Report

Barriers to Recovery: Overcoming obstacles to alcohol recovery in the UK

Alcohol-related harm continues to escalate in the United Kingdom (UK), with 2023 marking the highest number of alcohol-specific deaths recorded in England, and only 22%...

Technical report for ‘A Healthier Future: A long-term vision to tackle alcohol harm in the UK’

This technical report accompanies the policy briefing A Healthier Future: A long-term vision to tackle alcohol harm in the UK. It provides a detailed account...

A Healthier Future: A long-term vision to tackle alcohol harm in the UK

Alcohol harm is a serious and growing concern in the UK, impacting people’s health and wellbeing, the NHS, social services, criminal justice, and our economy....

Spin the bottle: How the UK alcohol industry twists the facts on harm and responsibility

Executive summary Alcohol deaths are at an all-time high in the UK, yet current policy is unable to tackle this crisis. The alcohol industry’s influence...

The Price is Right: Minimum unit pricing for alcohol and the case for a windfall tax

Minimum unit pricing is an effective policy to reduce alcohol harm by setting a legal minimum price per unit of alcohol — currently 65p in...

Good governance in public health policy: Managing interactions with alcohol industry stakeholders

This document provides guidance for identifying, managing and protecting against conflicts of interest associated with alcohol industry involvement in public health policy. The principles outlined...

IAS Annual Report 2023/24

Dispelling Six Industry Myths About Alcohol Taxation

Introduction Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK has experienced year-on-year increases in deaths from alcohol. Between 2019 and 2021 there was a 27.4% increase in...

Language Bank: Talking about inequalities in alcohol use and harm

The purpose of this language bank is to support the delivery of IAS’s 2023-26 strategy, which has a focus on inequalities. Language is important, and...

Off-trade alcohol availability and violence: assessing the impact of on-trade outlet closures

There is strong and consistent evidence that on-trade alcohol availability is related to violence, but evidence regarding a similar association between off-trade availability and violence...

How have governments communicated UK alcohol duty policy changes?

Pricing, including taxation, is a key tool to address harm from alcohol and is identified by the World Health Organization as a ‘best buy’ policy...

IAS Strategy 2023-2026

Our challenge for 2023-2026: Addressing alcohol-related inequalities Alcohol harm continues to adversely affect families, communities and society at large. In the wake of the pandemic,...

Spring Budget 2023 Analysis

Patterns in alcohol-related violence: exploring recent declines in alcohol-related violence in England and Wales

Figures from the UK Office for National Statistics (2021a) suggest that alcohol-related violence in England and Wales has been declining – both as a total...

People, Planet, or Profit: alcohol’s impact on a sustainable future

Alcohol has rarely been considered from a sustainability angle. Between 2021 and 2022, we ran a four-part webinar series on ‘Alcohol and Sustainability’, with expert...

Corporate Political Activity of the Alcohol and Gambling Industries

Background There is growing evidence that unhealthy commodity industries (UCIs) use the same strategies to influence policy decisions in line with their commercial interests. For...

The COVID Hangover: summary report

The COVID Hangover: addressing long-term health impacts of changes in alcohol consumption during the pandemic

Drinking patterns in England changed during the COVID-19 pandemic There has been an increase in the number of higher risk drinkers, and the heaviest drinkers...

IAS Annual Report 2021/22

The Marketing and Consumption of No and Low Alcohol Drinks in the UK

This report examines how No and Low Alcohol (NoLo) beverages are marketed and promoted in the UK and explores how and why consumers drink them....