Approval of the bill on prevention of consumption of alcohol by minors
The bill to prevent the consumption of alcohol by minors has been approved, seeking to delay the age of initiation and reduce consumption among this group.
The Cabinet Meeting has given the go ahead for the bill on prevention of consumption of alcohol by minors, with the aim of delaying the age young people start to drink and reducing consumption in this group. The legislation is based on the presentation Minors without alcohol and it responds to alarming data from the ESTUDES Survey, which reflects that 75.9% of teenagers between the ages of 14 and 18 years have tried alcohol and 93% consider it easy to obtain.
Amongst the steps suggested awareness programmes in families stand out, along with the incorporation of preventive content in the educational curriculum and healthcare protocols to detect and look after minors with alcoholic poisoning.
The bill introduces urban restrictions to prevent the concentration of points of sale near educational centres and it bans the consumption of alcohol in spaces to be used by minors. It also contemplates the possibility of replacing the fines for consumption with awareness or rehabilitation programmes.
The restrictions will also reach the advertising and marketing of alcohol, banning the display of these drinks in establishments aimed at minors and limiting their display in supermarkets.
