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New report launch webinar: Preventing underage alcohol purchasing online using payment card details
Join us for the launch of a new report that looks at how we can improve our system of preventing children buying alcohol online. Read more »
How did the Autumn 2021 Budget reform alcohol duty?
On 27 October the Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled the Government’s Autumn 2021 budget, which saw a big change to alcohol duties: from 2023 alcohol will be taxed based on its strength, so the stronger the alcohol the higher the tax. However, as many have said, the devil is in the detail. So what is the… Read more »
Alcohol & the Environment: sustainability series seminar 2
Join us on Wed 03 November, 14:00-15:30, to discuss alcohol and its impact on the environment. Read more »
New IAS-led research on the appeal of alcohol adverts to underage adolescents out today
A new study published in the journal Alcohol & Alcoholism today has found alcohol adverts may commonly appeal to underage adolescents Read more »
Budget 2021: Duties for alcohol kept on ice
Chancellor Rishi Sunak keeps excise duties for all alcoholic beverages at the same level for a second consecutive year Read more »
Call for more research to help new dads reduce alcohol consumption
Media release from Glasgow Caledonian University and IAS:
International review finds huge gaps in research on men’s alcohol consumption in the transition to fatherhood – researchers found only five studies world-wide that examined the relationship between fatherhood and alcohol Read more »
Abstinence advice at antenatal appointments improves outcomes
97% of midwives would always or usually advise women to abstain from alcohol during pregnancy at the booking appointment; just over a third (38%) did so at subsequent antenatal appointments Read more »
IAS urges the chancellor to raise alcohol duty
Raising duties will provide a ‘double dividend’, letter says Read more »
Alcohol deaths – Scotland sees improvements, but pandemic takes its toll
National datasets on alcohol deaths show contrasting fortunes between Scotland and the other UK nations Read more »