The industry funded alcohol education charity Drinkaware has released an independent review of its activities , with mixed findings over its effectiveness to date. Download the report here [pdf] or appendices . The review was carried out by consultancy firm 23Red which in the executive summary identifies its main findings as: 2.1 This is a mixed report
The alcohol industry, including the major supermarkets ignored, misrepresented and undermined international evidence on effective alcohol control policies in an attempt to influence public health policy in Scotland to its advantage, according to UK experts writing in this week’s PLOS Medicine…
There are less than 3 weeks left to respond to the Government's consultation on Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) and other measures set out in the strategy .
Filed in Evidence Base, UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged british, city, government, legal, minimum-pricing, mup, office, policy, research, secretary, street, telegraph, university
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Minimum pricing debates re-heating The alcohol pricing battleground has been intensifying with the forthcoming consultation on proposals within the alcohol strategy , and as Scotland attempt to implement a 50 pence per unit minimum price. With the actual minimum price for England still to be set, arguments for and against minimum pricing are being re-stated. Supporters have recently claimed a new Canadian study provides further evidence it would have a beneficial impact – a notion much disputed by Diageo's Mark Baird
Filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol, alcohol-concern, beer, drink-wise, health, legal, licensing, london, minimum-pricing, north-west, public-health, society, worker
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Scotland's Minimum Unit Pricing Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) has produced a minimum pricing briefing for NGOs and Public Health Networks in the European Union to try and garner support for the Scottish government’s plans to introduce Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP). Earlier this year the Scottish Government passed the Alcohol Minimum Pricing Bill , meaning a 50 pence minimum unit price (MUP) could be in place north of the border by April next year. However, the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA), supported by major drinks companies, have submitted a petition to the Scottish Court of Session seeking a judicial review of the legislation.
Monday, September 3, 2012
Earlier this year a new Government Alcohol Strategy won praise from health groups for its intention to introduce minimum pricing, now planned for 2014 .
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy, crime
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Also tagged binge drinking, crime, does-the-claim, evidence-as-yet, financial-times, fiscal-studies, from-the-office, minimum, minimum-pricing, office, price, public, scotch-whisky
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Recent reports published by Alcohol Concern Wales include: Making an impression: Recognition of alcohol brands by primary school children Alcohol Concern was keen to learn whether, and to what extent, the drinks industry’s marketing messages are reaching children, and what the potential implications of this might be. This briefing paper considers the findings of a brand and logo recognition study conducted amongst primary school children across Wales. On the 6th September in Wales Alcohol Concern Wales will also host a national conference Willing consumers
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol, alcohol campaigns, alcohol-brands, alcohol-concern, amongst-primary, briefing-paper, concern, current-outlook, policy, policy-reports, potential, primary-school, school-children, wales-alcohol
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The Portman Group , the alcohol industry's social responsibility body, has said alcohol producers are on track to deliver their pledge to provide health information on 80% of alcohol labels by the end of December 2013.
A report exploring the potential role of promoting lower strength drinks to address alcohol harms has been produced by the Liverpool John Moores University (JMU) Centre for Public Health. Download 'Can promotion of lower strength alcohol products help reduce alcohol consumption?' The rapid literaure review identified both opportunities and threats to improved health through the increased availability of lower strength alcohol
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged consumer-choice, from-the-market, government, health, improved-health, liverpool, lower-alcohol, lower-strength, policy, production, responsibility, stella-artois, strength-drinks, treasury
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Headlines that half a unit a day would save thousands of lives have been triggered by a BMJ article which modelled the impact of changes in consumption.