Alcohol Policy in Practice Course
"Alcohol Policy in Practice" is a Postgraduate CPD course being held by the UK Centre for Tobacco & Alcohol Studies, It takes place at the University of Edinburgh from September…
Cost of alcohol credited for drop in serious violence in England and Wales
A decline in binge drinking and the rising price of alcoholis behind a dramatic 12% fall in the number of people injured in serious violence across England and Wales last…
Alcohol industry’s complaints about TV advert’s cancer link thrown out
Alcoholindustry complaints that a television advertisement linking drinking with an increased risk of cancer was misleading have been thrown out. From The Guardian The AdvertisingStandards Authority rejected after being presented…
Health Minister addresses alcohol industry efforts to influence public health policy
Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly, addressing a parliamentary question from Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan, has said "the alcohol industry seeks a role for itself in public health policy areas that…
Parents: Do Alcohol Advertisers Target Our Children?
2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of the landmark Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health. The 1964 report was the first Federal government report linking smoking to…
Public policy on alcohol must change
Personal restraint is unlikely to work when we're being immersed in a culture of alcoholic excess, says Evelyn Gillan Alcohol has been hitting the headlines again. South of the Border,…
The Young: 83% of teenagers alarmed over binge drinking – Bingeing culture biggest worry of teens
Binge drinking and drug abuse among teenagers is a huge worry for most young people in Northern Ireland, a major poll for the Belfast Telegraph today reveals. From the Belfast…
To the Scotch Whisky Association: Stop fighting minimum pricing
Alcohol Action Ireland has joined an appeal made to the Scotch Whisky Association to immediately drop their legal challenge and bow to the will of the Scottish Parliament. It's the…
Minimum alcohol pricing: Canada’s accidental public health strategy
I have watched with fascination as successive UK and European governments have pledged to make cheap alcohol a thing of the past by introducing minimum unit pricing or MUP. By…
The time for action on alcohol harm is now
ALCOHOL Awareness Week has this week got people thinking and talking about alcohol and how it affects us as individuals, families, communities and a society. By encouraging people to examine…
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