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Revision as of 10:52, 2 June 2009
SABMiller is one of the world’s leading brewers with brewing interests or major distribution agreements in over 60 countries spread across six continents.[1]The group's brands include premium international beers such as Grolsch, Miller Genuine Draft, Peroni Nastro Azzurro and Pilsner Urquell, as well as market-leading local brands such as Aguila, Castle, Miller Lite, Snow and Tyskie. SABMiller is also one of the largest bottlers of Coca-Cola products in the world. [2] Prior to 2002 SABMiller was known as South African Breweries, the merger of the Miller Brewing Company, owned by Philip Morris (now Altria) between 1969 and 2002, was the reason for the name change. [3].
Tobacco archive uncovers alcohol industry strategies
As Philip Morris was the former owner of Miller Brewing Company, researchers have been able to uncover some interesting insights into how the alcohol industry operates by accessing confidential industry documents, made public in 1998, when the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) forced publication of tobacco industry documents. “We realised that some international tobacco companies have owned alcohol companies, so we could obtain information on this industry as well,” said Professor of Health Policy, Mike Daube, one of the authors of the report [4]. The data comes right from the top of Philip Morris with documents intended for CEOs of the tobacco giant now publicly available. According to the researchers: "The measures they [The Alcohol Industry] fear most are higher taxes, tighter restrictions on advertising, marketing and sales, health warnings, blood alcohol content lowering and measures to increase legal drinking age. They are also worried about any attempts to place “restrictions on the use of athletes/celebrities”.[5] The research also makes public some of the strategies used by alcohol companies to protect their business, ranging from direct opposition to public health policy approaches and diversion strategies to the development and strengthening of relationships with other industries to assist them in their attempts to avoid formal legislation.
As public health campaigners have long known, the alcohol industry does not want to be seen in the same light as the tobacco industry. It fights hard to disassociate its products and companies from the wide-ranging harm associated with alcohol.
Affiliations
- International Center for Alcohol Policies
- The Drinkaware Trust
- European Alcohol and Health Forum
- CEO Water Mandate
- Business Action for Africa
- World Economic Forum 2009 Industry Partner
- European Alcohol and Health Forum
- Altria Part Owners of SABMiller
References
- ↑ SABMiller Website [1], Acessed 17/03/08
- ↑ SABMiller 13th November 2008 News accessed 3rd December 2008
- ↑ Altria Press Release May 30, 2002 Philip Morris Companies Inc. Announces Agreement to Merge Miller Brewing Company Into South African Breweries plc accessed 26th May 2009
- ↑ Eurocare 20th April 2009 “Big Alcohol” Agenda Exposed accessed 26th May 2009
- ↑ Daube et al. Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ, Vol 1, No 3 (2009)Access to Confidential Alcohol Industry Documents: From ‘Big Tobacco’ to ‘Big Booze’ accessed 26th May 2009
