Institute of Alcohol Studies

Today, Wales joins Scotland with a 65p minimum unit price for alcohol. Welsh Govt says updating the rate, which had been eroded by inflation, could prevent over 900 deaths and reduce alcohol harms among thousands.

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“We still haven’t done enough to really reach the population in terms of the scales of harm of alcohol.”

Ailsa Rutter, Director of Fresh & Balance, talks the rarity of the northeast’s hard-hitting health campaigns on the Alcohol Alert podcast.

🎧 https://www.ias.org.uk/podcast/the-tobacco-and-vapes-act-and-how-alcohol-is-being-left-behind/

“Citizens’ juries do not just measure opinions. They allow us to see how views change when people have time to discuss, question and learn.”

New blog: when citizens had time to review evidence & debate, support for pricing measures rose: 52% -> 82%.

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🖊️ “Deaths from alcohol-related liver disease remain high. More concerning still, many of those dying had not been in hospital care in the year before their death.”

– Our latest blog, by Emre Oğuzman of @Oxford_NDPH.

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