Hello and welcome to the Alcohol Alert, brought to you by The Institute of Alcohol Studies. In this podcast: People, planet, or profit: Alcohol’s impact on a sustainable future. We’re pleased to announce the launch of our new report: People, planet, or profit: Alcohol’s impact on a sustainable future. On our podcast this month we discussed the most interesting findings. The report brings together the learnings from our sustainability webinar series and provides insight into: Discussing the report, IAS’ Head of Policy Jennifer Keen said: “As a society we know that we need to reduce our consumpt ..read more

Hello and welcome to the Alcohol Alert, brought to you by The Institute of Alcohol Studies. In this podcast: How alcohol companies use gendered norms to sell more product In our podcast this month we spoke to Dr Amanda Atkinson of Liverpool John Moores University about gendered alcohol marketing. Among other things, we discussed: * The gendered tactics alcohol companies use to promote their products * Why this is worse than other product-based companies using similar tactics * And what Dr Atkinson would do if she had control over the UK’s alcohol marketing regulations This is a public episod ..read more

How far can we trust the latest Global Burden of Disease study? ? Podcast feature ? In the summer, the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) group published a study that looked at alcohol consumption and harm, and suggested older people may benefit from drinking, while people under 40 should not drink. This conclusion was lambasted by a number of alcohol researchers, including Colin Angus in an IAS blog and Professor Tim Stockwell in a Movendi blog, who criticised the study’s analysis and the data the conclusions were based on. In our podcast we spoke to Professor Stockwell about the major issues ..read more

Why the alcohol industry can’t afford to let us kick our drinking problem ? Podcast feature ? James Wilt, PhD candidate and author of ‘Drinking Up the Revolution’, writes that we aren’t talking enough about the influence of the alcohol industry on Britain’s unhealthy drinking habits and how alcohol’s ubiquity is largely due to “its commodification and deregulation by Big Alcohol”. Wilt states that the industry has successfully maintained self-regulation and offloaded responsibility for harm on ‘problem’ users “especially through the discourse of ‘responsible drinking’”. He argues that: “Th ..read more

Hello and welcome to the Alcohol Alert, brought to you by The Institute of Alcohol Studies. In this edition: Shift in England’s drinking during COVID-19 could lead to 150,000 more cases of disease by 2035 ? Podcast feature ? The global burden of poor analysis Minimum pricing has never been promoted as a panacea Pubs: “lost forever” or consolidated? Health Disparities white paper delayed Boris Johnson “minimises” sexual harassment and blames alcohol Industry arguments dominate Commons debate on alcohol tax reform Alcohol packaging captures the attention of and creates appeal among youn ..read more

Hello and welcome to the Alcohol Alert, brought to you by The Institute of Alcohol Studies. In this edition: International experts call for ban on all alcohol promotion ? Podcast feature ? ‘No clear evidence’ MUP reduces harmful drinking Vast difference in alcohol-related deaths remains between richest and poorest in Scotland Contents Unknown: How alcohol labelling still fails consumers ‘No place for cheap alcohol: The potential value of minimum pricing for protecting lives’ Sobriety tags rolled-out further despite no evidence of efficacy Irish Government makes moves to improve product ..read more

Hello and welcome to the Alcohol Alert, brought to you by The Institute of Alcohol Studies. In this edition: Alcohol packaging as a health communications tool ? Podcast feature ? WHO marketing report exposes loophole; Assembly agrees to action plan; and industry donations to the WHO Foundation Is it enough to reduce youth exposure to alcohol ads? Should people who are overweight have lower drinking guidelines? The pollution of health discourse and need for effective counter-framing Europe ignoring alcohol harm as impediment to sustainability Alcohol Toolkit Study: update We hope you e ..read more

Hello and welcome to the Alcohol Alert, brought to you by The Institute of Alcohol Studies. In this edition: Will the Health Disparities White Paper help where previous strategies have failed? ? Podcast feature ? Ban on drinking during football matches may be overturned after nearly 40 years ‘Sobriety tags’ to be rolled-out further, following scheme’s “success” Councils to receive £85.7 million for drug and alcohol services Parents choose a “reluctantly accepting” approach to children drinking Protecting public health in trade and investment agreements Mandatory calorie labelling on me ..read more

Podcast on 'dry months'; WHO looks to strengthens alcohol plan; Government's "dismal record" on 2012 strategy; NICE says pregnant women should be asked how much they drink Subscribe at instalcstud.substack.com ..read more

Wine bottles contain 0-15 teaspoons of sugar; Lords' demands better product labelling; Alcohol industry lobbies via WTO; Utah's lower drink drive limit saves lives Subscribe at instalcstud.substack.com ..read more