>Sales of energy drinks to children under 16 will be banned by most major UK supermarkets from Monday, following concerns about their high levels of sugar and caffeine and impact on health and behaviour.
>Customers buying drinks containing more than 150mg of caffeine per litre in branches of Asda, Aldi, the Co-op, Lidl, Morrisons, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose will be asked to prove they are over 16.
>The high street chemist Boots is the latest retailer – and the only non-supermarket – to announce a ban, following the lead of a voluntary restriction taken by Waitrose in January.
>Drinks such as Red Bull, Relentless, Monster Energy and Rockstar have become increasingly popular. Children and teenagers consume them more than adults, even though industry labelling guidelines statew that any soft drink with more than 150mg of caffeine per litre must carry a warning about its high caffeine content and state it is not recommended for children.
Stimulants are redpilled (bulled) the kikes are scared
Benjamin Brown
I’m leading towards that Brits are the most cucked ones.
Kayden Sullivan
So long as it protects people, I support it. Fucking chavs need to be put down
Jose Lewis
What a massive fucking Orwellian nanny state.
This is what happens when you give up your guns.
Brandon Campbell
and you are bluepilled
Jackson Gonzalez
Good, here its can be sold only to adults(18) also all type of junk food is forbiten in school vending mashines.
Colton Lee
>THE STATE SHOULD HEAVILY REGULATE EVERYTHING TO PROTECT PEOPLE And that's why you fucking morons have zero freedoms. Your government treats you all like fucking toddlers.
Ethan Roberts
>What a massive fucking Orwellian nanny state
how is Alexa and your smartphone these days?
Luis Price
Kikes push for nanny state laws the most retard. The most right wing nations in the world are not nanny states. Look at fucking Japan where alcohol and cigarettes are cheap as shit.
Even Nazi Germany was not a nanny state
Ryan Lee
really confused by this, is this set in law now by government or is it just a group of big retailers saying they won't sell it to people under 16 anymore? what's even more confusing to me is that i remember getting refused sale of redbull more than 10 years ago now in a morrisons. so why is it suddenly news?
also >In January, Theresa May promised to look into the dangers of the drinks after the death of Justin Bartholomew, 25, who took his own life after regularly drinking 15 cans a day. His family believe that the energy drinks heightened his anxiety and helped contribute to his death.
i'm glad we can prevent the deaths of 25 year olds by banning sale to under 16s...
Jeremiah Edwards
>installing (((alexa))) top kek
John Nelson
>muh freedoms >can't drink until 21
Michael Richardson
>don't be a fink >bin that drink Why don't we invade dad already and save him from himself
Samuel Scott
I got a free bluetooth speaker with the phone i bought last summer. It has an app you can use to adjust the audio equalizer. The app updated the other day and now it's an Alexa speaker, which means it was one all along...so it was literally listening to me for a year before I knew what going on. Also, my washing maching has wifi
Noah Sullivan
Fucking hell! Someone should look into starting a black market in Britain for Red Bull and cutlery.
Michael Walker
Better bin that energy
Eli Sanchez
>hey your law is shit in this aspect >therefore we need to infringe on freedom even more
Yes it's shit, however alcohol is much cheaper here than the UK.
Kevin Baker
who gives a shit
Tyler Nelson
A lot of people still think Big Brother is CCTV, oh how times have changed
they don't need cctv to track you anymore, they know who your are, where you live, where you go, who you speak to, what you buy, when, how much, where from, what your interests are, and that's not even gettign into microphones and cameras on phones
Soon the likes of Amazon is all people will have left, scary.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely
Landon Thomas
Energy drinks are unhealthy af, full of sugar. It's healthier to drink a beer than this shit.
Colton Cook
Ice cold RedBull in the 8oz can is the most delicious thing in the world and the only think I want when I wake up. The larger sized cans don't have as much carbonation for some reason, and they cool off too much before you can finish them. Once you get hooked on the taste nothing can be substituted.
Carson Perry
In Lithuania you can't buy energy drinks if ya aint 18. That shit should be banned for good.
