Institute of Alcohol Studies

Public health experts welcome the ethics and integrity commission’s recommendations to improve lobbying transparency, stating that:

“The public has a right to know who is seeking to influence decisions [affecting people’s health].”

Full letter👇

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/14/protect-public-health-policies-from-lobbying-firms

“I like a drink, I’m not trying to stop people having a good time.

“I want there to be a buffer, a limit or a flag so that person can have a think about what they’re doing.”

A woman whose daughter died after huge amounts of alcohol were delivered to…

Use the TRUST test to help spot misinformation:

T – Too good to be true?
R – Research-backed?
U – Understood?
S – Source quality?
T – Think before you share

🎙️Listen to out latest podcast for more on cancer misinformation🎧

https://www.ias.org.uk/podcast/alcohol-and-cancer-fighting-back-against-misinformation/

Excellent article in the Daily Mail that tracks the change in alcohol’s availability and consumption over the past 60 years, by @EmmaGritt.

Read here:

https://www.dailymail.com/health/article-15972927/alcohol-death-crisis-reasons-why.html