Poland bans sale of energy drinks to under-18s
Poland bans sale of energy drinks to under-18s
Producers or importers who fail to properly label energy drinks can be fined up to 200,000 zloty (€44,677).
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Nice hearing about something Poland is doing right!
103 10 ReplyAgree 100%. It's just an unhealthy dose of sugar and caffeine, which is hardly regulated.
93 6 ReplyThat's not a bad idea.
Now let's stop calling them 'energy' drinks.
76 1 Replyeh, 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
71 0 ReplyThat's the most reasonable thing i've read today.
73 8 ReplyIdk what y'all think but honestly I'd say these little cans of poison need a warning lable like cigarettes as well
62 5 ReplyAbsolutely a good thing. As someone who drank a lot of energy drinks in high school, it was not worth it.
63 6 ReplyUnder 18s?
That's not a very long wait from birth to Monster. Just 18 seconds?
44 5 ReplyI 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.
30 1 ReplyRare Poland W
22 0 ReplyFinaly. This should be done in every country, since they are so unhealthy.
25 5 ReplyProbably not a bad idea in light of the Logan Paul situation
22 3 ReplyThis 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.
18 0 ReplySo 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?
12 2 ReplySweden also has an age limit on energy drinks, though I’m not sure if it’s 18 or something else.
7 0 Replygood 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.
14 12 Replyin Estonia it is 17+ from the last time i heard
2 0 ReplyRight-wing hellscape does authoritarian shit. News at 11.
1 0 ReplyCue the black market for buying energy drinks for minors.
11 13 ReplySo when they ban sugar and junk foods? I think they cause more problems than soft drinks :D
1 3 Replywonder how much of this "energy" comes from cafeine and such compared to how much actually comes from plain'ol deadly addictive sugar...
1 10 ReplyNanny state shit.
It's like you want to push people away from the center towards extremism .
8 18 ReplyUtter 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?
12 24 ReplyNo more caffeine for you!
Next step: Poland bans tap-water to under-18s
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