Industry

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...

How do stakeholders in global alcohol policymaking talk about alcohol harms and control measures?

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.

Is the alcohol industry placing profits before teens’ future prospects?

How much does the alcohol industry profit due to underage drinking? Dr Trangenstein and Dr Eck look at this question and discuss what should be...

Alcohol marketing versus public health: David and Goliath?

A major obstacle for public health bodies is challenging powerful transnational alcohol corporations: a story of David and Goliath.

A brief window of opportunity: The case of MUP in England

Ben Hawkins writes about the pricing policy's short lived time in the spotlight

Has pub diversification ended decades of decline?

Adapted from Alcohol Policy UK

International trade, alcohol policy and health regulation

Arianna Andreangeli asks whether the current crisis of the WTO appellate body is likely to have an impact on this complex equation?

DrinkTank – Alcohol industry calling the shots on Australian health policy

Cross-posted from the Drink Tank website

‘When you drink more, I earn more’ – fuelling the oil fund problem in Norway

Why is the Norwegian prime minister painted on walls in Uganda? Nils Garnes of IOGT explains

Heineken honoured as a benefactor despite its misconduct in Africa

Translated by Wim van Dalen

Is the decline of pubs overstated?

The issue may seem more complex than first appears, says Aveek Bhattacharya

Tell me more, tell me more – what’s this industry-led public health initiative about?

How useful are the messages given by Public Health England’s partnership initiative with industry sponsored Drinkaware? Researcher Colin Angus finds out

Trade magazines offer insights into Australian alcohol industry priorities and strategies

Research finds profits prioritised over public health

Conflicts of interest and industry smear tactics in New Zealand

A case involving a blogger that goes right to the heart of the NZ political establishment

It’s rarely been so affordable to have a pint of beer in the pub

Result of CAMRA poll should be taken with caution, warns Aveek Bhattacharya

Alcohol clinical trial continues to crumble: Anheuser-Busch pulls its funding

Part two of the scandal covered by Dr Michael Siegel

Where are public health and the alcohol industry likely to clash in the years ahead?

Question lies at the heart of new ‘Brexit Battlegrounds’ report

Congressional investigation needed into scientific and ethical corruption at NIAAA

The personal view of one professor close to the controversy

Why do we treat alcohol and the alcohol industry so differently from Big Tobacco?

The claim that alcohol can be used safely while tobacco cannot must be called into question, writes Ben Hawkins