Jackson Hughes
i'm really quite drunk, btw
Robert Gonzalez
>Ice cold RedBull in the 8oz can is the most delicious thing in the world and the only think I want when I wake up.
Lol at your caffine addiction
Juan Campbell
Whats bad about this
Parker Morris
I used to drink energy drinks when I was in my late teens early 20s, I swore them off when I turned 25 and I'm almost 30 now and it feels great, just drink coffee if you need the buzz
Joseph Nguyen
I don't even drink it for the caffine, it doesn't have that much. Coffee gives me the shakes, so I assume it's much stronger
Logan Stewart
You are wrong. If it's just normal coffee it is not stronger
Luke Foster
You're a yurocuck that not only bans guns but is a massive nanny state as well. Of course there is nothing wrong with this.
Colton Robinson
You're a yurocuck that not only bans guns but is a massive nanny state as well. Of course there is nothing wrong with this.
Jacob Reyes
Why does coffee have a pronounced effect on me but redbulls dont? Maybe the b12 has something to do with it. I dont drink any other energy drinks so I can't compare them.
Jason Butler
Fucking kill yourselves you retarded burgers. >Laws that prevent developing kids getting addicted to caffeine are cucked!!! Here in the US we're free to be as degenerate as we like!
Christian Butler
man what the fuck happened. I was posting, my mobile network dropped and my post still went through kek
Nolan Morales
Good, that shit is poison
Charles Lewis
>MUH CHILLUUUUNS Your 1984 shithole is an absolute travesty. You are fucking retarded if you think a 15 year old is a child. Let fucking teens drink a can of red bull to relax you faggot. There is no issue.
Leo Flores
Old enough to buy beer yet? 16 year old are fucking toddlers as britains population is getting fatter by the day, i support this. Hold young and easily influental people away from the addictive suggar joo
Old enough to buy beer yet?
Camden Taylor
oh no, we're gonna have more kids addicted to caffeine.. such a shame..
get over yourself. it's not like most kids are drinking red bull every day anyway.
Jacob Brown
Energy drinks are for fucking plebs lmao.
Connor Hall
Yes, I'm sure (((they))) are pushing this because they obviously want white children to be healthier and to stop giving their companies so much money. Do you even think before jumping straight to "it's da joos!!"
Michael Harris
indeed, think about all the lives and families ruined by Energy Drinks. Its a good thing for the UK government to step in and protect communities from this significant danger.
Brayden Green
>relax with caffeine >relaxing with stimulants
Adrian Gonzalez
15 year olds are still no where near the end of development >drink a can of redbull to relax Is this the power of American (((education)))?
Just look at any council estate
Grayson Campbell
You do realize that people can just go to the grocery store and get instant coffee or just get caffeine tablets? snaggle toothed cuck.
People that get their caffeine from energy drinks are plebs
Aiden Ross
>old enough to buy beer yet >implying I am not fully in favor of lowering the alcohol age limit
A 16 year old is not a fucking child you mongoloid. A 16 year old can fucking drive. You are like the libshits who include 16 year old gangbangers into child gun death statistics.
Let people make their own decisions moronic cunt.
Yes? Look at the people who push for these nanny state laws. They are fucking kikes or suck kike dick like the UK cuckservative party.
The UKIP opposes this and is right wing nationalist. Fucking lmao at the mentality that the government has to coddle you and protect you from all harm.
Lucas Long
>Americans defending their food freedoms
>UK McDonalds Fries ingredients Potatoes, Vegetable Oil, Dextrose, and salt
>USA McDonalds Fries ingredients Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Canola Oil, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Natural Beef Flavor [Wheat and Milk Derivatives]*, Citric Acid [Preservative], Dextrose, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate (Maintain Color), Salt. Prepared in Vegetable Oil: Canola Oil, Corn Oil, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil with TBHQ and Citric Acid added to preserve freshness. Dimethylpolysiloxane added as an antifoaming agent. Contains: Wheat and Milk. *Natural beef flavor contains hydrolyzed wheat and hydrolyzed milk as starting ingredients.
