date:Jan 10, 2020
d by such shops to constrain smaller, independent businesses who have benefitted from the voluntary ban and that such rent-seeking should be resisted.
Banning the sale of energy drinks to minors is not justified by scientific evidence and would be discriminatory and disproportionate. The vast majority of caffeine and sugar consumed by teenagers comes from other products, said Mr Snowdon.
The government is not proposing a ban on the sale of drinks which have a higher caffeine or sugar content