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Scottish Court allows Alcohol Focus Scotland to intervene in legal challenge to minimum pricing

The Institute of Alcohol Studies welcomes today’s ruling to grant Scotland’s national alcohol charity permission to intervene in a legal challenge to the Scottish Minimum Pricing Bill.

Scottish drink driving consultation launched

The Scottish Government is seeking views on its proposals to lower the drink drive limit.

IAS supports Scottish Government in Europe

The IAS has written to the European Commission to express its support for the Scottish Government's Minimum Pricing Act, to introduce a minimum price per unit of...

Parental alcohol misuse harms more children than illegal drugs, says Children’s Commissioner

A new report recommends that the government should pay as much attention to alcohol misuse within families as it does to drug misuse.

Kings Fund report warns of widening health inequalities

Newly published research from the Kings Fund indicates that health inequalities will be exacerbated if comprehensive action is not taken to tackle unhealthy lifestyle behaviours amongst the...

MPs urge HMRC to clampdown on alcohol duty evasion

The Commons Public Accounts Committee has urged HM Revenue & Customs to improve its efforts in tackling the problem of lost revenue from alcohol duty evasion and...

Youthful non-drinking – alive and well but socially invisible

Recent survey data, exploring young people's attitudes towards alcohol, challenges the assumption that drinking is an integral part of growing up.

Tackling alcohol problems in the night time economy: guidance for local areas

A new resource has been made available to support local areas in tacking alcohol problems associated with the Night Time Economy (NTE).

MPs call for greater emphasis on health in Government’s Alcohol Strategy

The Health Select Committee published its report on the Government’s Alcohol Strategy today, calling for a greater emphasis on the chronic health harms caused by alcohol.

Government to give local authorities new powers to deal with the problems of late night drinking

Councils will receive new powers to help them tackle anti-social behaviour caused by excess alcohol consumption in local communities and neighbourhoods.

IAS Report: Internet influences on adolescent attitudes to alcohol

With generous funding from Alcohol Research UK, IAS has recently completed research on the influence of the Internet on peoples’ drinking and is today publishing the findings...

Statistics on Alcohol 2012: alcohol dependency drugs on the rise

Figures from the annual Alcohol in England report published today by the NHS Information Centre for health and social care show a huge increase in the...

Scottish drink-drive limit to be lowered

Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has announced plans to slash the drink-drive limit from 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood to 50mg by the end of the...

Researchers claim one in eight deaths in Europe caused by alcohol

The ALICE RAP network of over 150 scientists warns of the need for governments to take action over the problem of alcohol-related deaths, during the project’s...

Scotland sets 50p minimum price for alcohol

The Scottish government has confirmed that it will set the minimum price of alcohol at 50p per unit, five pence higher than expected.

Prime Minister announces minimum pricing policy for England and Wales as new Alcohol Strategy launched

Today sees the launch of the Government's new Alcohol Strategy.

National report warns more people are dying from liver disease than ever before

The number of people dying from liver disease in England is rising, according to the first ever national report on the statistics published today by the National...

Research & Information Officer vacancy at IAS

Applications are invited from graduates for the post of Research and Information Officer to be based at the Institute's London office.

Are estimates of UK alcohol consumption valid? New report from Scotland

A report that reviews the validity and reliability of using alcohol retail sales data to estimate population alcohol consumption for Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland's Alcohol Strategy (MESAS) was...

Scottish Health Committee backs minimum pricing

A minimum price for a unit of alcohol came one step closer today with the publication of the Stage 1 report on the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Bill...