All those Oils and SOY, that explains the obesity and sharts
Alexander Butler
I actually think coffee has more caffeine in it
Pretty sure the major component of these energy drinks is taurine or something
Owen Collins
I fail to see how a red bull once in a while is dangerous for your health. A strong coffee is way more addictive.
Chase Hughes
BAN ASSAULT CAFFEINE
Parker King
Brains don't fully develop until 25. That doesn't mean people cannot make choices until then you retard.
John Gutierrez
I'd love to see the day chavs start loitering about in the streets with instant coffee.
Camden Hall
Good, that shit is disgusting
Luke Lewis
Dont know, dont have neither of those.
Hows that sharia law treating you these days, Achmed? Honor raped any family members today?
Bentley Diaz
I was pretty bad with energy drinks, i used to drink 10 a week, 2 a shift. I'm down to maybe 3 or 4 a week and I only get the White Monsters with no sugar. Shit honestly isn't for kids, unfortunately white trash parents don't have brains so the government probably is gonna have to step in on this shit eventually withj all these fat, diabetic retards ruining our country
Zachary Wood
I guess you should just unban alcohol for under 21's then? It's a choice right? Wouldn't want to live in a cucked nanny state that restricts you.
Aaron Foster
Good. This stuff is worse than poison for the body and the mind.
Henry Lee
I hate English people. I seriously hope you all die.
The shit isn't even funny anymore. Fuck you. Sorry ass motherfuckers.
Jaxon Sanders
>Hows that sharia law treating you these days, Achmed
>Amerigoblin humour
Jason Lewis
Say it in your native language you twat
Hunter Richardson
Yes? I said I support lowering the age limit.
Your country is a massive fucking totalitarian state.
"Energy Drinks" are shit anyway, just concentrated liquefied food ADDICTIVES. I was at my local supermarket last year and some high power white collar chink was buying a CASE of cans of the stuff, and I was shocked at the price. About a month later, someone gave me one to drink for free. I was surprised at the distinctive taste and unique feel about drinking one. But remembering the case price, I vowed to myself to stay away.
Eli Hughes
>Sorry ass motherfuckers. afro-american detected
Daniel Brooks
honestly, the older I get the more total prohibition makes sense to me. I hate drunks, druggies, potheads, junkies whatever. I don't want them in my neighborhood, that's for sure. i know it wouldn't work, it is just a fantasy f mine where I don't have to deal with the kind of people who do that shit
Gavin Cox
You people are so sad, I wouldn't even stop you from killing yourself. I realize I have a duty to glorify God in this life, but I'll fail if it comes to you sorry fucking cunts.
Connor Fisher
Why don't they just ban chavs under 16? Anyone who is 16 plus and still a chav is stuck at that level for the rest of their life
Grayson Nguyen
I used to drink a monster/rockstar per day with lunch. I chose to give it up for lent and it’s been going well, I replaced it with a diet Arizona arnold palmer/peach tea
Anthony Stewart
>le 56%
Yeah, difference is, Achmed, we can at least voice our displeasure about it without the diversity division of the met kicking in our door and arresting us for "hate speech"
>b-b-but be american, get shot!
Good thing I live in a stand your ground and castle law state, cop kicks in my door guns blazing, hell get them blazing right bac, but then again, thankfully im white so generally the police ask questions first before shooting (as I proved one night when answering the door holding a loaded gun and it was the police. All they said was "put that down, were just here to talk".)
Brayden Murphy
Whatever, faggot. Why don't you go watch your wife get fucked by an immigrant while you renew her TV license and bin your bread knife, you cunt?
Caleb Robinson
>be 2002 >goto school >25k a year >science teacher tells us >energy drinks are good >recommend one a day
Dylan Brown
so just make uk compliant ones with 149mg of caffiene per litre
William Perez
>Drinking this utter shit
Let kids' hearts explode from it. Less chavs unable to make sensible choices
Camden Wood
Caffeine is a stimulant and obviously a gateway drug to methamphetamines
Michael Perez
feels good not to live in that prison state
Jackson Harris
Congratulations, you've broken the conditioning. You should help your fellow countrymen who believe that (((total freedom))) is the ultimate good to do the same.
