People should not take health advice from Pete Evans
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August 27, 2016AMA (NSW) President, Prof Brad Frankum, says a wine producer lamenting Sydney’s lockout laws is like the tobacco industry throwing a tantrum over plain packaging.
“Sydney’s lockout laws were introduced to stop violence resulting in severe injuries and death.
“They have been very successful in achieving this goal.
“So successful it seems that, like with vaccination, people are forgetting how bad things used to be very quickly,” Prof Frankum said.
“Wine maker and actor Sam Neill says he laments the lockout laws.
“I have to say that creates a conflict of interest on his part – it’s like a tobacco company protesting the plain packaging laws.
“The lockout laws and plain packaging laws have achieved excellent public health outcomes.
“It comes as no surprise then that producers of alcohol and tobacco would come out in protest against the respective laws,” Prof Frankum said.
“Other AMA presidents have said this, and I will say it again, please don’t look to celebrities for public health advice.
“They may be good actors or, in this case, wine producers but their skills are usually not geared towards making public health policy.
“The lockout laws have been a great success for people’s health and safety in Sydney.
“We should not be listening to wine producers in forming public health policy regarding the consumption of alcohol,” Prof Frankum said.
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