Future Healthy Countdown is proud to support the Give Us an Ad Break campaign, led by FARE, Alliance for Gambling Reform, Food for Health Alliance and VicHealth. This campaign aligns with the Countdown’s health domain policy ask to establish legislation and regulation to protect children and young people under 18 years from the marketing of unhealthy and harmful products.
People deserve to move through their day free from invasive ads for products that harm our health.
But right now, gambling, alcohol and unhealthy food companies fill people’s screens, sport, bus stops and billboards.
These industries use their ads to encourage our communities to gamble, drink and eat more unhealthy food to keep their profits climbing. While their sales are booming, our community’s rates of cancer, liver disease, mental ill health and financial hardship are at record levels.
A future with less of these ads means scrolling our feed without being followed by alcohol ads, sport on the weekend becomes about the game, not the odds, and our kids can catch the bus without having fast food logos in their faces.
Just over three decades ago, Australia led the world by phasing out tobacco advertising. Tobacco products were no longer splashed across television, sports stadiums and billboards – and the community has benefitted greatly.
That’s why a new campaign – Give us an ad break – is calling on the Australian Government to introduce a new law that sets clear rules about the ways gambling, alcohol and unhealthy food companies can promote their products. Community health over industry profit.
📢 This is a turning point - but we need you to help make it happen. To learn more and add your voice, head to https://giveusanadbreak.org.au/.
