The World Health Organization published a comprehensive review of minimum pricing policies on alcohol, including summaries of the most recent evidence on their impact for countries to consider. In this blog economist Dr Bhattacharya explains what the review looked at. Read more »
A study on the impact of Scotland’s minimum unit pricing on harmful drinkers and those with alcohol dependence received a lot of press attention lambasting the policy. Here the lead researcher Professor John Holmes, explains the nuances of the results, with both positive and negative findings for those on both sides of the policy debate. Read more »
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 »
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 »
Dr Sadie Boniface looks at the trends in alcohol consumption and harm throughout 2021. Read more »
The relationship between alcohol and obesity is extremely complex. Dr Gary O’Donovan looks at what the UK Government can do in their ‘war on obesity’ regarding alcohol consumption, and shows an interesting new finding about men, alcohol and BMI. Read more »
Does alcohol increase calorie intake? Does alcohol lead to weight gain? Mackenzie Fong’s new study looks at these important questions, at a time when the UK Government is looking to tackle an epidemic of obesity. 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 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published an in-depth book that highlights the huge cost of alcohol harm across 52 countries, and models how much could be saved by enhancing public health 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 »
Professor Kaner assesses how minimum unit pricing in Scotland and Wales is changing consumption patterns and harmful drinking habits. Read more »
Professor Cynthia Mohr looks at how university students in the US have used alcohol as a coping mechanism in a response to loneliness and social isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more »
Alcohol stats expert Colin Angus trawls through a lot of data to work out Brits’ drinking habits in this exceptional year Read more »
Lucy Holmes writes about the findings of Alcohol Change UK sponsored research into a growing drinks market Read more »
COVID-19 has put health resilience and preparedness at the forefront of every political debate – How ready were we and our health systems to deal with a public health crisis of this scale? Read more »
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Part 2 of a blogpost on the history of a groundbreaking labelling study illustrates the level of industry opposition faced by the researchers involved Read more »
New study assessing the impact of wine bottle size on home drinking finds smaller bottles can have a positive effect Read more »
Abigail Stevely explains the findings of her research Read more »
Natasha Clarke and Gareth Hollands on an interesting experiment into a curious phenomenon Read more »
Dr Melissa Oldham summarises the latest NHS England stats on underage drinking Read more »
Habib Kadiri wonders if non-alcoholic drinks normalise alcohol branding in areas where they shouldn’t? Read more »
Researcher Philippa Case explores findings from a new study on ‘newly defined at-risk drinkers’ following a change to the UK’s low risk drinking guidelines. Crossposted from Alcohol Policy UK 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 »
The Fraser of Allander Institute summarises the results from a recent research project on the potential macroeconomic impact of changes in UK alcohol consumption Read more »
New report shows that there is a common ground between the pub trade and public health advocates Read more »
Inaugural event held as part of a movement to get people to be comfortable with not drinking alcohol Read more »
A blogpost based on BMJ paper “Association between clinically recorded alcohol consumption and initial presentation of 12 cardiovascular diseases: population based cohort study using linked health records” Read more »
Dr Richard De Visser explains the results of his latest study looking into the effects of unit-marked drinking glasses on people’s alcohol consumption, and what this means for the UK’s alcohol guidelines Read more »
Better monitoring of alcohol consumption is needed; technological advances may soon provide extremely valuable information about context of drinking, says Dr Annie Britton Read more »
As the Alcohol Health Alliance releases a report showing that 7.5 litres of high-strength white cider can be bought for the price of a cinema ticket, Dr Peter Rice paints a potted recent account of the drink through a medical lens Read more »
Levels of global alcohol consumption have flatlined. Cultural changes may be one major reason why, says Dr Joan Costa-i-Font Read more »