If the Government is serious about extending healthy life expectancy for all, it must get serious about tackling alcohol. With the Health Disparities White Paper being published soon, IAS’ Dr Alison Giles looks at what should be done. Read more »
Alcohol content was seen 197.3 million times by children aged under 16 across 20 different reality TV programmes. Dr Barker’s study shows how alcohol content bypasses marketing restrictions on TV. Read more »
With children’s education on alcohol harm seemingly having little effect, could education through entertainment – such as soap operas – be a new and more effective way of teaching about such harm? Read more »
Our Head of Research looks at 2012’s Alcohol Strategy a decade on, highlighting the Government’s inertia and failure to achieve the vast majority of what the strategy promised. Read more »
Dr Emily Nicholls investigates the marketing and consumption of no and low alcohol products and discusses her new report. Read more »
A new study assessing alcohol use, reduction and harm among trans and non-binary people is looking to recruit study participants. Read the blog for further information and a link to the participation survey. Read more »
Dr Sadie Boniface looks at the trends in alcohol consumption and harm throughout 2021. Read more »
Patrick Myers of the Department for Work & Pensions reflects on the success of a project that brings together treatment and children’s services to improve treatment outcomes. Read more »
Dr Carly Lightowlers questions the efficacy of ‘sobriety ankle tags’ and draws attention to a number of considerations of this reactionary policy, particularly around the lack of quality evidence on which the policy is based. Read more »
Which socioeconomic groups in the UK buy no- and low-alcohol products and what proportion of shopping includes these products when alcohol is bought off-trade? Read more »
Alcohol Change UK has developed a guide to help practitioners to improve the well-being and safety of adults who are highly vulnerable, chronic, dependent drinkers. Read more »
A recent report suggested Scotland’s minimum unit pricing has done little to reduce alcohol-related crime. Dr Lightowlers and Ms Bryant look at the limitations of the study and show why it is so difficult to get to the bottom of the issue. Read more »
Public health bodies need to focus on more specific policy aims in order to make a difference and educational campaigns can develop the necessary climate to implement these policies. Read more »
As part of the Royal College of Physicians action on health inequalities day, our blog post looks at four key theories in health inequality and their potential to help understand the causes of alcohol harm inequality. Read more »
As men have become more active parents in recent years, there needs to be better support for them. Dr Dimova and Dr O’Donnell look at what support could be offered to new fathers to reduce their drinking and smoking. Read more »
Analysing the responses to the World Health Organization’s alcohol strategy consultation, Chiara Rinaldi highlights the difference in how stakeholders frame alcohol consumption and harm. Read more »
Professor Kaner assesses how minimum unit pricing in Scotland and Wales is changing consumption patterns and harmful drinking habits. Read more »
People from lower socioeconomic groups suffer greater rates of alcohol-related hospitalisations. Jennifer Boyd’s study reviewed explanations and theories for why this is the case. Read more »
Insurance is not usually associated with alcohol problems, but there are good reasons for focusing on the two subjects in conjunction, as they give rise to multiple problems, argues Jonathan Goodliffe Read more »
Eva Leal-López argues a combination of alcohol control policies are key to reducing inequalities among adolescents Read more »
Dr Tony Rao describes a recent study examining alcohol use by Members of the UK Parliament Read more »
Brendan Gough and Mary Madden explain the findings from their research Read more »
Dr Melissa Oldham spots some worrying signs from the official data Read more »
Tracy Lumb looks at the ways in which universities are tackling one of the most risky drinking occasions among students Read more »
Lucy Bryant, author of a study looking into parental drinking’s impact on children, has some suggestions for how the government could better protect people from harm Read more »
Dr Amanda Marie Atkinson discusses findings of a new IAS-commissioned report exploring the way in which women are both targeted and represented in alcohol marketing, and the possible health and social implications Read more »
Mike Ward describes Alcohol Change UK’s national initiative to develop alternative approaches and care pathways for change resistant drinkers Read more »
Dr Melissa Oldham summarises the latest NHS England stats on underage drinking Read more »
Pek Kei Im describes her KBS award-winning paper on the relationship between alcohol consumption and liver disease risk among Chinese men Read more »
The £1.4 billion bill for workplace hangovers indicates we underestimate alcohol’s economic costs, argues Aveek Bhattacharya Read more »
Understanding why young people living in some areas drink more than others is vital for public health policy, argues Gina Martin Read more »
Stricter parents and stricter control of adolescent free time along with alcohol being harder to obtain may be some of the reasons for the decline says a fresh report from the Nordic Welfare Centre Read more »
Ofcom’s 9pm watershed might not be fit for purpose, argues Alex Barker Read more »
A blogpost on older drinkers by Colin Angus Read more »
Few suicide prevention policies address the influence of alcohol in the process – Nicola Kalk suggests how we might address this issue in the UK Read more »
Dr Carly Lightowlers finds that the sentencing guidelines for alcohol-related offences in England and Wales are disproportionately harsher on women Read more »
Older people might have something to learn from their younger counterparts when it comes to drinking patterns, says Dr Linda Ng Fat Read more »
Eurocare to promote Focus on Youth Football & Alcohol Read more »
Matt Damon has an alcohol problem… but it’s not what you think, writes Kristina Sperkova Read more »
Professor Jonathan Shepherd describes discoveries from the Violence Society Group’s investigations into the issue and reveals how alcohol plays a role Read more »
Gabriella Brent on the positive impact that Family Drug and Alcohol Courts have had on the lives of those involved in care proceedings who suffer from substance misuse Read more »
The CLeaR self-assessment for alcohol tool, is a new evidence-based approach designed to help “kick-start local conversations between key stakeholders about how to improve the wide range of outcomes affected by harmful drinking”, says Kevin Fenton Read more »
Young people today are much less likely to drink than previous generations, writes Aveek Bhattacharya, author of a new report looking into the causes of this phenomenon Read more »
Older people represent an increasing proportion of alcohol-related hospital admissions, argues Dr Tony Rao Read more »