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Changing the Conversation About Alcohol: A New Partnership Will Leverage Policy to Tackle Alcohol-Related Harms

RESET Alcohol intends to reduce alcohol-related harms in hard-hit countries through policy change. Led by Vital Strategies, it brings together governments, civil society, research organizations,...

With evidence on alcohol policies being stronger than ever, now is the time for governments to act

Dr Peter Rice, IAS's new chair, looks at the progress in alcohol policy and research this year, and the effect MUP has had in reducing...

Government flip-flopping and alcohol industry lobbying risks an increase in harm

Freezing and unfreezing planned rises in alcohol duty highlights the Government’s lack of consistency and the whisky industry’s bizarre economic claims.

Cost of hidden harm: alcohol’s harm to others

The economic cost of alcohol's harm to others is rarely looked at. In this new study, researchers quantified this cost in Australia - including costs...

The COVID hangover: more urgency is needed to tackle alcohol harm as an indirect effect of the pandemic

Changes in drinking patterns during the pandemic are likely to lead to significant increases in alcohol-related disease cases and subsequent death. Here Dr Sadie Boniface...

Everything you wanted to know about minimum pricing, in one place

The World Health Organization published a comprehensive review of minimum pricing policies on alcohol, including summaries of the most recent evidence on their impact for...

Minimum unit pricing and harmful drinking: Mixed findings should not override the bigger picture

A study on the impact of Scotland's minimum unit pricing on harmful drinkers and those with alcohol dependence received a lot of press attention lambasting...

Healthy life expectancy: why tackling alcohol is key

If the Government is serious about extending healthy life expectancy for all, it must get serious about tackling alcohol. With the Health Disparities White Paper...

2012’s Alcohol Strategy 10 years on: was the ‘GAS’ a lot of hot air?

Our Head of Research looks at 2012's Alcohol Strategy a decade on, highlighting the Government's inertia and failure to achieve the vast majority of what...

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...

Is it time to help alcohol retailers make more money by selling less alcohol?

Public health bodies need to focus on more specific policy aims in order to make a difference and educational campaigns can develop the necessary climate...

Higher alcohol taxes could save thousands of lives lost due to cancer in WHO European Region

A modelling study looked at how many cancer deaths and cases would be avoided by raising taxes by differing amounts. Here Carolin Kilian gives insight...

Minimum Unit Pricing in Scotland and Wales: what is the impact so far?

Professor Kaner assesses how minimum unit pricing in Scotland and Wales is changing consumption patterns and harmful drinking habits.

Shrinking drinks – How minimum pricing is making bottles smaller

Andrew Misell believes producers' and consumers' reactions to the new minimum unit price of alcohol in Wales could lead to a win-win situation for both...

The Pass-Through of Alcohol Excise Taxes to Prices in OECD Countries: Filling in the evidence gap

Governments 'may consider additionally implementing minimum pricing policies' as a viable complement to tax increases on alcohol

Hope for a Dutch MUP

The lobby for effective alcohol measures has grown in recent times, Wim van Dalen argues

Minimum unit pricing: from the theory to the supermarket shelf

Originally posted on the Alcohol Change UK website

MUP – let’s not lose another decade to alcohol harm

Colin Shevills calls for action on cheap alcohol in England, arguing that the need MUP is 'becoming hard to ignore'

New Australian estimates of the impact of Minimum Unit Pricing

Michael Livingston, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University