IAS - Press Release Archive

Press Releases issued by the Institute of Alcohol Studies.

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2011

IAS and other leading health organisations walk away from ‘Responsibility Deal’ talks

2007

• How can the public be expected to count their alcohol units when the Government doesn’t know how many units are in a glass of wine?
  (26/10/07)

2006

• Treasury refusing to think of children’s health over alcopops taxes, says Institute of Alcohol Studies
  (06/12/06)

• Early Days" For Licensing Act 2003 Warns Institute of Alcohol Studies (24/11/06)

• UK in ‘premier league’ for binge-drinking, says landmark European report (01/06/06).

• Government uses statistical sleight of hand `prove' Licensing Act cuts crime 10/02/06).

2004

• Institute of Alcohol Studies says binge drinking blitz is only sticking plaster (17/12/04)

2003

• Government in the pocket of the Alcohol Industry IAS attacks Portman Group influence (25/11/03)

2002

• The national alcohol strategy in the hands of the drink industry (27/08/02)

• Drink drive limit: IAS Condemns Government Betrayal (21/03/02)

2001

• Young drinkers receive a death warning (10/12/01)

• 10 per cent increase in drink-drive casualties - IAS condemns Government's record (19/09/01)

• IAS Attacks Government Proposals for 24 Hour Drinking (03/05/01)

• Marketing Alcohol to Young People - An Industry out of Control (29/03/01)

2000

• The Labour Government's record on drink driving casts doubt on whether it can be trusted to deal with the endemic alcohol problem (20/7/00)

• IAS Condemns Delay in Tackling Drink Driving (01/03/00)

• Majority Oppose Late Night Drinking (22/02/00)

• Drugged up on Drink (17/01/00)

• Combating Drink-Driving - Next Steps A Consultation Document (12/01/00)

1999

• 1999 Budget Excise Duties - Brown acused of political cynicism (09/3/99)

• National Alcohol Strategy - Press statement by Institute of Alcohol Studies (26/02/99)

• Institute of Alcohol Studies Challenges Government over Millennium Binge - Government Proposals against Public Interest (25/02/99)

1998

• Lowering Drink Drive Limit Could Save Over 200 Lives A Year (18/05/98)

• IAS Welcomes new drink drive proposals (02/02/98)

• UK Presidency of the Council of Ministers gives Britain the opportunity to introduce a 50mg limit (02/01/98)

19977

• Barbara Castle's Social Revolution may have saved over 62 ,000 lives (09/10/97)

• Luncheon to honour the Rt Hon Baroness Castle and the 30th Anniverary of the introduction of the breath test (02/10/97)

• George Howarth serves up a Bucks Fizz (17/07/97)

• Missed opportunity to tackle underage drinking (02/07/97)

• Alcohol-related death and disability ranks in world order with measles, tuberculosis and malaria (15/05/97)

• The Alcopops Scandal (10/05/97)

• Drink Drive Cases up over Christmas 96 (03/01/97)

1996

• A 50mg limit could produce a saving of 200 lives each year (02/12/96)