Institute of Alcohol Studies

🎧 “Being a Director of Public Health is almost three jobs rolled into one.”

In this month’s Alcohol Alert Podcast, we’re joined by Peter Roderick, @CityofYork Dir. of Public Health, for a wide-ranging conversation on what the job really involves.

👂: https://www.ias.org.uk/podcast/power-polluters-and-public-health-inside-the-world-of-a-director-of-public-health/

7 of the top 10 influencers followed by teens owned alcohol brands. By promoting their own products, they can market alcohol as part of their personal content, often without ad disclosures. Regulators are still catching up.

Watch ‘Digital Intoxication’: https://youtu.be/9tIye2pKvYw

Today, we’ve published our Autumn Budget Submission 2026. We’re asking for a targeted rise in non-draught alcohol duty, delivered through a one off
increase in the first financial year, and a long-term duty escalator, with pubs
protected and supported through draught relief…

Alcohol’s contribution to pancreatic cancer, and to disease burden more broadly, has likely been systematically underestimated because many alcohol studies contain a major methodological flaw known as the “sick quitter effect” …