Why Are Energy Drink Advertisments Banned in Denmark?

I was catching up on my videogame news, and this headline caught my eye:

"EA Sports MMA Not Releasing in Denmark"

And, from the article:

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EA Sports new mixed martial arts game, EA Sports MMA, will not be released in the country of Denmark. It's not because they are against the sport of MMA, as some people are, but instead because Scandinavian law does not allow for energy drinks to be advertised. And, being an authentic MMA game, EA Sports MMA of course includes energy drink ads.

Rather than take what would appear to be the obvious path and remove the ads, EA has stated (via CVG) that it will simply not release the game in the region.

 

"We are adhering to laws in Denmark that restrict the use of energy drink product placement in-game, and therefore are not shipping EA Sports MMA in that region," the statement read. "Our game authentically recreates the sport of MMA in every facet, including energy drink in-game sponsorships on fighter shorts, gear, and in fight venues."

Is there any reason energy drinks are not allowed to be advertised in Denmark?

because they are horrifically bad for you probably.

rule 34 not yet fulfilled

rule 34 ?

  On 8/27/2010 at 7:58 PM, Babar said:

rule 34 ?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Rule%2034

this is only fair if they also ban ads for coffee, which, in addition to being horrifically bad for you, makes your teeth yellow.

  On 8/27/2010 at 8:08 PM, Hoodie said:

this is only fair if they also ban ads for coffee, which, in addition to being horrifically bad for you, makes your teeth yellow.

Coffee is bad for you?

  On 8/27/2010 at 8:13 PM, Joy Rex said:

  On 8/27/2010 at 8:08 PM, Hoodie said:

this is only fair if they also ban ads for coffee, which, in addition to being horrifically bad for you, makes your teeth yellow.

 

Coffee is bad for you?

caffeine is bad for you.

Hoodie is bad for you

i was listening to the news yesterday and they spoke of a new energy drink that not only gave you energy but it also increased blood circulation

you've heard it here first

  On 8/27/2010 at 8:23 PM, xxx said:

This gets philosophical. Not many things in this world are 100% "good" and "bad" for you. If it's not PCP, hydrofluoric acid or a .45 Magnum with no safety, it's all a question of dosage.

 

1 cup of coffee every morning or 1 or 2 energy drinks a week--no documented toxic effect. Fucking pint after pint of coffee and espresso and teenagers having 4-5 Red Bulls a day--documented toxic effects: tachycardia (rapid heartbeat), ventricular fibrillation ("heart flutters"), agitation, anxiety, neuropathies (I always got uncomfortably "itchy" when I abused caffeine in pill form) and definite withdrawal symptoms when you don't have it: headache, nausea, agitation.

interesting. i wonder how long it takes for companies to realize if these energy drinks are bad or how bad for you

  On 8/27/2010 at 8:23 PM, xxx said:

This gets philosophical. Not many things in this world are 100% "good" and "bad" for you. If it's not PCP, hydrofluoric acid or a .45 Magnum with no safety, it's all a question of dosage.

 

1 cup of coffee every morning or 1 or 2 energy drinks a week--no documented toxic effect. Fucking pint after pint of coffee and espresso and teenagers having 4-5 Red Bulls a day--documented toxic effects: tachycardia (rapid heartbeat), ventricular fibrillation ("heart flutters"), agitation, anxiety, neuropathies (I always got uncomfortably "itchy" when I abused caffeine in pill form) and definite withdrawal symptoms when you don't have it: headache, nausea, agitation.

Now that I think about it, wasn't there some controversy in Sweden over Red Bull supposedly causing a hole in some guy's heart?

  On 8/27/2010 at 8:32 PM, Joy Rex said:

  On 8/27/2010 at 8:23 PM, xxx said:

This gets philosophical. Not many things in this world are 100% "good" and "bad" for you. If it's not PCP, hydrofluoric acid or a .45 Magnum with no safety, it's all a question of dosage.

 

1 cup of coffee every morning or 1 or 2 energy drinks a week--no documented toxic effect. Fucking pint after pint of coffee and espresso and teenagers having 4-5 Red Bulls a day--documented toxic effects: tachycardia (rapid heartbeat), ventricular fibrillation ("heart flutters"), agitation, anxiety, neuropathies (I always got uncomfortably "itchy" when I abused caffeine in pill form) and definite withdrawal symptoms when you don't have it: headache, nausea, agitation.

 

Now that I think about it, wasn't there some controversy in Sweden over Red Bull supposedly causing a hole in some guy's heart?

Probably, but there was no big ruckus over it. The anti-energy drink is not scandinavian law btw, we have energy drink ads on TV in sweden, mostly Red Bull.

There's no such thing as "Scandinavian law"?

  On 8/27/2010 at 8:41 PM, impakt said:

There's no such thing as "Scandinavian law"?

yeah, not surprising considering we were at war for most of the time nations really mattered.

