Photo May 15th, 1988 was the deadliest drunk-driving accident in U.S. history and still holds that record today  where the violent collision of a drunk "Wrong-Way Driver" on interstate 71 outside Carrollton, Kentucky that killed 27 people, 24 of them children and injured 34 others. May 13, 2018 Update

On April 1, 1970, President Richard Nixon signs legislation officially banning cigarette ads on television and radio.

 

This ban on Smoking was enacted in an attempt to protect non-smokers from the effects of secondhand smoke, which include an increased risk of heart disease, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and other diseases.

Cigarette broadcast advertising ban took effect in 1971 and the cigarette manufacturers rapidly shifted advertising expenditures from the broadcast media to the print media.

 

Cigarette smoking causes about 1 in 5 deaths in the United States each year and is estimated to cause more than 480,000 deaths annually (including deaths from secondhand smoke.

It was banned by Public health officials and consumers who wanted stronger warning labels on tobacco products and their advertisements banned from television and radio, where they could easily reach impressionable children and were the single largest product advertisers on television in 1969.

In 2020, revenues from tobacco tax in the United States amounted to 12.35 billion U.S. dollars with a forecast prediction a decrease in tobacco tax revenues down to 11.04 billion U.S. dollars in 2026 with the total U.S. government revenue in 2020 was 3.42 trillion U.S. dollars.

Alcohol use is responsible for more than 95,000 deaths in the United States each year or 261 deaths per day. These deaths shorten the lives of those who die by an average of almost 29 years for a total of 2.8 million years of potential life lost.

Drinking is a leading cause of preventable death in the United States with a cost to the nation of $249 billion. More than half of alcohol-attributable deaths are due to "health effects" from drinking too much over time, such as various types of cancer, liver disease, and heart disease. 

One alcohol-related death occurs every 52 minutes (roughly 28 people a day,) according to the NHTSA and causes more than 10,000 deaths every year and is responsible for about 1/3 of traffic fatalities and in a recent year, more than 230 children were killed in drunk-driving crashes.

Alcohol severely hampers a person's  by impairing judgment and slowing reaction time or driver’s ability to safely operate a motor vehicle by impairing judgment and slowing reaction time with consequences that can be deadly and costs more than $44 billion in deaths and damages annually.

In the U.S. alone, the alcohol beverage industry is responsible for sustaining more than 4 million jobs and generating almost $70 billion in annual tax revenue.

In 2019, traffic fatalities was 36,096 and the alcohol-related traffic fatalities was 10,142, roughly 28%.

Age bracket and percentage of alcohol-impaired drivers involved in fatal crashes is

15% ages 16 - 20

 

 

27% ages 21 - 24
25% ages 25 - 34
21% ages 35 - 44
19% ages 45 - 55

If our Public Health Officials and Consumers wanted stronger warning labels on tobacco products and their advertisements banned from television and radio, where they could easily reach impressionable children, usually enacted in an attempt to protect others from the effects

Then our Public Health Officials and Consumers should have wanted stronger warning labels on Alcohol Products and their advertisements banned from television and radio, where they to could easily reach impressionable children and should be enacted in an attempt to protect others from the effects such as innocent Family Members and Children alike.

With the Celebration of:
 
New Year’s Day,
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
President’s Day,
Memorial Day,
Independence Day,
Labor Day,
Columbus Day,
Veterans Day,
Thanksgiving Day, and
Christmas Day,

Alcohol Advertisement are on the rise and those advertisements are reach not only the adult generation but also impressionable children generation as well.

Banning Alcohol Advertisement just as Tobacco Products were and for the same reasons outlined, smoking causes about 1 in 5 deaths and and alcohol causes roughly 3 in 5 deaths which is "higher" than smoking.

The most drunk driving accidents is 21 to 24 year old age group has the most drunk driving accidents in the United States. Alcohol is a leading cause of traffic fatalities. Drinking and driving kills 28 people a day in the U.S. which is approximation 1 person every 52 minutes according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) May 26th, 2022

 

How to Spot a Drunk Driver
Drastically changing lanes of traffic or turning abruptly.
Driving head-on into oncoming traffic.

Drinking and Driving Accidents with Horrific Outcomes
1. Taconic State Parkway, New York – July 2009
2. Carrollton, Kentucky – May 1988
3. San Jose, California – September 2010

and so many more, just like these

Worst Drunk Driving Accidents of All Time
1. Drunk California teen livestreams crash, kid sister’s death
2. Drunk driver runs over two young boys
3. Drunk driver wipes out entire family of 4 in fiery car crash

and so many more just like these

Emily Wright
‘Hi everyone. My name is Nick and I’m an alcoholic and I vow to never drink again,’ his gruff voice echoed in the hall.

Alcoholism Stories 
1. Sometimes my mind goes where my body cannot, only when you reach the bottom of bottles will you understand my thoughts.
2. Hello all. Back from my latest disappearing act. Just a little combination of things I've been working on.
3. This is a story about how I am feeling with an impossible decision I am facing.
4. That moment when you look around and realize you might've gotten out of a traumatic situation but it's followed you through who you've let surround you
5. That moment when you look around and realize you might've gotten out of a traumatic situation but it's followed you through who you've let surround you
6. A story of living waking up drunk and sick something meaningless and repetitive
7. A story of the reflection of the stranger at the bottom of an empty glass

Patrick’s Story
“There’s a couple different ways that obsession happens. Some obsessions are just unwanted, repetitive thoughts – they feel like a really intense craving. Then there’s the type that happens but doesn’t have that feeling behind it. It’s just a thought. For me, I could be driving down the road, completely sane, thinking, ‘Oh I’ll just stop for a couple beers.’ And it could end up ruining my life.”

Annie's Story
My first drink led to my first blackout. Alcohol took away the shyness, paralysing self-consciousness. It gave me a warm and happy new feeling that freed me up to do anything. I danced at parties, yelled in the street, sang on buses, hitch-hiked across London, talked to strangers, no fear of anything. I loved it. I thought it helped me to be the real me. I didn’t want to do anything that didn’t involve drinking: cinema - boring, walks - you must be joking! I learned early to have a few drinks from my mum’s cupboard before I went out, filling miniature bottles to take with me. I thought everybody did it! I look back at my teens and see that I have no idea what my family were doing, no memory of spending any time with them.

Category: Voices of Victims

Ryan Nealon

 

My mom had gone to Las Vegas with a friend to celebrate the millennium. On the first day of the new century, a drunk driver sideswiped the car she was riding in, killing her instantly. My mom’s younger sister, Peggy, got the call first. She was in the desert for the weekend, and it fell to her to make that awful drive back to the apartment where I was staying with a family friend and tell me my mom was never coming home and nothing was ever going to be the same again.

Michelle Ramsey Hawkins

 

Two drunk drivers changed my family’s life forever. On April 10, 2016, my three children, 15-year-old Kaylee, 6-year-old Khaiden, 4-year-old Samuel, and I went to a housewarming party for Khaiden’s godbrother.

Erin Rollins

 

Life brimmed with possibilities before a drunk driver nearly killed me in the early morning hours of Nov. 9, 2014. I worked as a temp and digital editor for an online publication, a position the staff told me would soon go full-time. I participated as an active member within my church and remained physically active, teaching aerobics and working as a personal trainer. I’d also recently met a young man through friends, and although the relationship was new, I had already developed strong feelings for him. I felt confident in myself and hopeful about the future.


Let's take a stand - Ban Alcohol Advertisement