You assume a lot about what I know and don't know
I do know that a lot of regulations exist and are forced upon the retail outlets ( I don't think I mentioned anything about the retail outlets in my post, each state is different etc)
However I believe that the advertising of alcohol should be banned the same as cigarette smoking. I also believe based on the effects of alcohol that the Govt is hypocritical by their (in)actions.
A 2011 Poll 68% of people supported a ban on alcohol advertising
http://www.fare.org.au/research-deve...l-advertising/
Also read this report
http://www.fare.org.au/wp-content/up...-June-2012.pdf
An Extract from it
The cost of alcohol abuse is emotional and relational as well as financial. Heavy drinkers have cost those around them more than $14 billion in out-of-pocket expenses, forgone wages and productivity, and more than $6 billion in intangible costs. Each year more than 70 000 Australians are the victims of alcohol-related assaults and, of those, 24 000 are victims of domestic violence. In addition, almost 20 000 children across Australia are victims of substantiated alcohol-related child abuse.