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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.

Where next for Minimum Unit Pricing in Scotland?

Colin Angus explains what the next steps are for minimum unit pricing in Scotland, along with the findings of Sheffield's recent modelling study.

The complex reality of minimum unit pricing in Wales

Minimum unit pricing got off to a difficult start in Wales, as it coincided with the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Andrew Misell...

Can alcohol duties be used to reduce the rate of violence injury?

Changes to alcohol duty at each year's Budget has been found to be causally linked to the rate of violent injury rates. Here Professor Kent...

Alcohol control policies for everyone?

The systematic review and meta-analysis looked at the efficacy of different alcohol control policies and how they could benefit different groups in society.

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...

Good news for public health, good news for pubs, and good news for Treasury revenue

In the Spring Budget 2023, the Chancellor increased alcohol duty in line with inflation. Previous freezes and cuts to duty have increased alcohol's affordability and...

Studies around the world collectively find that Minimum Unit Pricing would reduce alcohol-related hospital burden

The systematic review looked at modelling and real-world studies to assess whether minimum unit pricing reduces alcohol-related hospitalisations, and found that it does so with...

Changing the Conversation About Alcohol: A New Partnership Will Leverage Policy to Tackle Alcohol-Related Harms

RESET Alcohol intends to reduce alcohol-related harms in hard-hit countries through policy change. Led by Vital Strategies, it brings together governments, civil society, research organizations,...

With evidence on alcohol policies being stronger than ever, now is the time for governments to act

Dr Peter Rice, IAS's new chair, looks at the progress in alcohol policy and research this year, and the effect MUP has had in reducing...

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.

Cost of hidden harm: alcohol’s harm to others

The economic cost of alcohol's harm to others is rarely looked at. In this new study, researchers quantified this cost in Australia - including costs...

The COVID hangover: more urgency is needed to tackle alcohol harm as an indirect effect of the pandemic

Changes in drinking patterns during the pandemic are likely to lead to significant increases in alcohol-related disease cases and subsequent death. Here Dr Sadie Boniface...

Everything you wanted to know about minimum pricing, in one place

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...

Minimum unit pricing and harmful drinking: Mixed findings should not override the bigger picture

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...

Healthy life expectancy: why tackling alcohol is key

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...

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...

A Drop in the Ocean: Corrective Taxes on Alcohol in 25 Large Economies

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...