Marin Institute

If it feels like your eyes are assaulted by beer and liquor ads the minute you step out your front door, there's good reason. As one of the biggest buyers of out-of-home advertising, Big Alcohol increased its spending on advertising by more than $2 billion over the past three years. If you use public transit, or just leave your house to run a few errands, you'll likely see at least one ad for alcohol. Now imagine the influence these ads are having on our kids. Alcohol ads are not an inevitable part of our landscape; they can and should be restricted.

Latest News

• Alcohol Industry Is 'Targeting Young People' (January 2010)
• UK: Report Calls for Alcohol Ad Ban (January 2010)
• Boston University Study Urges MBTA to Ban Alcohol Ads (January 2010)

Frequently Asked Questions

Research and Resources

• Distilling Alcohol Promotion on Facebook
• Out-of-Home Alcohol Advertising: A 21st Century Guide to Effective Regulation
• The End of the Line: Alcohol Ads on Public Transit
• San Francisco Alcohol Ad Ban Ordinance

Articles, etc.

• Youth Impacted by Alcohol Ads on Boston's Public Transit (December 2009)
• MBTA's Alcohol Ads Draw Brew-Sing Criticism (November 2009)
• Washington State Considers Curbing Liquor Ads (October 2009)
• Australia: Alcohol Companies Breach Ad Ban (October 2009)
• Massachusetts Bill to Ban Alcohol Ads on State Property (September 2009)
• U.K. Doctors Want Ad Ban (September 2009)
• Kick the Fan Can (September 2009)
• Lakers Games Need More “Excitement” (August 2009)
• Wisconsin Badgers Ban Beer Ads During Games (August 2009)
• Alcohol Advertising Reaching Too Many Teens On Cable TV (August 2009)
• Pride and Alcohol Don’t Mix (July 2009)
• Booze, Transit Ads Are Not Mixing Well (June 2009)
• SF Alcohol Ads Go from on the Toilets to in the Toilet (January 2009)
• BART Reverses Course on Alcohol Ads (July 2008)
• San Francisco Muni Campaign (January 2007)