Carter Miller
>lol usa nigger hiding behind a euro flag
Juan Harris
lol tl;dr
stop investing so much into your posts
Cameron Collins
I remember reading a UFC game was banned in the UK because there are ads for Monster in the game.
Caleb Morris
Some times the government knows best.
Jaxon Adams
nazis banned smoking and owning guns
Grayson White
>America so addicted to shit chemicals in their food they actually get personally offended by other nations not wanting it
David Diaz
Litterally nothing wrong with this. Caffeine is not healthy if you don't have a fully developed heart. Children aren't supposed to drink 8 cups of coffee a day either. Children have died from energy drinks. The Jews started mass-marketing energy drinks to children. They sponsored nearly every children's youtuber here by sending them tons of free energy drinks.
Camden Brooks
Don't stop at energy drinks, coffee needs to go.
Jacob Howard
Dont be so insecure
It has nothing to do with Nanny state, idk what you are talking about. do you live in a Nanny state because your child is not allowed to drink alcohol or watch 18+ movies ? Nanny state comes with free housing and money and whatnot you get from it to survive by doing nothing
Energy drinks are obviously and objectively toxic to kids and they should be banned for medical reasons
Asher Bennett
Anyone who supports this ban is a literal bootlicking crybaby. You need to address problems at the source.
Charles Torres
16 yo are stupid mongloids who can't think for themself. They are victims of advertisements and social pressure hence they start drinking this bullshit Name 1 reason to keep energy allowed to growing child's beside >MUH freedom
Gabriel Robinson
I'd rather be a nigger than an English cuck. Seems your women would rather be with one as well.
Kayden Evans
Wtf am I even reading.
>Energy drinks are bad for kids, but energy drinks aren't the problem
Cameron Walker
Caffeine is not the point you muttbrain
Luis Gomez
Lack of discipline is the problem you bucktoothed retard.
Benjamin Harris
lol at any retard dumb enough to drink them trash type of drinks in the first place.
Tyler Bailey
Haha, he really is a nigger, no wonder you hate the English so much
My sides
Alexander Watson
>british people have become so useless that the state must intervene to restrict what they eat&drink
Think about that for a moment lad.
Jordan Brown
>I actually think coffee has more caffeine in it
Yeah it does, and it's not nearly as expensive, and has some actual health benefits.
Christian Taylor
No not really. Cite one case where infringing on personal freedom that does not harm others was a good thing. You can't.
>nazis banned smoking
No they didn't. Hitler himself was anti-smoking and the Nazi party itself was officially anti-smoking but many top Nazis were heavy smokers like Goering and Bormann for example. SS and Wehrmacht soldiers were issued cigarettes in their rations.
>banned guns
Hitler loosened gun laws
Jonathan Evans
This is something i actually agree with, except the caffeine in the drink isnt the issue, its all the other stimulants that fuck your body up.
Benjamin Collins
>Lack of discipline is the problem you bucktoothed retard.
>Kids are all jacked up on caffeine, why are they being so difficult to discipline you simple twat
Ayden Perez
Norway also have a legislation like this I think. Nobody cares of course, it's more of a symbolic and norm-spreading law. But srs guys, energy drinks are fucking unhealthy. Drink it seldom during lan parties and shit, but abstain from sugar drinks during weekdays. Your body and soul is connected etc.
Justin Barnes
>14 year old kid >The damage is already done through sub par school system and lackluster parenting >State bans fucking red bulls >Expects something to happen
Anthony Baker
>who can't think for themselves >citation needed
A 16 year old is not a toddler you moron. 16 year olds can get drivers licenses for fucks sake.
>social pressure
This is the same for all ages.
>advertisements
See above.
Freedom is the only argument I need. Almost nobody dies from fucking energy drinks. It's a non-issue. This is no different from the gun banning morons who want to ban guns because a tiny amount of kids get killed by them each year.