<P> The Alcohol Policies Project organized the "Campaign for Alcohol - Free Sports TV". Launched in 2003 with the support of at least 80 other local and national groups, the campaign asked schools to pledge to prohibit alcohol advertising on local sports programming and to work toward eliminating alcohol advertising from televised college sports programs . It also sought Congressional support for such a prohibition . CSPI also sponsored Project SMART--Stop Marketing Alcohol on Radio and TV--which called for federal bans on marketing . The project gathered more than 1 million signatures on a petition, which it presented to Congress at a hearing . That effort was not successful . </P> <P> In addition, CSPI has pressured alcoholic beverage companies with lawsuits . In one such lawsuit, filed in September 2008, the Center "sue (d) MillerCoors Brewing Company over its malt beverage Sparks, arguing that the caffeine and guarana in the drink are additives that have not been approved by the FDA," and that the combination of those ingredients with alcohol resulted in "more drunk driving, more injuries, and more sexual assaults ." </P> <P> In the early 1990s, CSPI designed social marketing campaigns to encourage adults and children (over age two) to switch from high - fat (whole and 2%) milk to low - fat (1% and fat - free) milk to reduce their intake of saturated fat and lower their risk of heart disease . The 1% or Less campaign used paid advertising, public relations, and community - based programs . The campaign was effective in communities nationwide, doubling low - fat milk sales data over the course of the eight - week pilot campaign . Much of that change was maintained over a year . </P> <P> During the 1980s, CSPI's campaign "Saturated Fat Attack" advocated the replacement of beef tallow, palm oil and coconut oil at in processed foods and restaurant foods with fats containing less saturated fatty acids, CSPI assumed that trans fats were benign . In a 1986 book entitled "The Fast - Food Guide", it praised chains such as KFC that had converted to partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, which are lower in saturated fat but high in trans fat . As a result of this pressure, many restaurants such as McDonald's made the switch . </P>

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