Switzerland votes yes to ban TV alcohol ads

On 10 April 2009 Switzerland's upper house voted, by a close margin, in favour of a draft law to ban TV advertising for all alcoholic beverages.

The Council of States voted 22 in favour and 19 against the bill on 17 March. This goes against the Federal Council, which had proposed that beer and wine should be allowed to be advertised on all channels.

The bill will now be passed to the Swiss National Assembly.