Booze ban ideas go to PM

Booze ban ideas go to PM

The Committee for National Alcohol Beverage Policy is sending six proposed regulations to the government for curtailing the sale of alcohol during the New Year holidays, said Public Health Minister Rajata Rajatanavin.

Four measures would ban the sale and consumption of alcohol in four types of locations: on trains and at train stations; at bus terminals; on public piers and in public transport vehicles; and at properties managed by state enterprises or government agencies, except inside stores, club houses, private areas or at traditional feasts.

Two other regulations would ban alcohol sales on pavements and roadsides, and at the end of Buddhist Lent. 

Dr Rajata said the proposals would go to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha for  approval.

They are expected to be announced in the Royal Gazette before New Year.

The draft regulations were approved last Friday by the Committee for National Alcohol Beverage Control, chaired by Dr Rajata.

The committee rejected another proposal to ban completely the sales and consumption of alcohol during the New Year and Songkran holidays, saying the plan required more study.

Gen Prayut had also said he would not support such a measure.

The panel also approved a draft of new standards for alcoholic beverage labels aimed at cracking down on exaggerated marketing, Dr Rajata said.

Under that proposal, alcohol companies would be prohibited from putting messages on labels that could lead consumers to believe drinking alcohol is a social achievement, improves sexual or physical performance, or is an activity for making merit.

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