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Alcohol purchase age limits in Europe

Alcohol is a potent psychoactive drug whose consumption even in small quantities can lead to negative outcomes. With this in mind, the 1995 World Health...

Labour and the politics of alcohol: The decline of a cause

Written by Professor Peter Catterall My aspiration here is to write the politics of alcohol back into labour history, to support and develop Jones’ argument...

Alcohol, domestic abuse and sexual assault

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The impact of abolishing the alcohol duty escalator

Key points This year’s Budget saw the Chancellor abolish the Alcohol Duty Escalator, after an intense lobbying campaign from sections of the drinks industry. In...

IAS analysis of responses to the Home Office Consultation on minimum pricing

In its analysis of submissions to the Alcohol Strategy Consultation, the Home Office stated that the majority of respondents opposed the policy proposal to introduce...

Is alcohol too cheap in the UK? The case for setting a Minimum Unit Price for alcohol

This paper offers a perspective on the research evidence for minimum pricing for alcohol as a public health measure from a country where this policy...

Internet influences on adolescent attitudes to alcohol

The current study had the broad aim of examining the alcohol content encountered online by young people, evaluating young people’s responses to that content and...

Conflict of interest in the alcoholic drinks industry: how important are ‘unhealthy drinkers’ in total UK consumption?

The ‘alcohol industry’ has been advancing an agenda of Corporate Social Responsibility, claiming that there is no conflict between commercial interests and public health goals....

Trends in the affordability of alcohol in Europe

Using the WHO Alcohol Control Database, the IAS has used the Big Mac index data to compute an affordability index measure for each country in...

Trends in the affordability of alcohol in the UK

Use of alcohol as a loss-leader

The heavy discounting of alcohol is a problem that has come under increased scrutiny byvarious parties. A recent meeting between the Prime Minister and interested...

Insurance, solving some alcohol problems and causing others

Problem drinking may lead to financial problems for the drinker and those affected by his behaviour. In England 21% of adults have an alcohol use...

Alcohol in Europe: A public health perspective

At the time that the European Commission has been preparing its own strategy on alcohol to cover the full range of activity that takes place...

Crime and disorder, binge drinking and the Licensing Act 2003

This paper provides a critique of the assumptions underlying the Licensing Act 2003 and the claims made for the allegedly beneficial effects of the Act...

Youth, alcohol, and the emergence of the post-modern alcohol order

This paper attempts to outline and provide an explanation for recent trends in the youth alcohol market. In doing so, it draws on some ethnographic...