Scottish attitudes to alcohol pricing split
A new study of Scotland's attitudes to alcohol has suggested people are slightly more in favour of introducing minimum unit pricing than against. The Scottish Social Attitudes Survey 2013 questioned…
World Cup 2014: festival of football or alcohol?
Brazil may be favourites to win the 2014 World Cup, but whichever team hoists aloft the trophy on 13 July, the real winner will be the alcohol industry, concludes a…
Sobering up to the reality of Irish life
The most commonly read article on the Irish Times online over the weekend was Ann Marie Hourihane's experiences of a month without alcohol. Could such an article attract such interest…
Delays in South Africa’s plans to ban alcohol advertising
South Africa has very high levels of consumption of alcohol among drinkers, about 6 ·3% of disability-adjusted life-years lost are attributable to alcohol, and about 130 deaths are from alcohol-related causes…
Belfast Box nightclub promotion encouraged reckless boozing
A Belfast nightclub has breached the Northern Ireland drinks code after a promotion was found to have encouraged the irresponsible consumption of alcohol. From the Belfast Telegraph The Independent Complaints…
Don’t let children suffer in silence
Society needs to do all it can to identify and support the young people living with parents who abuse alcohol, says Evelyn Gillan From The Scotsman SOPHIE is eight years…
C&C Group resigns from industry lobbyist The Portman Group
Irish drinks company C&C Group has resigned from the industry lobbyist the Portman Group. C&C Group, which owns Tennent's and the cider brands Magners and Blackthorn, had indicated last year…
Opinion: The first step to fixing Ireland’s alcohol problem? Fight back against the drinks industry
ALCOHOL KILLS ABOUT 3.3 million people every year, or 5.9 per cent of all deaths globally, a new report by the World Health Organisation notes. It is also linked to…
More young revellers ‘pre-loading’
Young people drink significant quantities of alcohol before they go out as they find bars and nightclubs "scary", according to a study. From the Belfast Telegraph Researchers at Plymouth University…
Wine and spirits getting stronger amid drive to cut alcohol consumption
Wine and spirits are getting stronger, official figures show, affecting government efforts to get the drinks industry to remove 1bn units of alcoholfrom high street stores.From The Guardian The average…
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