So how come Sen. Steve Bryles wants to prohibit alcoholic beverage advertising outside licensed premises, such as retail liquor stores and restaurants? His emergency clause invokes the deleterious effects of such advertising on impressionable young people. A reader who’s been in the business thinks it’s a beer wholesalers bill to cut costs.

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