Institute of Alcohol Studies

“Making alcohol-free choices more accessible is not just a public health question. It is also about providing customers with choices they genuinely want & ensuring that pubs can afford to offer them.”

What can alcohol-free beer offer pubs & customers?

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Scotland recorded 1,152 alcohol-specific deaths in 2025, down 3%. While any reduction is welcome, deaths remain above pre-pandemic levels, this is the 13th year exceeding 1,000, and rates are still 4.8x higher in the most deprived communities.

NRS:

“Low” for ambition. “Low” for progress.

This is how @HealthFdn’s new Policy Tracker rates the current state of alcohol policy.

If we want different results, we need a different level of commitment to reducing alcohol harm.

📈: https://www.health.org.uk/resources-and-toolkits/data-tools/policy-tracker/alcohol

“The SWA has exerted influence on policy greater than its size.”

New IAS blog from Dr Julie Bower and Prof David Higgins explores how the Scotch Whisky Association became an influential lobbying force in policymaking across the UK, Europe & the US.

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