UK: Portman Group urges caution over product placement
Author: just-drinks.com editorial team | 7 January 2010
The relaxing of product placement rules for television could undermine controls on alcohol marketing in the UK, according to the Portman Group.
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The relaxing of product placement rules for television could undermine controls on alcohol marketing in the UK, according to the Portman Group.
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