Poland bans sale of energy drinks to under-18s

Nice hearing about something Poland is doing right!

Agree 100%. It's just an unhealthy dose of sugar and caffeine, which is hardly regulated.

That's not a bad idea.

Now let's stop calling them 'energy' drinks.

eh, fair enough. teenage energy drink addiction has caused me years of insomnia. we already have an age restriction on energy drinks in the UK, though it's 16 not 18

That's the most reasonable thing i've read today.

Idk what y'all think but honestly I'd say these little cans of poison need a warning lable like cigarettes as well

Absolutely a good thing. As someone who drank a lot of energy drinks in high school, it was not worth it.

Under 18s?

That's not a very long wait from birth to Monster. Just 18 seconds?

I hope this would also include products like "5 hour energy", which are energy drinks, but in a smaller and even easier to shot down package.

Rare Poland W

Finaly. This should be done in every country, since they are so unhealthy.

Probably not a bad idea in light of the Logan Paul situation

EDIT: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fda-asked-investigate-logan-pauls-energy-drink-prime-caffeine-6-coke-c-rcna93297

This was also implemented in Lithuania around maybe 5 years ago. Some kids would still get it by asking their parents or strangers to buy them, but they definitely got more rare, to the point where at least where I am, you'd more often see a teen with a ciggie rather than a teen with an energy drink.

So are they going to ban coffee too for under 18's as well or pretend that doesn't contain the same/more caffeine than an energy drink?

If it's not the caffiene content thats the issue are they going to ban all soft drinks if you are under 18?

Sweden also has an age limit on energy drinks, though I’m not sure if it’s 18 or something else.

good for poland. I have a nickname for "Energy drinks": Heart attacks in a can. If you want/need caffeine get a coffee or a pop like a normal person.

in Estonia it is 17+ from the last time i heard

Right-wing hellscape does authoritarian shit. News at 11.

Cue the black market for buying energy drinks for minors.

So when they ban sugar and junk foods? I think they cause more problems than soft drinks :D

wonder how much of this "energy" comes from cafeine and such compared to how much actually comes from plain'ol deadly addictive sugar...

Nanny state shit.

It's like you want to push people away from the center towards extremism .

Utter bullshit. The world does need more ways to restrict, exclude, and infantilize young people. This should be subverted by every possible means.

I imagine this cuts off right at the voting age? So it only affects people who never had a say in who passed it and can't effectively hold them to account for it?

No more caffeine for you!

Next step: Poland bans tap-water to under-18s