Licensing law

Summary Introduction Licensing laws control where, when and to whom alcohol can be sold or supplied. Licensing is governed by the Licensing Act 2003 in...

Alcohol and Marketing

Alcohol marketing includes advertising in traditional media outlets such as print, television and radio, promotional activities in online and social media, and sponsorship of sporting...

Minimum pricing of alcohol

Summary Introduction In recent years, minimum alcohol pricing has attracted substantial attention in a number of countries. Minimum pricing is not a tax, but rather...

A brief history of alcohol duty

Summary Introduction Governments have levied taxes on alcohol for centuries, and today the vast majority of countries apply specific excise duties to at least some...

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...

IAS response to consultation on Late Night Levy Fees

Alcohol in the workplace

Summary Introduction Official statistics show that employed people are more likely to drink heavily than unemployed people [1], and that the proportion of workers drinking...

Spring Budget 2023 – IAS submission

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...

IAS response to consultation on the Redesign of the Crime Survey for England and Wales

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 response to consultation on Mental health and wellbeing plan

IAS response to consultation on the Online Advertising Programme

IAS response to consultation on MUP in Northern Ireland

IAS Annual Report 2021/22

IAS response to consultation on alcohol alternatives

IAS response to consultation on WHO Framework to strengthen Alcohol Action Plan

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....