Members of the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group (SARG) have been commissioned jointly by the Irish and Northern Irish governments to produce a report on the estimated impact of minimum unit…
A public meeting to explore the issues around alcohol misuse in society and ways to address it will take place in Dun Laoghaire on Tuesday, April 29. The meeting is…
"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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…