Friday, February 10, 2012
Alcohol strategy gets Westminster debate A Westminster debate on alcohol policy and the forthcoming strategy has been highlighted by Alcohol Concern – see part 1 and part 2 of the debate which includes statements from MPs across the parties. Public health Minister Anne Milton said the forthcoming national strategy included ambition to “remove a significant number of units of alcohol from the UK market through changes in how alcohol is produced and sold”. See a Morning Advertiser (MA) report or the the Daily Mail's take
Thursday, February 2, 2012
The British Liver Trust have released a new report outlining the need for a comprehensive approach to tackling alcohol misuse. It warns against a “one size fits all approach for treatment” for a range of problem drinkers “each of whom will need tailored approach with the interventions and appropriate treatment goals.” Download 'Reducing alcohol harm: recovery and informed choice for those with alcohol related health problems' A supporting commentary piece by Andrew Langford , Chief Executive of the British Liver Trust also appeared in the Guardian .
Filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy, recovery
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Also tagged alcohol-concern, british, british-liver, guardian, Guidance, harmful-levels, health, informed-choice, interventions, learning, policy, public-health, recovery, the-prevention
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Cancer Research UK have highlighted the significant role of lifestyle choices in up to 40% of cancers . More than 100,000 cancers – equivalent to one third of all those diagnosed in the UK each year – are being caused by smoking , unhealthy diets , alcohol and excess weight , the Charity says .
-22nd Century Group, Inc. (OTCBB: XXII), a company focused on smoking cessation and tobacco harm reduction products, announced today that the company licensed Hercules Pharmaceuticals LLC, its wholly-owned pharmaceutical subsidiary, exclusive worldwide rights to X-22
Filed in Harm Reduction, tobacco
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Also tagged century, century-group, clinical-trial, formerly-known, harm-reduction, health, hercules, investigational, less-nicotine, tobacco
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Responding to today’s Joseph Rowntree Foundation survey showing the influence of family and friends on teenage drinking, Chris Sorek, Chief Executive of alcohol awareness charity Drinkaware, says: “This study reinforces Drinkaware’s research which shows that parents are vital in shaping children’s attitudes to alcohol and they have more influence than they think…
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Also tagged chief, chris, chris-sorek, friends-on-teenage, influence, joseph, joseph-rowntree, more-influence, research-which, showing-the-influence, study, survey-showing, the-influence
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Drinks giant Diageo is to fund alcohol training for 10,000 midwives as part of the Government's controversial Responsibility Deal . The training programme will be run by the National Organisation for Foetal Alcohol Syndrome UK ( Nofas-UK ) to encourage midwives to highlight the risks of drinking during pregnancy .
Filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol, alcohol industry, backed-the-move, bbc, britain, diageo-great, drinking-during, foetal-alcohol, government, headlines, policy, price, public-health, trusted-sources
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British American Tobacco (BAT) is joining forces with Sir Terry Leahy, the recently departed former Tesco chief executive, who is investing a chunk of his own £48m fortune in a new product which promises to revolutionise the market for “smokeless cigarettes”. Sir Terry has invested an undisclosed sum in the start-up company Kind Consumer, which is developing a non-tobacco, aerosol-loaded, nicotine inhalation device that keeps the “psychological rituals and routines” of smoking
When Sir Terry Leahy first heard about a small British start-up called Kind Consumer he felt sure he had found a gap in the market. Here was a company with a very big idea – a safe way to get smokers their nicotine fix – that was struggling to win backers in the venture capital community. Sir Terry says: “It may be a weakness in the [VC] investment model: if people are looking for three-year pay-backs, that’s not appropriate for really big ideas.” The former Tesco chief decided to make it one of his first private investments in retirement.
Filed in tobacco
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Also tagged british, consumer, consumer-goods, deborah-arnott, health, marketing, nicoventures, philip-morris, smoking, start-up-called, taking-the-long, terry-leahy, their-nicotine, tobacco
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Mark Hunter, chief executive of Britain’s largest brewer Molson Corrs, has suggested an 'alcohol minister' should be considered to lead on a more cohesive alcohol strategy, including further action on price and taxation.
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol pricing, beer, binge drinking, current-alcohol, molson-corrs, over-the-past, policy, policy-as-dis, potential, promotion, rise-on-beer, strength, systematic
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Government focus on benefit claimants with drug and alcohol problems The Prime Minister has spoken out on helping to move “trapped” incapacity benefit claimants with drug or alcohol problems into work. The Government plans to re-assess all people on incapacity benefit by 2014, including 42,360 people listed with 'alcoholism' and 37,480 with drug dependency. David Cameron denied they were stigmatising those with genuine problems and asked “…is it OK to leave these people on incapacity benefit, year after year, not examining their circumstances, not seeing if we can help them?”
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol industry, binge drinking, driving-forum, european-drink, government, health, history, night, office, policy, research
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