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Running on empty: Drink-driving law enforcement in England

Drink-driving deaths and casualties have flat lined in the UK since 2010 with around 240 deaths and more than 8,000 casualties reported every year. England...

IAS Budget 2017 analysis

Like sugar for adults: The effect of non-dependent parental drinking on children and families

This study set out to explore the effect of non-dependent parental drinking on children, making a direct link between parental drinking habits and the attitudes,...

Pubs quizzed: What publicans think about policy, public health and the changing trade

Pubs are widely considered an important part of Britain’s culture and heritage, a major source of employment and potentially provide a less harmful drinking environment...

Cider duty in the Republic of Ireland

Anytime, anyplace, anywhere? Addressing physical availability of alcohol in Australia and the UK

International evidence consistently points towards the physical, economic, social, and psychological availability of alcohol as important mediating variables in the prevalence of alcohol-related harm. Commentators...

Foul play? Alcohol marketing during UEFA Euro 2016

International football tournaments provide a high-profile platform for alcohol marketing. UEFA EURO 2016, however, was held in France where the national law governing alcohol advertising...

Which cost of alcohol? What should we compare it against?

This paper explores and develops issues raised by recent debates about the cost of alcohol to England and Wales. It advances two arguments. First, that...

Splitting the bill: Alcohol’s impact on the economy

Economic questions are central to the formation of alcohol policies, such as the setting of alcohol taxes, licensing requirements and marketing regulations. In particular, arguments...

Youthful abandon: Why are young people drinking less?

Key points Underage drinking in the UK is in long-term decline, though it remains high: In order to maintain this progress, and take action to...

IAS Budget 2016 analysis

International evidence and best practice on alcohol labelling

The Licensing Act (2003): its uses and abuses 10 years on

In this research project IAS set out to assess the impact of the Licensing Act 2003 (hereon referred to as ‘the Act’) on the wider...

Dereliction of duty: Are UK alcohol taxes too low?

There are three standard reasons why governments tax alcohol: The UK Government estimates that externalities associated with alcohol cost England and Wales £21 billion every...

Dead on Arrival? Evaluating the Public Health Responsibility Deal for Alcohol

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Alcohol’s impact on emergency services

Key points Alcohol places a significant and unnecessary strain on emergency services A growing body of evidence is gradually revealing the extent of the burden...

IAS response to ‘Alcohol and the Public Purse’

Alcohol’s harm to others

Alcohol consumption can have a range of negative impacts on people other than the drinker, for example physical violence, road traffic accidents, relationship problems, financial...

Alcohol advertising and sponsorship in Formula One: A dangerous cocktail

Alcohol sponsorship of sport is a contested issue, with the major medical and public health institutions in Europe calling for a ban, similar to the...

Alcohol, health inequalities and the harm paradox: Why some groups face greater problems despite consuming less alcohol