Disappointing some craft beer enthusiasts, New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan vetoed House Bill 122 Tuesday. The bill sought to modify the state’s regulations relating to advertising on liquor or beer that to allow for images of minors to be used so long as it didn’t encourage underage drinking.
“Substance misuse, including alcohol misuse, continues to be one of the major public health and safety challenges facing us as a state,” Hassan said. “Moreover, statistics suggest that New Hampshire has among the highest rates of underage drinking in the country. In changing the way that we regulate, and in some cases loosening restrictions on referring to minors in the advertisement and sale of alcoholic beverages, House Bill 122 could undermine our efforts to prevent underage drinking.”