Monday, September 26, 2011
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 agency www.AccuraCast.com .
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy, tobacco
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Also tagged alcohol-concern, alcohol-uploads, beer-or-spirits, book, digital-agency, facebook, press-release, research-says, research-shows, tobacco, tobacco-content, under-the-age, watch-alcohol, young people
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
A new study by The Centre for Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) explores media representations of alcohol and their influence on teenage drinking.
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol-concern, alcohol-reports, binge drinking, friends, health-literacy, influence, joseph, joseph-rowntree, liverpool-john, perceived, policy, research, young people
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A new report from Alcohol Concern looks at how children and young people are at risk of being exposed to alcohol marketing and pro-drinking messages via the internet.
Filed in BZP, UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol, alcohol-concern, being-exposed, exposure, facebook, frequent, looks-at-how, policy, private-members, sharing-sites, social-networking, such-as-youtube, unauthorised
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Latest figures from a national survey of 11-15 year old pupils suggests fewer young people are drinking, and are less accepting of drunkenness.
Abstract: Background: Media reporting on illicit issues has been frequently criticised for being sensationalised, biased and narrow. Yet, there have been few broad and systematic analyses of the nature of reporting
Filed in Evidence Base, cannabis, cocaine, crime
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Also tagged australian, consequences, crime, dominant, dominant-media, narrowly-framed, nature, portrayals-used
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Conclusion: Media reporting on illicit drugs is heavily distorted towards crime and deviance framings, but may be less overtly sensationalised, biased and narrowly framed than previously suggested.
Filed in Evidence Base, crime
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Also tagged appears, appears-more, ationalism-or-imbalance, crime, heavily-distorted, illicit-drugs, international, narrowly-framed, overtly-sensationalised, particular-drug, policy, towards-crime
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A new study into young people, alcohol and influences has been published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). The report explores the key influences on young people's drinking patterns and experiences of drunkenness.
Filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged bbc, beer-or-lager, children, daughter, guardian, Guidance, industry, influences, joseph, joseph-rowntree, press-release, research, young people
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Increased cancer risk with alcohol consumption highlighted Research published in the BMJ has highlighted that around 10% of all cancers in men and 3% in women are attributable to alcohol consumption.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
As the media reports a 'ban on below cost' alcohol sales is imminent, below we attempt to clarify the key distinctions between the commonly touted pricing measures. Download pdf version Some further reports on pricing measures include: The University of Sheffield's modelling of minimum pricing The IFS pricing report calling for increased taxation NICE guidance calling for minimum pricing A SABMiller commissioned report by the CEBR outlining arguments against minimum pricing SNP pages on minimum pricing and the Scottish Alcohol Bill . An interim report on Manchester's proposed local minimum pricing BMJ report urging a VAT reduction for the on-trade
Filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged against-minimum, alcohol-sales, cebr, manchester, minimum-pricing, policy, pricing-report, proposed-local, scottish, university
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The Hub of Commissioned Alcohol Projects and Policies ( HubCAPP ) website will shortly be merged with the Alcohol Learning Centre (ALC) . The launch date will soon be announced via the ALC website and the next e-bulletin. You can register for ALC e-bulletins here or email enquiries to