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Citizens’ juries and alcohol policy: what do people really think?

Katherine Smith – University of Strathclyde
Jeff Collin – University of Edinburgh

October 2026

Budget 2026: alcohol duty to increase in line with inflation

Alcohol-specific deaths in Scotland decrease by 3%; remain above pre-pandemic levels

Can pubs offer alcohol-free beer without hurting their bottom line?

Franziska Sohns, Victoria Wells, and Nadine Waehning

New tracker finds low ambition and limited progress on alcohol policy

The Scotch Whisky Association: a century of alcohol industry influence

Julie Bower and David Higgins

Completing the evidence jigsaw: how evidence can drive regulation of unhealthy commodities

Alice Fabbri, Britta Matthes, and Katherine Smith

Wales’ minimum unit price uprated to 65p

The Tobacco and Vapes Act – and how alcohol is being left behind

Ailsa Rutter – Director of Fresh and Balance

September 2026

Beyond opinion polls: a citizens’ jury’s verdict on alcohol policy

Marie Rogerson and Peter Roderick

Alcohol-related liver disease deaths remain high. Many die without recent inpatient care

Emre Oguzman

Beyond national statistics: understanding alcohol harm and recovery in homelessness

Dr Vera Buss

Pubs call time on cheap supermarket booze and drink-driving

Power, polluters and public health – inside the world of a Director of Public Health

Peter Roderick – Director of Public Health, City of York, and ADPH spokesperson for the Commercial Determinants of Health

August 2026

Alcohol and pancreatic cancer: an example of how alcohol-caused deaths are greatly under-estimated globally?

Tim Stockwell, Jinhui Zhao, James Clay, Keegan Lawrence, and Tim Naimi

Alcohol harm is not inevitable. But reducing it requires us to act differently

Jon Hobday

Westminster’s drinking culture is putting staff wellbeing at risk, first-of-its-kind study finds