This month, a new report finds alcohol duty does not penalise the poor Read more »
February 2020
Alcohol Alert
The Alcohol Alert is our monthly newsletter, covering the latest issues in UK alcohol policy. It comes with a podcast (links to the most recent episodes on the right hand side of the page) interviewing prominent figures in alcohol research, policy and practice, and is free to subscribe to via Substack. Below is our archive of editions dating back to 1997
January 2020
This month, we look at the spread of Dry January as it is taken up in France Read more »
December 2019
The Institute of Alcohol Studies has produced a round-up of the year’s highlights in UK alcohol policy Read more »
November 2019
This month, an IAS report finds that one in three children report negative outcomes from their parents drinking, at any level Read more »
October 2019
This month, IAS hosts an alcohol marketing conference premiering material on how the alcohol industry enforces gender stereotyping and objectification of women through its marketing practices Read more »
September 2019
This month, midwives call for more support to deliver alcohol advice Read more »
August 2019
This month, NHS Health Scotland’s evaluation of MUP finds the policy has been well implemented since its introduction Read more »
July 2019
This month, researchers from Kings College London find that one in ten hospital patients are alcohol dependent, an occurrence eight times more commonplace than in the general population Read more »
June 2019
This month, a new IAS report calculates that hangovers cost the UK economy £1.4 billion Read more »
May 2019
This month, Brits top ‘drunkenness poll’, according to the findings of the latest Global Drugs Survey Read more »