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An unexpected finding from recent citizens’ juries on alcohol, tobacco and unhealthy food was the consensus that emerged around industry influence.

Professors Katherine Smith and Jeff Collin join us on the Alcohol Alert podcast.

🎧 Full episode: https://www.ias.org.uk/podcast/citizens-juries-and-alcohol-policy-what-do-people-really-think/

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Alcohol duty rises with inflation; Wales MUP uprated; 3% fall in Scotland alcohol-specific deaths; Tracker rates alcohol policy progress ‘low’.

Catch up on all this and more in October’s Alcohol Alert.

➡️ Read the latest edition: https://www.ias.org.uk/alcohol_alert/october-2026/

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This month, Professors Katherine Smith and Jeff Collin join us on the Alcohol Alert podcast to discuss their citizens’ juries on alcohol, tobacco and unhealthy food in Glasgow, Wakefield and Doncaster.

🎧 Listen to the latest Alcohol Alert podcast: https://www.ias.org.uk/podcast/citizens-juries-and-alcohol-policy-what-do-people-really-think/

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