Plans to allow councils to ban off-licences from selling to under-21s in areas where drunk youngsters cause trouble have been defeated at Holyrood. Despite an 11th-hour appeal by Health Secretary…

Prime Minister Mari Kiviniemi is calling for restrictions on the advertising of alcoholic beverages. Kiviniemi has come out in favour of an initiative signed by more than half of Finland's…

A minimum price for alcohol could mean  £700m pours from consumers to businesses instead of going to the Government as tax, a new study has found.    A "price-fixing" system…

Research just published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry shows there are six things that parents can do to reduce the risk of alcohol related harm in…

The American Academy of Pediatrics doesn't want children exposed to tobacco ads at all, and wants to limit their exposure to alcohol marketing and advertisements for erectile dysfunction drugs and…

The number of Norwegian children suffering on holidays to sunny southern Europe because of drunken parents is on the increase. A third of adults say they drink more than three…

The chief constable of the country's biggest police force has issued a challenge to those who voted down minimum alcohol pricing this week to come up with an alternative. Stephen…

Higher price of alcohol linked to less crime, fewer STDs and car crashes, study finds Increasing the tax on alcohol could have a slew of public health benefits, according to…

Alcohol should be served far more often in plastic glasses and bottles to reduce the injury toll from violent attacks, says a researcher. Dr Alasdair Forsyth, from the Glasgow Centre…

The Finnish experience is one which has influenced opinion- formers who have argued vociferously that the price of alcohol has a strong effect on consumption. In Finland, tax on alcohol…