Institute of Alcohol Studies

“It was a completely deliberate attempt by the industry to re-engage the youth to drinking, because they know that once they’ve got them drinking, they’ll keep drinking.”

Dr @AlastairMacG57 and Dr Lesley Graham trace 20 years of @SHAAPAlcohol history: https://www.ias.org.uk/podcast/shaaps-20th-anniversary-lessons-from-two-decades-of-alcohol-policy-reform/

Stonegate Pub Partners, the UK’s largest pub landlord, is under scrutiny after allegations that tied tenants were trapped in financially unviable businesses.

Rachael Maskell MP said: “It’s a feudal relationship at best. It entraps you into a financial loss situation.”

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South Australia is moving to tighten regulation of rapid online alcohol deliveries, introducing limits on delivery hours & a mandatory 2-hr delay between purchase and delivery.

Premier Peter Malinauskas said: “The regulation of that practice has not kept pace with the service.”

There’s nothing neutral about the algorithms that deliver us online alcohol marketing. When ads are targeted at people in recovery, heavy drinkers, or groups identified as vulnerable consumers, the harms can be significant.

Watch ‘Digital Intoxication’: https://youtu.be/9tIye2pKvYw