Alcohol Issues

1/28/2009 Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) Alcohol Policies Project: Letter to NBA requesting that the NBA reconsider its lifting of the ban on courtside hard liquor advertisements, and annul other proposed policy changes that would allow teams to promote hard liquor on team websites, at point-of-sale retail locations, and in-arena promotions.

3/27/2009 National Alliance to Prevent Underage Drinking (NAPUD): Letter urging Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee to support programs authorized by the Sober Truth on Preventing (STOP) Underage Drinking Act as closely as possible to the total authorized level of $18 million fiscal year 2010.

4/25/2008 National Alliance to Prevent Underage Drinking (NAPUD): Letter to the Senate asking them to support a bi-annual FTC report on alcohol advertising and marketing practices.

10/18/2006 National Alliance to Prevent Underage Drinking (NAPUD): Letter to prominent Hollywood actors asking for their support for better age-verification site technology on the Bud.TV website, and for other measures to reduce the risk that masses of underage persons will be exposed to beer promotions.

5/15/2006 National Alliance to Prevent Underage Drinking (NAPUD): Letter to Federal Trade Commission Federal Register in support of proposed information requests to manufacturers of alcoholic beverages.

5/08/2006 National Alliance to Prevent Underage Drinking (NAPUD): Response to Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras of the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Federal Register request for public comment on proposed information requests to manufacturers of alcoholic beverages.

3/15/2006 International Institute for Alcohol Awareness: Letter sent to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice, Commerce and Related Agencies and the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science supporting the Justice Department's Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws (EUDL) program and urging them to continue supporting it at the $25 million level in FY 2007 appropriations process.

11/22/2005 National Alliance to Prevent Underage Drinking (NAPUD): Letter sent to Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting the opportunity to discuss FTC's proposed collaboration with the alcoholic-beverage industry.

4/15/2004 Center for Science and the Public Interest (CSPI)/ Coalition for the Prevention of Alcohol Problems: Letter was sent to Administrator Charles G. Curie of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA) Administration thanking him and other members of the Interagency Committee in preparing a plan to combat underage drinking.

2/28/2003 Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation: Letter to Risa Lavizzo-Mourey President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation concerning creating a focused national educational campaign on the alcohol tax policy.

3/25/2002 Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA): Letter to Mr. Bob Okun, Vice President of NBC thanking NBC regarding its recent decision to return to the voluntary ban on hard liquor advertisements on television.

9/12/2002 Center for Science and the Public Interest (CSPI)/ Coalition for the Prevention of Alcohol Problems: Letter to Director Bradley Buckles on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms concerning the Labeling and Adverting of Flavored Malt Beverages.

4/08/2002 Center for Science and the Public Interest (CSPI)/Coalition for the Prevention of Alcohol Problems: Letter to the Honorable Ernest F. Hollings, Chairman on the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation concerning setting a hearing to examine the impact of alcohol advertising on underage drinking and what remedies could better protect young people from the exposure to alcohol promotions in the powerful broadcast media.

2/06/2002 Center for Science and the Public Interest (CSPI)/Coalition for the Prevention of Alcohol Problems: Letter to Mr. Robert C. Wright, Vice Chairman and Executive Officer, General Electric, Chairman and CEO, NBC to strongly urge him to reconsider NBC’s policy and guidelines governing the airing of liquor ads.

1/23/2002 Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America- Action Alert: Letter to members to write to NBC executive board to strongly urge them to reconsider NBC’s policy and guidelines governing the airing of liquor ads.

12/27/2001 Center for Science and the Public Interest (CSPI)/Coalition for the Prevention of Alcohol Problems: Letter to Seven M. Bornstein, President of ABC Television to thank ABC for their longstanding voluntary ban on liquor advertisements.