…codes do not sufficiently protect children and adolescents from exposure to alcohol promotions, especially through social media The Addiction supplement comprises 14 papers, with research presented from around the world….
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December 2016
…Studies has produced a round-up of the year’s highlights in UK alcohol policy. Please click on the images below to view the PDF, or you can download it here. …
Flattening the spike – drink-driving at Christmas
…– at this time of year or any other. I backed Alcohol Awareness Week in November to remind people to make sure they understand current guidance around recommended limits of…
November 2016
…the mechanism was “not exactly known”. Alcohol brands’ ads within guidelines, say ASA Regulator rejects complaints against Kronenbourg and WKD (02 November) Heineken UK and Beverage Brands have not breached…
Road safety groups and emergency services call for lower drink-driving limit
…Director at the Institute of Alcohol Studies, said “Recent decades have seen great improvements in road safety, but progress on drink-driving has ground to a halt. With hundreds of lives…
Save lives, safer roads, lower the drink drive limit
…still have one of the highest legal limits in the world. Things must change – it’s time the Government took action. Follow the link to https://www.ias.org.uk/lowerlimit/ to find out more….
Save lives, safer roads, lower the drink drive limit
…We at the Institute of Alcohol Studies have produced a two-minute animation to support this campaign, which outlines the key arguments (script available here): The call comes after statistics show…
Alcohol Stories – Exploring accounts and practices of alcohol use, suicide and self-harm
…more fully understand the diverse roles alcohol might play in practices of self-harm or suicide among different social groups. For more information see: https://alcoholstories.wordpress.com/ and http://www.samaritans.org/about-us/our-research/research-report-men-suicide-and-society Written by Dr Amy…
No progress on drink-driving deaths
…on our roads has not reduced since 2010, the government needs to tackle this issue head on and lower the drink-driving limit to make our roads safer. Professor Sir Ian…
July 2016
…The epidemiological evidence for her conclusions comes from comprehensive reviews undertaken in the last 10 years by the World Cancer Research Fund and American Institute for Cancer Research, the International…
Alcohol, the ‘elephant in the room’
…basis for better decisions, which is why it is called a “companion”. Like a companion it tries to recognise the uniqueness of our physical make-up, needs, goals and experiences. In…
June 2016
…alcohol brands per minute, averaging one reference every 5 seconds. How will it be when Heineken comes in as main sponsor in addition to the others? “If both the sport…
April 2016
…already in poverty) to avert the same number of deaths. For example, harmful drinkers would pay £152 more each year under a 28% increase, compared to just £6 more under…
Alcohol taxes would have to rise 28% to match minimum unit pricing in Scotland
A new report from the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group, commissioned by the Scottish Government, estimates that alcohol taxes would have to rise by 28% in order to achieve comparable reductions…
March 2016
…thousands of jobs”. However, the assumption that lower beer duty benefits pubs has come under increasing scrutiny in recent weeks. In February, eight leading pub owners wrote to the Chancellor,…
Transport Committee on drink-driving: Take your cue from Scotland
…roads at this time.” The Commons Transport Select Committee Second Report of Session 2015–16, road traffic law enforcement (HC 518), is available to download from the Transport Committee’s website. …
Government’s own numbers show that alcohol is under-taxed
…address the burden of alcohol on wider society, and to raise alcohol duty next Wednesday”. Dereliction of Duty: Are UK alcohol taxes too low? is available for download here: http://bit.ly/dutyrp032016….
February 2016
…on the European Union (EU) towards alcohol policy during a Lords Committee meeting discussing the House of Lords European Union Committee report, A New EU Alcohol Strategy?. She began the…
Scottish medical professions welcome European Court of Justice’s judgment in favour of Scotland’s alcohol minimum unit pricing policy
…on the Functioning of the European Union’s (TFEU) provisions of free movement of goods. Whether, under EU law, it is permissible for a member state to implement a new measure…
October 2015
…alcohol consumption or harms, thus leaving industry profits untouched. The study finds that the headline commitment of 80% compliance with labelling standards has been missed, albeit narrowly, and so the…