Institute of Alcohol Studies

Community spaces should support health, not harm:
This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek we’re celebrating the power of community

But in too many areas – especially the most deprived – communities are saturated with cheap alcohol

Everyone deserves a healthier environment @mentalhealth

Addiction science has long been stuck between two flawed ideas:
🧠 “It’s a brain disease”
🙄 “It’s just bad choices”

Matt Field makes the case for a better way forward: not blame or pathology but reshaping environments so healthier choices actually exist

81% of the public believe companies put profit ahead of public health, finds a new poll by Public First.

The @UK_AHA, @OHA_updates, @AshOrgUK poll also found that 75% want a ‘polluter pays’ levy on tobacco & unhealthy food companies, with 60% wanting…

“Even in the snakes and ladders that is politics, it’s unusual to stop a piece of reform that you yourself created and championed.”

Sara Burke & Norah Campbell write that delaying Ireland’s health labelling is “the alcohol industry’s dream outcome”.