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If the Government is serious about extending healthy life expectancy for all, it must get serious about tackling alcohol. With the Health Disparities White Paper being published soon, IAS’ Dr Alison Giles looks at what should be done. Read more »
Alcohol content was seen 197.3 million times by children aged under 16 across 20 different reality TV programmes. Dr Barker’s study shows how alcohol content bypasses marketing restrictions on TV. Read more »
With children’s education on alcohol harm seemingly having little effect, could education through entertainment – such as soap operas – be a new and more effective way of teaching about such harm? Read more »
Our Head of Research looks at 2012’s Alcohol Strategy a decade on, highlighting the Government’s inertia and failure to achieve the vast majority of what the strategy promised. Read more »
Dr Emily Nicholls investigates the marketing and consumption of no and low alcohol products and discusses her new report. Read more »
A new study assessing alcohol use, reduction and harm among trans and non-binary people is looking to recruit study participants. Read the blog for further information and a link to the participation survey. Read more »
World Trade Organization member states regularly use alcohol industry arguments to prevent and delay the implementation of effective alcohol control policies. Here Dr Barlow explains the findings of her study. Read more »
Dr Sadie Boniface looks at the trends in alcohol consumption and harm throughout 2021. Read more »
Patrick Myers of the Department for Work & Pensions reflects on the success of a project that brings together treatment and children’s services to improve treatment outcomes. Read more »
Dr Carly Lightowlers questions the efficacy of ‘sobriety ankle tags’ and draws attention to a number of considerations of this reactionary policy, particularly around the lack of quality evidence on which the policy is based. Read more »