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 »
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 can learn from their ultimate success. 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 »
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 the findings of her study. Read more »
Corrective taxes on alcohol are very low compared to the economic costs of death and disability in almost all countries, and almost all advanced economies could raise taxes to cover this cost and improve health. Read more »
With the UK Government soon to consult on mandatory labelling on alcoholic products, this new study looks at adolescent support for improved labelling, including units and strength, nutritional information, and health warnings. 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 »
The Police Federation’s Tim Rogers questions why England and Wales have the highest drink drive limits in Europe and calls on the Government to end this anomaly. 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 »