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Home Office releases guidance on below-cost alcohol ban

The Home Office releases definitive guidance on legislation banning the sale of alcohol below cost today, amid renewed criticism that the policy will do little...

WHO: Alcohol a major cause behind cancer surge

The World Health Organisation warns of a 'tidal wave' of cancer cases occurring over the next 20 years following the release of its third World...

BMA issues new guidance on alcohol in the workplace

Today, the British Medical Association (BMA) published new guidance for addressing the issue of alcohol misuse in the workplace

JD Wetherspoon opens first motorway pub

England's first motorway service station pub launches today, amid fierce criticism from road safety and health campaigners who warn that it will encourage drink-driving

Law preventing illegal sales of alcohol to drunken customers ‘routinely broken’, report reveals

A study published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health has found that pubs, bars and nightclubs regularly flout legislation preventing the sale...

Government to give £10 million boost to drug and alcohol recovery programmes

Recovery-orientated drug and alcohol treatment centres across England are set to benefit from new government investment of £10 million

BMJ report exposes alcohol industry’s open door to government

A BMJ investigation today reveals the 'extraordinary level of access' granted by the government to the alcohol industry as it fought successfully last year to...

Kids too easily exposed to online alcohol marketing, say UK researchers

Research published in the Alcohol and Alcoholism journal finds that regulation lacks the adequate safeguards to protect UK children from online alcohol marketing.

Health Survey England 2012: Over half of adults breach daily drinking guidelines

The Health Survey for England – 2012 suggests that the level of risky drinking remains constant among regular drinkers, despite slight falls in the proportion...

ONS data suggest young women are outdrinking men

New Office for National Statistics display evidence of a continuing high level of heavy drinking among young women

IAS report shows greater support for minimum pricing amongst responses to government consultation

The Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS) has today published an analysis of submissions to the Home Office consultation on minimum pricing that indicates public support...

Public Health England to change headline alcohol statistics

Public Health England (PHE) has announced its intention from 2014 to use a new key measure of alcohol-related hospital admissions according to its latest report

Alcohol is a Class 1 carcinogen, warns Balance North East ad

Balance North East has launched a new hard hitting health campaign warning against the cancer causing effects of alcohol

Number of premises with 24-hour alcohol licences up

Home Office statistics show a significant increase in the number of premises owning 24-hour licences to sell alcohol since the Coalition Government came to power

Parental substance use: new resource for schools

In partnership with Mentor UK and the ADEPIS project, Adfam has published Identifing and supporting children affected by parental substance use: resource for schools

Alcohol Research UK announces UK grants programme for 2014

Initial, brief applications for this programme are now invited. Proposals should take into consideration our current research priorities

Alcohol treatment system continues to perform well, but there is more to be done

The system for treating alcohol dependence among adults in England is performing well overall for those accessing services, according to Public Health England (PHE)

Tribute to Roy Grantham CBE

We are sad to report the death of Roy Grantham CBE, a former chairman of the Alliance House Foundation who was closely involved with the...

HES 2012/13 data shows nearly 300,000 hospital admissions wholly due to alcohol in England

Hospital Episode Statistics [HES] for 2012/13 published today show that there were 295,000 hospital admissions wholly attributable to alcohol in England

Online alcohol marketing encourages a “culture of intoxication”, says professor

Professor Christine Griffin from the UKCTAS Department of Psychology is calling for tighter regulations around alcohol marketing aimed at young people who use social network...