Inequalities in victimisation: alcohol, violence, and anti-social behaviour

The links between alcohol and violence, as well as alcohol and anti-social behaviour (ASB), are widely recognised. Less is understood about how experiences of alcohol-related...

Minimum Unit Pricing in Scotland: What we know so far about its effects on consumption and health harms

Background Minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol was introduced in Scotland on 1 May 2018. MUP sets a floor price per unit, currently 50p, below...

IAS response to NICE digital interventions consultation

IAS Strategy 2020-23

IAS Budget 2020 analysis

Who pays the tab? The distributional effects of UK alcohol taxes

Alcohol tax is widely recognised as one of the most important instruments governments have to address harmful drinking. Yet increases in duty are often resisted...

IAS response to Liquor licensing laws in Northern Ireland consultation

A rapid narrative review of literature on gendered alcohol marketing and its effects: exploring the targeting and representation of women

This report presents findings of a rapid narrative literature review exploring the gendered nature of alcohol marketing and its effects, focussing specifically on the ways...

Modelling the impact of alcohol duty policies since 2012 in England & Scotland

This report was commissioned in 2019 in order to estimate the impact of the UK Government’s decision in 2012/13 to abolish the alcohol duty escalator...

IAS response to Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s (Green Paper) consultation

IAS response to WHO Global Alcohol Strategy consultation

IAS response to Northern Ireland consultation on new substance misuse strategy

Alcohol guidelines for pregnant women: Barriers and enablers for midwives to deliver advice

Background Alcohol exposure during pregnancy can have negative maternal and infant outcomes. Due to a lack of clear evidence of a ‘safe’ threshold for alcohol...

Pour decisions

This report explores the case for reforming alcohol duty in the United Kingdom, and the principles which should underpin a new, improved alcohol duty regime....

IAS response to Transport Select Committee ‘Road safety: young and novice drivers’ inquiry

IAS response to Violence and abuse toward shop staff consultation

IAS response to Home Affairs Committee serious violence inquiry

IAS response to the Online harms white paper

Financial headache: the cost of workplace hangovers and intoxication to the UK economy

IAS response to Toxic trio consultation