Children of any age with access to YouTube can instantly view alcohol-related content and on average, 6% of the views of adult-orientated content are by 13 to 17 year olds, according to statistics released by London-based digital age

Large retailers in Scotland which sell tobacco and alcohol will face a new tax later this year - but smaller stores will not be affected. The SNP's Kenneth Gibson defended the supermarket tax plans - which the Scottish government said w

Since the 1980s scientists have linked drinking alcohol with several types of cancer, but now research has revealed how one may contribute to the other.

With a stroke of the presidential pen, beer was recently reclassified as an alcoholic drink in Russia, no longer a foodstuff, and its sales are to be restricted to cut alcohol abuse.

2 billion people worldwide consume alcohol, and of these 76·3 million have alcohol misuse problems,1 with substantial morbidity, mortality, and social harm.

PEOPLE would pay less for their weekly shop if a minimum price for alcohol was introduced to stop supermarkets discounting drinks, a leading expert has claimed.

BMA Scotland has welcomed the Scottish government's pledge to reintroduce a Bill for minimum pricing of alcohol to help address the 'scourge of alcohol abuse' in the country.

For the first time, new research shows that patterns of alcohol consumption - a drink or two every night, or several cocktails on Friday and Saturday nights only - may be more important in determining alcohol's influence on heart health than the t

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finnish researchers are recommending that beer and other drinks with more than 3.5 percent alcohol be banned from grocery stores to curb alcohol-related deaths.