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Government Alcohol Education Campaign

Government Alcohol Education Campaign The latest stage of the government’s Know Your Limits campaign is launched on Monday 19th May. The Institute of Alcohol Studies...

2008 Budget: Tax increases on alcohol

2008 Budget: Tax increases on alcohol Duty on alcoholic drinks has been increased by 6% more than the rate of inflation. In his address to...

Review of the Licensing Act 2003 – IAS Comment

Review of the Licensing Act 2003 – IAS Comment The Licensing Act 2003 was brought in at the behest of the licensed trade, to their...

Evaluations of the 2003 Licensing Act

Evaluations of the 2003 Licensing Act A Home Office report on the impact of the Licensing Act (2003), which came into force in November 2005,...

Liver Trust Press Release and Report on alcohol pricing

Liver Trust Press Release and Report on alcohol pricing The British Liver Trust has today called for a debate on alcohol pricing, to end the...

Stronger government action needed to tackle the epidemic of alcohol misuse, says new BMA report

Stronger government action needed to tackle the epidemic of alcohol misuse, says new BMA report A new hard-hitting report1 ‘Alcohol misuse: tackling the UK epidemic’...

Home Secretary’s Speech on Tackling Drunken Violence and Disorder

Home Secretary’s Speech on Tackling Drunken Violence and Disorder The Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, spoke to an audience of police, local authority licensing officers and...

Men drink twice as much alcohol as women

Men drink twice as much alcohol as women Men are drinking twice as much alcohol as women according to new figures from the Office for...

Alcohol and Mortality in the Over 50s

Alcohol and Mortality in the Over 50s Two studies published this week, conducted in Britain and Denmark, report on the combined effects of exercise and...

Anti-drinking campaign ads may be counterproductive

Anti-drinking campaign ads may be counterproductive Some anti-drinking advertising campaigns may be “catastrophically misconceived” because they play on the entertaining ‘drinking stories’ that young people...

We’re Drinking More Than We Thought We Were

We’re Drinking More Than We Thought We Were The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revised the way that alcohol consumption is calculated from surveys...

Ofcom and ASA report on Alcohol: Young People drink more brands that are more highly advertised

Ofcom and ASA report on Alcohol: Young People drink more brands that are more highly advertised A study conducted jointly by the Office of Communications...

New Alcohol Health Alliance and Nuffield Council on Bioethics both call for tougher measures on alcohol

New Alcohol Health Alliance and Nuffield Council on Bioethics both call for tougher measures on alcohol A new coalition launched this week is calling on...

Alcohol Causes Cancer

Alcohol Causes Cancer The most comprehensive review of research into the role of diet in cancer has concluded that even small amounts of alcohol increase...

How can the public be expected to count their alcohol units when the government doesn’t know how many units are in a glass of wine?

How can the public be expected to count their alcohol units when the government doesn’t know how many units are in a glass of wine?...

The House of Lords debated the Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy

The House of Lords debated the Harm Reduction Strategy To view the whole debate follow the link below: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200607/ldhansrd/text/71018-0003.htm#07101815000012

Local Alcohol Profiles for England: New Figures Released

Local Alcohol Profiles for England: New Figures Released The alcohol profiles for every local authority in England were published online today by the North West...

Forty years of the breathalyser: RoSPA calls for lower drink-drive limit

Forty years of the breathalyser: RoSPA calls for lower drink-drive limit Tuesday 9th October marks the 40th anniversary of the introduction of the drink-drive limit...

Zero tolerance of alcohol misuse

Zero tolerance of alcohol misuse In her speech to the labour conference, the Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith said, “I’ve zero tolerance of anti-social behaviour, and...

Alcohol increases the Risk of Breast Cancer, Whatever the Type of Drink

Alcohol increases the Risk of Breast Cancer, Whatever the Type of Drink A US study of more than 70,000 women, over two decades, has concluded...