Report

Families First: An evidence-based approach to protecting UK families from alcohol-related harm

Many people in the UK have an unhealthy relationship with alcohol; it is estimated that there are 595,000 adults with alcohol dependence in England. As...

Brexit battlegrounds: Where are public health and the alcohol industry likely to clash in the years ahead?

There remains significant uncertainty over what Britain’s exit from the EU means for alcohol policy. Thus far public health groups have made proposals in four...

Alcohol and mental health: Policy and practice in England

Many people who misuse alcohol also have a mental health difficulty, and many people with mental health problems also misuse alcohol. Yet few get effective...

The economic impact of changes in alcohol consumption in the UK

The alcohol industry (both manufacturing and sales) is important to the UK Economy as it supports thousands of jobs. However, there are many well documented...

Women and alcohol: Key issues

Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and IAS co-hosted a four-part seminar series to discuss issues relating to women and alcohol. The events were...

Running on empty: Drink-driving law enforcement in England

Drink-driving deaths and casualties have flat lined in the UK since 2010 with around 240 deaths and more than 8,000 casualties reported every year. England...

IAS Budget 2017 analysis

Like sugar for adults: The effect of non-dependent parental drinking on children and families

This study set out to explore the effect of non-dependent parental drinking on children, making a direct link between parental drinking habits and the attitudes,...

Pubs quizzed: What publicans think about policy, public health and the changing trade

Pubs are widely considered an important part of Britain’s culture and heritage, a major source of employment and potentially provide a less harmful drinking environment...

Cider duty in the Republic of Ireland

Anytime, anyplace, anywhere? Addressing physical availability of alcohol in Australia and the UK

International evidence consistently points towards the physical, economic, social, and psychological availability of alcohol as important mediating variables in the prevalence of alcohol-related harm. Commentators...

Foul play? Alcohol marketing during UEFA Euro 2016

International football tournaments provide a high-profile platform for alcohol marketing. UEFA EURO 2016, however, was held in France where the national law governing alcohol advertising...

Which cost of alcohol? What should we compare it against?

This paper explores and develops issues raised by recent debates about the cost of alcohol to England and Wales. It advances two arguments. First, that...

Splitting the bill: Alcohol’s impact on the economy

Economic questions are central to the formation of alcohol policies, such as the setting of alcohol taxes, licensing requirements and marketing regulations. In particular, arguments...

Youthful abandon: Why are young people drinking less?

Key points Underage drinking in the UK is in long-term decline, though it remains high: In order to maintain this progress, and take action to...

IAS Budget 2016 analysis

International evidence and best practice on alcohol labelling

The Licensing Act (2003): its uses and abuses 10 years on

In this research project IAS set out to assess the impact of the Licensing Act 2003 (hereon referred to as ‘the Act’) on the wider...

Dereliction of duty: Are UK alcohol taxes too low?

There are three standard reasons why governments tax alcohol: The UK Government estimates that externalities associated with alcohol cost England and Wales £21 billion every...

Dead on Arrival? Evaluating the Public Health Responsibility Deal for Alcohol

Key points