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.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Following the recent below cost ban and Home Office publication of the likely pricing impacts , the drug and alcohol Bank has released a series of bulletins: UK government assesses the likely impacts of alcohol price rises How alcohol pricing might affect the health of the British population Higher prices and taxes on alcohol help prevent crime Economic impacts of alcohol pricing policy options in the UK Will the poor be most affected by an end to cheap alcohol?
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy, crime
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Also tagged alcohol, alcohol pricing, alcohol-findings, commons, likely-pricing, might-affect, prevent-crime, prices, research, will-the-poor
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
The first Drinkaware annual conference recently took place in Westminster – see Drinkaware press release and highlights on YouTube .
Friday, December 10, 2010
Responding to the new drug strategy published by the Home Office, Dr Owen Bowden-Jones, chair of the RCPsych’s Faculty of Addictions, said: “There is much to be welcomed in the new drug strategy…
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
The Department of Health has published the new White Paper Healthy lives, healthy people: our strategy for public health in England . It sets out a new framework in which a new public health service, named Public Health England, will manage its own ring-fenced budget. The paper proposes Public Health England will take on full responsibilities from 2012 with ring-fenced funding allocated to local government from April 2013 as Primary Care Trusts are removed.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Varying the rate of VAT between the on and off-trade could help to reduce the negative impact of cheap alcohol without punishing pubs, argues Dr Nick Sheron of Southampton University. Sheron explores the idea in a BMJ article: Vary VAT on alcohol: a more palatable way to achieve minimum pricing? Sheron says that although minimum pricing would be effective in addressing cheap off-sales without punishing pubs, he recognises that 'the UK government is not keen on the concept'.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
An MP has spoken out on an “unholy price war” as supermarket's alcohol discounts and offers are rolled out in the run up to Christmas.
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol industry, alcohol-as-part, alcohol-either, baileys-at-half, christmas, damage-the-pub, george-young, licensing, policy, pressures, said-licensing, sainsbury, sale
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Monday, November 15, 2010
Britain has the highest rate of cocaine use in Europe according to the 2010 Annual report on the state of the drugs problem in Europe . The report states 6.2% of Brits aged 15-34 reported using cocaine in the past year, compared to a European average of 2.3%. The report was produced by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction ( EMCDDA )
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy, cannabis, cocaine
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Also tagged alcohol-academy, binge drinking, cocaine, drugs, european, health, policy, release-the-new, substance misuse
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Drinking Banning Orders extended The power to impose Drinking Banning Orders (DBOs) on conviction has been rolled out to a further 25 local justice areas, the Home Office has announced . DBOs are designed to tackle persistent alcohol related anti-social behaviour, allowing magistrates to attach conditions such as banning people from drinking in public or visiting licensed premises
Filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged civic-societies, community-pubs, consultation, from-the-civic, Guidance, licensing, minister, news, policy, press-release, reform, such-as-banning, such-as-powers
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Two consultations relevant to alcohol policy recently closed; the Home Office led 2010 Drugs Strategy consultation and the NHS commissioning reform proposals. Below we've highlighted responses from some key organisations.
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy, recovery
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Also tagged alcohol-academy, development, drugs, drugs-strategy, overarching, pdf, policy, project, recently-closed, recognition, recovery, royal-college, stella-project, substance misuse
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