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Distilled Spirits Council Members:
Committed to Responsible Advertising and Effective Self-Regulation

  • 70 percent adult demographic for all ad placements and promotional events
  • All drinks Code covering over 2,800 brands of spirits, beer and wine
  • Transparency: public reports on complaint decisions
  • Promotional events should discourage activities that reward abusive drinking
  • External Advisory Board added to Code compliance process
  • No advertising in college newspapers
  • Responsibility statements where practicable
  • Age verification mechanisms for websites
  • Models/actors in ads should be a minimum of 25 years old
  • Advertisements should not be associated with "Rite of Passage"
  • Explicit provisions regarding sexual content of advertising


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