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Killer Tactics: How tobacco, alcohol, and unhealthy food and drink industries hold back public health progress

In this month's podcast we spoke to Alfie Slade, Government Affairs Lead at the Obesity Health Alliance (OHA), about a new report called Killer Tactics. The report was developed by the OHA alongside the Alcohol Health Alliance and Action on [...]

Alfie Slade – Obesity Health Alliance

August 2024

Killer Tactics: How tobacco, alcohol, and unhealthy food and drink industries hold back public health progress

In this month's podcast we spoke to Alfie Slade, Government Affairs Lead at the Obesity Health Alliance (OHA), about a [...]

Alfie Slade – Obesity Health Alliance

August 2024

Reasons for (cautious) optimism with the new government

On this month's podcast we spoke to Lisa Erlandsen, the Policy and Advocacy Manager at the Alcohol Health Alliance. We [...]

Lisa Erlandsen – Alcohol Health Alliance

July 2024

BMA calls for reduction in drink driving limit

In our podcast this month we spoke to liver doctor Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, who is also chair of the [...]

Professor Sir Ian Gilmore – BMA and Alcohol Health Alliance
Suzanne Wood – BMA

June 2024

Alcohol harm costs England £27.4 billion a year

On this month's podcast we spoke to IAS's Chief Executive, Dr Katherine Severi, about our new research that found that [...]

Dr Katherine Severi – Institute of Alcohol Studies

May 2024

How Public Health England corresponded with The Portman Group and Drinkaware during the Drink Free Days campaign

In this month's podcast we spoke to Dr Katherine Severi about the rise in alcohol deaths, and Dr Nason Maani, [...]

Dr Nason Maani – University of Edinburgh

April 2024

No and low alcohol products: why they’re gaining attention, who consumes them, and public health concerns

In this month’s podcast we spoke to John Holmes, Professor of Alcohol Policy at the University of Sheffield, about no [...]

Professor John Holmes – Sheffield Alcohol Research Group

March 2024

How the ‘alcoholism’ model evolved and why it prevents public health progress

In February's podcast we spoke to Dr James Morris, Research Fellow at London South Bank University, about how the model [...]

Dr James Morris – London South Bank University

February 2024

Scotland’s Public Health Supplement and next steps for MUP

In our first podcast of 2024, we spoke to Nicola Merrin, Alcohol Focus Scotland's (AFS) Policy & Research Manager, about [...]

Nicola Merrin – AFS
Dr Alastair Macgilchrist – SHAAP

January 2024

Alcohol, tobacco, and junk food industries make £53 billion a year from harmful consumption

In this month's podcast, we spoke to Dr Aalaa Jawad about a new report by the AHA, OHA and ASH [...]

Dr Aalaa Jawad – Public Health Registrar
Susan Taylor – Head of Alcohol Policy, Balance

November 2023

7th Global Alcohol Policy Conference 2023

In this month's podcast we spoke to a number of the attendees at the 7th Global Alcohol Policy Conference in [...]

David Jernigan, Charles Parry, Alison Douglas, Nicola Merrin, Chris Smith, and Juan Tello – Attendees

October 2023