{"id":22266,"date":"2026-07-17T11:24:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/?p=22266"},"modified":"2026-07-17T11:43:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:43:27","slug":"in-england-the-sale-of-energy-drinks-to-adolescents-under-16-is-prohibited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/in-england-the-sale-of-energy-drinks-to-adolescents-under-16-is-prohibited\/","title":{"rendered":"In England, the sale of energy drinks to adolescents under 16 is prohibited"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"1\"><span class=\"\">In England,<\/span><span class=\"\"> starting next April,<\/span><span class=\"\"> the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to adolescents under 16 will be officially banned.<\/span><span class=\"\"> The goal of the new law is to protect the health of the younger generation,<\/span><span class=\"\"> as statistics show that approximately 100,<\/span><span class=\"\">000 children in the country consume these products daily.<\/span><span class=\"\"> According to ministers,<\/span><span class=\"\"> these drinks,<\/span><span class=\"\"> popularized by internet influencers,<\/span><span class=\"\"> are directly linked to deteriorating physical and mental health in adolescents,<\/span><span class=\"\"> as well as a decline in academic performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\"><span class=\"\">The new restriction will apply to all drinks (except tea and coffee) that contain more than 150 milligrams of caffeine per liter.<\/span><span class=\"\"> The ban will cover shops and vending machines,<\/span><span class=\"\"> as well as online spaces.<\/span><span class=\"\"> Health specialists and doctors estimate that the frequent consumption of energy drinks causes anxiety,<\/span><span class=\"\"> sleep disturbances,<\/span><span class=\"\"> and concentration problems in adolescents,<\/span><span class=\"\"> while in the long term,<\/span><span class=\"\"> it increases the risk of childhood obesity,<\/span><span class=\"\"> heart disease,<\/span><span class=\"\"> and stroke.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\"><span class=\"\">Local municipalities will enforce compliance with the law,<\/span><span class=\"\"> and shops and businesses that violate the rules will face fines of up to 2,<\/span><span class=\"\">500 pounds sterling.<\/span><span class=\"\"> Public health organizations and parents actively support this initiative,<\/span><span class=\"\"> believing that restricting access to these harmful products during the critical period of adolescence is a crucial and absolutely sensible step.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2026\/jul\/16\/energy-drinks-high-caffeine-banned-under-16s-england\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In England, starting next April, the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to adolescents under 16 will be officially banned. The goal of the new law is to protect the health of the younger generation, as statistics show that approximately 100,000 children in the country consume these products daily. According to ministers, these drinks, popularized by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1631,1594,1665,1587,1657],"tags":[1724],"class_list":["post-22266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-neurology","category-news","category-public-health","category-research","category-science","tag-energy-drinks"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22266"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22271,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22266\/revisions\/22271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}