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Updated at 5:47 p.m., Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Hawaii asks MillerCoors not to sell energy drink here

Advertiser Staff

Hawai'i is one of 25 states that have joined together to ask MillerCoors LLC to abandon a plan to introduce a new alchoholic energy drink, according to a Bloomberg News report.

Bloomberg said MillerCoors expects to start selling Sparks Red, a new version of its caffeinated Sparks line, next month. State attorneys generals are pushing brewers to change how they market products combining alcohol with stimulants to young people.

Anheuser-Busch, based in St. Louis, agreed in June to no longer sell caffeinated alcoholic beverages to settle an investigation by the state attorneys general.