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 »
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 »
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 »
The 2020 coronavirus lockdowns gave researchers in Cardiff a rare opportunity to look at how alcohol-related violence in and out of homes changed compared to when restrictions were lifted. Read more »
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It seems the South African Government, now more than ever, is willing to consider a re-evaluation of the liquor regulatory environment Read more »
Licensing authority control of alcohol availability can have a positive impact on health and crime in a local vicinity Read more »
New research gauges the opinions of the Twitterati on flagship alcohol policy Read more »
For the twenty-third year in a row, the Swedish state-run alcohol retail monopoly, Systembolaget, was ranked most trusted institution in Sweden. Above the police, universities and IKEA. Most consumers want freedom and availability when it comes to other retail markets. So how come Swedes have such a positive opinion on something that put restrictions on the market? Read more »
In the wake of reports of violent brawls at horse-racing and rugby venues, Habib Kadiri asks if we should level the playing field between football and other sports by banishing alcohol from all sporting grounds? Read more »
MUP is a welcome step in the right direction, says Steve Rolles Read more »
Review of Lords licensing report offers few commitments, says James Morris Read more »
‘The struggle to stop the UK drowning in cheap alcohol can be won, but it requires exceptional powers of endurance,’ writes professor Rob Poole Read more »
Where is the political will to implement evidence-based harm reduction policies in the face of alcohol industry pressure, asks Claire Wilkinson Read more »
Research is needed as to whether licensing laws are robust enough to deal with the changing way in which we are choosing to buy alcohol, says Mark Leyshon Read more »
Committee report “gives an overly administrative account of the Act while overlooking problems with how it is applied and decisions made in practice”, says Jon Foster Read more »
Jon Foster explores the discrepancy between what corporate-friendly alcohol initiatives claim to do and what they actually achieve Read more »
Tonight marks the start of a new night transport service for the capital. But the benefits for the night-time economy have been overstated, argue Aveek Bhattacharya and Jon Foster Read more »