Dear Editor,

Last night on SBS (May 6th) during the program 24 Hours in A&E there were three alcohol ads in a row.

One was showed a bunch of sweaty rugby players drinking Tooheys at the end of the game, the next ad showed how you could get your XXXX cans to match your Queensland postcode, and the third ad showed how it was good to have a beer at the end of a marathon.

Firstly it was strange that these alcohol ads were part of an emergency department program knowing how many alcohol affected patients end up there.

But secondly it shows the hypocrisy of the alcohol industry when we know the product they sell and advertise has a lot to do with domestic violence, road accidents and fatalities, break-ins to liquor stores, addiction and health issues.

It’s time for all alcohol advertising, like tobacco advertising, to finish and that should apply to sporting codes.