Industry

The rules that govern the rules: why meta-regulation matters for public health

Dr Kathrin Lauber and Dr Eleanor Brooks scrutinise the crucial role of meta-regulation in health policy, using the EU's Better Regulation agenda as a focal...

Alcohol duty frozen in Autumn Statement: What does this mean?

In the Autumn Statement on Wednesday 22 November the Chancellor froze alcohol duties until 01 August 2024. We discuss what this means for hospitality, the...

Acceptable, accessible and affordable – but at what cost?

Alice Wiseman, Director of Public Health for Gateshead, discusses why it is becoming increasingly important to implement evidence-based policies to reduce alcohol consumption and harm.

Rainbows in June: Selling alcohol to LGBTQ+ people

Dr David Whiteley explains why his anger with the alcohol industry targeting LGBTQ+ communities with alcohol marketing led to carrying out a scoping review.

A flexible playbook: what unites corporate political strategies of alcohol and other health-harming industries?

The corporate political activity of unhealthy commodity industries has a lot in common. The framings and actions they use have prevented the progression of evidence-based...

Why are particular alcohol policies adopted in some contexts and not others, and what is the role of the alcohol industry in these developments?

How can post-structuralist discourse theory be used to help explain industry framing of alcohol policy in the UK? And how has the emotive power of...

How the cost of living crisis affects alcohol harm

Financial crises can have the dual effect of increasing harmful drinking while reducing overall population consumption. Dr Broadbent explains some of the nuances of consumption...

How the alcohol and gambling industries frame harm in the same way

The alcohol and gambling industries frame the harms and solutions of their products in very similar ways. Responses to government inquiries on both issues highlight...

Leading alcohol research funder’s relationship with the alcohol industry: time for change?

Analysis of internal emails show the cosy relationship between the US research funding body the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and the...

Framing of harms and solutions at industry-funded alcohol and gambling conferences

Industry-funded alcohol and gambling conferences frame harms and solutions in ways that favour their industries. The study identified the framings and encourages attendees to consider...

Banning alcohol advertising would give us more choice, not less

The alcohol industry framing the Scottish Government's proposed alcohol advertising ban as unfair - as it supposedly prevents consumers from being informed - is "deceptive...

Government flip-flopping and alcohol industry lobbying risks an increase in harm

Freezing and unfreezing planned rises in alcohol duty highlights the Government’s lack of consistency and the whisky industry’s bizarre economic claims.

The Two Faces of Christmas

Christmas is a time of festivities, but also for alcohol multinationals to push their product with aggressive marketing. Colin Shevills discusses this and Diageo's partnership...

The case for repoliticising alcohol use and harms

Journalist and PhD candidate James Wilt discusses how the profit seeking of the alcohol industry has led to a public health crisis. Wilt explains how...

Contents unknown: what alcohol labels aren’t telling us

The only information required on alcohol labels is container size, ABV and common allergens. Non-alcoholic drinks need far more information. The alcohol industry claims that...

What do we know about the alcohol industry’s engagement with youth alcohol education?

The alcohol industry provides materials for schools to educate children about alcohol harm. This study highlights the bias nature of these materials, which normalise alcohol...

The alcohol industry is everywhere? Researcher experiences of industry monitoring, surveillance, and legal threats

Researchers' contact with the alcohol industry can range from short conversations at conferences, to attacks in the media and even legal threats. Here Dr Mitchell...

What can the UK learn from Australia and New Zealand’s fight for mandatory alcohol warning labels?

Australia and New Zealand struggled for years to bring in mandatory pregnancy warning labels on alcohol products. Maddie Heenan looks at what lessons other countries...

2012’s Alcohol Strategy 10 years on: was the ‘GAS’ a lot of hot air?

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...

Under the influence: is the alcohol industry using the World Trade Organization to lobby against alcohol policies?

World Trade Organization member states regularly use alcohol industry arguments to prevent and delay the implementation of effective alcohol control policies. Here Dr Barlow explains...