Mass. Bill Would Ban Alcohol Ads on State Property

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Mass. Bill Would Ban Alcohol Ads on State Property

The Massachusetts Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight is considering H.2897, a bill sponsored by Boston Mayor Martin Walsh (formerly Rep. Walsh) that would ban alcohol advertising on any property owned or operated by the state. The bill was heard in committee on February 26 and must move out of committee by March 19. Transit ads and other publicly visible ads are a unique and distinguishable type of brand marketing that exposes the public, including children and youth, to solicitation that is both involuntary and unavoidable. Alcohol Justice strongly supports H.2897 based on the well-documented connection between exposure to alcohol advertising and youth drinking.

Read Alcohol Justice's Letter of Support