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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 –...

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...

IAS urges the chancellor to raise alcohol duty

Raising duties will provide a ‘double dividend’, letter says

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

New report on how nudge theory shapes alcohol policy

Theory frames public as 'blameworthy', alcohol industry as 'reliable'

Alcohol harms: a hidden pandemic in the age of COVID-19?

New summary of Britain's drinking habits during pandemic sheds light on risk of the worst alcohol harms becoming less visible

Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS) launch new report on Men and Alcohol

Joint launch of a new report presenting key findings and recommendations for policy and practice from the 2019/2020 Men and Alcohol seminar series

Small Grants Scheme awards announced

Three projects chosen from a competitive field of entrants

Alcohol labelling is failing consumers – AHA UK

New AHA and Alcohol Change UK report has found that a self-regulatory, voluntary system is not working

In Memoriam: Roger Williams, ‘a true giant in the field of liver health’

Public health pays its respects to pioneer in hepatology

Alcohol calorie labelling in Obesity Strategy

Consultation over display of 'liquid calories' on beverages will come before end of the year

Most disadvantaged disproportionately at risk of alcohol-related violence

Study finds alcohol-related domestic violence victimisation up to 14 times as common in lowest socioeconomic groups

Alcohol and public health in the time of a pandemic

A summary of coronavirus-related coverage so far

Budget 2020: Alcohol duty frozen, again

Pro-business approach to cost public purse £1bn over next five years

Alcohol duty doesn’t penalise the poor, new research shows

Alcohol taxes shared evenly between rich and poor

Drink-driving stats going nowhere

New drink-driving figures from the Department for Transport (DfT) show yet another year of no significant change in accidents and casualties

Alcohol admissions in England hit highest ever level, once more

Record highs on both broad and narrow measures

Reformulate sugary alcohol drinks

NGO in call to lower sugar content of RTDs

UK alcohol stats: Lots of data, little change

Three national datasets paint picture of alcohol-related harms in the UK today

One in three children report negative outcomes from parents’ drinking

Research also suggests drinking to escape problems can adversely affect children