Policies

Help or harm? Exploring the expanding ‘No and Low’ alcohol market in the UK

Dr Emily Nicholls investigates the marketing and consumption of no and low alcohol products and discusses her new report.

Under the influence: is the alcohol industry using the World Trade Organization to lobby against alcohol policies?

World Trade Organization member states regularly use alcohol industry arguments to prevent and delay the implementation of effective alcohol control policies. Here Dr Barlow explains...

A Drop in the Ocean: Corrective Taxes on Alcohol in 25 Large Economies

Corrective taxes on alcohol are very low compared to the economic costs of death and disability in almost all countries, and almost all advanced economies...

Most adolescents support improved alcohol labelling

With the UK Government soon to consult on mandatory labelling on alcoholic products, this new study looks at adolescent support for improved labelling, including units...

Does alcohol make you fat?

The relationship between alcohol and obesity is extremely complex. Dr Gary O’Donovan looks at what the UK Government can do in their 'war on obesity'...

Putting safety first

The Police Federation's Tim Rogers questions why England and Wales have the highest drink drive limits in Europe and calls on the Government to end...

Preventing harmful alcohol consumption is an excellent investment for countries

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published an in-depth book that highlights the huge cost of alcohol harm across 52 countries, and models...