KB)

Press Release

FTC Reports on Industry Efforts to Avoid Promoting Alcohol to Underage Consumers

Date

September 9, 1999

Although the alcohol industry generally complies with existing self-regulatory standards intended to prevent alcohol advertising that appeals to underage consumers, industry self-regulatory efforts...

Report

Self-Regulation in the Alcohol Industry: A Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress

Date

September 9, 1999

This report responds to a recent request from the Congressional Committees on Appropriations that the FTC examine the effectiveness of the alcohol industry's voluntary guidelines for advertising and...

Self-Regulation in the Alcohol Industry: A Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress (78.03 KB)

APPENDIX A: Underage Alcohol Use and Risks (40.1 KB)

APPENDIX B: Alcohol Advertising Expenditures (27.18 KB)

APPENDIX C: Public Service Activities by the Beverage Alcohol Industry (26.02 KB)

APPENDIX D: Beverage Alcohol Industry Self-Regulatory Codes (1.33 MB)

APPENDIX E: Beverage Alcohol Company Advertising and Marketing Guidelines (1.97 MB)

APPENDIX F: FTC Orders to File Special Reports, Sent to Beer, Distilled Spirits and Wine Producers (1.38 MB)

APPENDIX G: Alcohol Web Site Survey Form (88.15 KB)

APPENDIX H: Application of Antitrust Principles to Industry Voluntary Efforts to Restrict Marketing to Underage Persons (23.33 KB)

APPENDIX I: Foreign Regulation and Self-Regulation of Alcohol Advertising (36.95 KB)

Cases and Proceedings

Allied Domecq Spirits & Wine Americas, Inc., and Allied Domecq Spirits & Wine USA, Inc., d.b.a. Hiram Walker, In the Matter of

Type of Action

Administrative

Last Updated

March 25, 1999

FTC Matter/File Number

982 3050

Docket Number

C-3858

Cases and Proceedings

Beck's North America, Inc, In the Matter of

Type of Action

Administrative

Last Updated

March 25, 1999

FTC Matter/File Number

982 3092

Docket Number

C-3859

Policy Statements

FTC Policy Statement Regarding Advertising Substantiation

Date

November 23, 1984

Appended to Thompson Medical Co., 104 F.T.C. 648, 839 (1984), aff’d, 791 F.2d 189 (D.C. Cir. 1986), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 1086 (1987). Introduction On March 11, 1983, the Commission published a...

Policy Statements

FTC Policy Statement on Deception

Date

October 14, 1983

FTC Policy Statement on Deception (77.67 KB)

Policy Statements

FTC Policy Statement on Unfairness

Date

December 17, 1980

Appended to International Harvester Co., 104 F.T.C. 949, 1070 (1984). See 15 U.S.C. § 45(n). The Honorable Wendell H. Ford Chairman, Consumer Subcommittee Committee on Commerce, Science, and...

Business Blog

FTC challenges claims for smartphone breathalyzer pitched on “Shark Tank”

Date

January 23, 2017

Fans of “Shark Tank” will remember it as one of the show’s most dramatic bidding wars. Charles Yim, CEO of Breathometer, pitched his smartphone-enabled breathalyzer as a way to “help people make...

Statutes

Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act (STOP Act)

Mission

Consumer Protection

Law

42 U.S.C. § 290bb-25b

This Act formally establishes and enhances the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking, of which the FTC is a member.

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Business Blog

BCP Business Center: Your Link to the Law

Date

September 2, 2010

Welcome to the BCP Business Center: Your Link to the Law. Explore and you’ll find practical compliance guidance on advertising, telemarketing, credit, data security, and other need-to-know topics for...

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