Alcohol purchase age limits in Europe

Alcohol is a potent psychoactive drug whose consumption even in small quantities can lead to negative outcomes. With this in mind, the 1995 World Health...

Labour and the politics of alcohol: The decline of a cause

Written by Professor Peter Catterall My aspiration here is to write the politics of alcohol back into labour history, to support and develop Jones’ argument...

IAS response to House of Lords inquiry into the EU Alcohol Strategy

IAS response to Monitoring drink driving: A statistical consultation on the Department for Transport’s drink drive statistics

Alcohol, domestic abuse and sexual assault

Key Points

IAS response to the ROI consultation on sports sponsorship by alcohol companies

The impact of abolishing the alcohol duty escalator

Key points This year’s Budget saw the Chancellor abolish the Alcohol Duty Escalator, after an intense lobbying campaign from sections of the drinks industry. In...

IAS response to Home Office consultation on locally set license fees

IAS response to All Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group (APPHG) inquiry

IAS analysis of responses to the Home Office Consultation on minimum pricing

In its analysis of submissions to the Alcohol Strategy Consultation, the Home Office stated that the majority of respondents opposed the policy proposal to introduce...

IAS response to Home Office consultation: Enabling targeted, local alternatives to personal licences to sell alcohol

IAS response to ONS consultation on statistical products 2013

IAS response to NICE Workplace consultation

Is alcohol too cheap in the UK? The case for setting a Minimum Unit Price for alcohol

This paper offers a perspective on the research evidence for minimum pricing for alcohol as a public health measure from a country where this policy...

IAS response to the Home Office consultation on aspects of the Government’s Alcohol Strategy

IAS response to the Department of Health balance of competence review

IAS response to North West Public Health Observatory consultation on the methods used to estimate alcohol-related hospital admissions for England

Internet influences on adolescent attitudes to alcohol

The current study had the broad aim of examining the alcohol content encountered online by young people, evaluating young people’s responses to that content and...

IAS response to House of Commons Health Committee inquiry on alcohol

IAS response to call for evidence on Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Bill