  On 8/27/2010 at 8:42 PM, xxx said:

We all have a hole in our hearts as fetuses called the foramen ovale that permits the flow of oygenated blood without lungs to breathe and it's supposed to close immediately after birth when we take our first breaths. Sometimes it fucks up--called "patent foramen ovale" and maybe that dude that you heard about would have never known that he had that defect until he did his own goddamn "liquid stress test" was the last straw.

 

"Hole in the heart" is a popular diagnosis because it makes so much sense under the "automobile model" of the body--your pump is busted but that almost never happens unless the heart is traumatically torn or you have that birth defect. Otherwise, all chest pain/heart attacks/death is a result of muscle death but no "holes" develop.

i was born with tetrology of fallot and had to get open heart surgery when i was two. i suppose my case falls into the "almost never happens" category..? at any rate, i drink the hell out of some energy drinks now. i think having a third kidney maybe helps with all the chemical processing.

  On 8/27/2010 at 9:34 PM, luke viia said:

  On 8/27/2010 at 8:42 PM, xxx said:

We all have a hole in our hearts as fetuses called the foramen ovale that permits the flow of oygenated blood without lungs to breathe and it's supposed to close immediately after birth when we take our first breaths. Sometimes it fucks up--called "patent foramen ovale" and maybe that dude that you heard about would have never known that he had that defect until he did his own goddamn "liquid stress test" was the last straw.

 

"Hole in the heart" is a popular diagnosis because it makes so much sense under the "automobile model" of the body--your pump is busted but that almost never happens unless the heart is traumatically torn or you have that birth defect. Otherwise, all chest pain/heart attacks/death is a result of muscle death but no "holes" develop.

 

i was born with tetrology of fallot and had to get open heart surgery when i was two. i suppose my case falls into the "almost never happens" category..? at any rate, i drink the hell out of some energy drinks now. i think having a third kidney maybe helps with all the chemical processing.

MANKIND: EVOLVED

  On 8/27/2010 at 8:42 PM, xxx said:

  On 8/27/2010 at 8:32 PM, Joy Rex said:

  On 8/27/2010 at 8:23 PM, xxx said:

This gets philosophical. Not many things in this world are 100% "good" and "bad" for you. If it's not PCP, hydrofluoric acid or a .45 Magnum with no safety, it's all a question of dosage.

 

1 cup of coffee every morning or 1 or 2 energy drinks a week--no documented toxic effect. Fucking pint after pint of coffee and espresso and teenagers having 4-5 Red Bulls a day--documented toxic effects: tachycardia (rapid heartbeat), ventricular fibrillation ("heart flutters"), agitation, anxiety, neuropathies (I always got uncomfortably "itchy" when I abused caffeine in pill form) and definite withdrawal symptoms when you don't have it: headache, nausea, agitation.

 

Now that I think about it, wasn't there some controversy in Sweden over Red Bull supposedly causing a hole in some guy's heart?

 

I'm not sure about that one in particular but a few years back, a guy in LA presented in the ER with chest pain and he reported, idk 5+ Red Bulls that day and I think he might have had a heart attack. Or not. I think he was well-known somehow--like a producer or director who was just downing the shit out of RB.

 

There is a case of one woman who drank I believe it was 12 Red Bulls within 1 hour. She believed it would help her to concentrate for some sort of athletic event she was about to take part in. Turns out she had a heart attack before she got to the event, and although not proven, it was "decided", that the red bull had indeed caused the heart attack which killed her. There have been other cases of heart attacks, particularly in young people (I'm talking 18-21) and in all cases they have consumed large amounts of red bull immediatley prior to the heart attack. I'm sure it's easily googled to find such caes.

cases*

  On 8/27/2010 at 9:34 PM, luke viia said:

  On 8/27/2010 at 8:42 PM, xxx said:

We all have a hole in our hearts as fetuses called the foramen ovale that permits the flow of oygenated blood without lungs to breathe and it's supposed to close immediately after birth when we take our first breaths. Sometimes it fucks up--called "patent foramen ovale" and maybe that dude that you heard about would have never known that he had that defect until he did his own goddamn "liquid stress test" was the last straw.

 

"Hole in the heart" is a popular diagnosis because it makes so much sense under the "automobile model" of the body--your pump is busted but that almost never happens unless the heart is traumatically torn or you have that birth defect. Otherwise, all chest pain/heart attacks/death is a result of muscle death but no "holes" develop.

 

i was born with tetrology of fallot and had to get open heart surgery when i was two. i suppose my case falls into the "almost never happens" category..? at any rate, i drink the hell out of some energy drinks now. i think having a third kidney maybe helps with all the chemical processing.

Ladies and gents, I give you the precipice of the 21st century homosapien.

shit just pummels your ventricles yo

  On 8/27/2010 at 8:08 PM, Hoodie said:

this is only fair if they also ban ads for coffee, which, in addition to being horrifically bad for you, makes your teeth yellow.

I dont know where you get your facts young lady.

i cant tell if that's metal or idm.

  On 8/28/2010 at 1:27 AM, essines said:

i cant tell if that's metal or idm.

metal

can't think of many things more idm than Cardiac Surgery, with all its fast complex beats

but he's got 3 kidneys and was mutilated as a child.