The Alcohol Alert Podcast

Alcohol Alert, January 2017: People under the legal drinking age who are more exposed to marketing are more likely to start earlier and to drink more heavily, according to the findings in a special edition of the Addiction journal. Study leader David Jernigan PhD, director of the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth, explains how the study was put together and discusses the findings policy implic...

Alcohol Alert, October 2016: The Court of Session in Edinburgh has ruled minimum unit pricing to be legal for the second time since its passing into Scottish law in June 2012. We ask Alison Douglas from Alcohol Focus Scotland about the latest development in the long-running court challenge to the legislation and what it may mean for Scotland’s relationship with alcohol moving forward. By subscribi...

Alcohol Alert, July 2016: Does alcohol make you happy? We ask Dr Ben Baumberg-Geiger about the findings from his investigation into alcohol and its impact on wellbeing published in the journal Social Science & Medicine. By subscribing to our enewsletter, you can receive alcohol-related stories and media directly to your inbox; please visit our website www.ias.org.uk and click on "Alcohol Alert" to...

Alcohol Alert, June 2016: In this edition, Shirley Cramer CBE, chief executive of the Royal Society for Public Health, talks about the organisation’s new report on drugs policy, and what this means for how governments should approach alcohol. By subscribing to our enewsletter, you can receive alcohol-related stories and media directly to your inbox; please visit our website www.ias.org.uk and clic...

Alcohol Alert, April 2016: In this edition, Dr John Holmes, a senior research fellow of the University of Sheffield’s Alcohol Research Group, explains the results of an Alcohol Research UK funded study investigating British drinking behaviours. By subscribing to our enewsletter, you can receive alcohol-related stories and media directly to your inbox; please visit our website www.ias.org.uk and cl...

Alcohol Alert, March 2016: In this edition, our senior research and policy officer Jon Foster discusses the workings of the Licensing Act in his latest report 'The Licensing Act (2003): Its uses and abuses 10 years on'. By subscribing to our enewsletter, you can receive alcohol-related stories and media directly to your inbox; please visit our website www.ias.org.uk and click on "Alcohol Alert" to...

Alcohol Alert, February 2016: In this edition, Kate Smith of The Institute of Fiscal Studies explains the rationale behind the think-tank's claim that stronger alcohol products should be taxed more per unit of alcohol than weaker ones. By subscribing to our enewsletter, you can receive alcohol-related stories and media directly to your inbox; please visit our website www.ias.org.uk and click on "A...

Alcohol Alert, January 2016: In this edition, Catherine Keane of Alcohol Action Ireland explains the proposals that make up the Ireland Public Health (Alcohol) Bill. By subscribing to our enewsletter, you can receive alcohol-related stories and media directly to your inbox; please visit our website www.ias.org.uk and click on "Alcohol Alert" to read the latest Issue: http://www.ias.org.uk/What-we-...

Alcohol Alert, September 2015: This edition features a discussion with solicitor Jonathan Goodliffe about the implications of Advocate General Yves Bot's opinion on the long-running minimum unit pricing court case between the Scottish Government and trade bodies led by the Scotch Whisky Association. By subscribing to our enewsletter, you can receive alcohol-related stories and media directly to yo...

Alcohol Alert, August 2015: This edition features an interview with Melanie Lovatt, who explains how the findings of her recent epidemiological study pose searching questions over the usefulness of the UK's alcohol unit guidelines. By subscribing to our enewsletter, you can receive alcohol-related stories and media directly to your inbox; please visit our website www.ias.org.uk and click on "Alcoh...

Alcohol Alert, June 2015: The senior medical adviser for the National Association for Prevention of Alcohol and Addictions (ANPAA) responds to the controversy surrounding the EU Alcohol and Health Forum, from which over 20 NGOs have resigned following the failure of lead Commissioner Andriukaitis to adopt a new EU Alcohol Strategy. By subscribing to our enewsletter, you can receive alcohol-related...

Alcohol Alert, April 2015: This edition features an interview with Mariann Skar, Secretary General of Eurocare, who discusses the benefits that a new and improved EU Alcohol Strategy will bring. By subscribing to our enewsletter, you can receive alcohol-related stories and media directly to your inbox; please visit our website www.ias.org.uk and click on "Alcohol Alert" to read the latest Issue: h...

Alcohol Alert, March 2015: This edition features an interview with Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, Chair of the Alcohol Health Alliance. Sir Ian explains the effects of a rumoured cut in alcohol duty by the Chancellor George Osborne ahead of the 2015 Budget. By subscribing to our enewsletter, you can receive alcohol-related stories and media directly to your inbox; please visit our website www.ias.org....

Alcohol Alert, February 2015: This edition features an interview with Cllr Jonathan McShane, who explains the intentions behind the report "Tackling the causes and effects of alcohol misuse" by The Local Government Association. By subscribing to our enewsletter, you can receive alcohol-related stories and media directly to your inbox; please visit our website www.ias.org.uk and click on "Alcohol A...

Alcohol Alert, January 2015: This edition features an interview with Dr Richard de Visser, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Sussex, explaining the findings from independent research into participants' drinking behaviours during the course of Alcohol Concern's annual Dry January challenge. By subscribing to our enewsletter, you can receive alcohol-related stories and media directl...

Alcohol Alert, November 2014: This edition features an interview with acclaimed public health expert Professor Sir Michael Marmot, who gives his thoughts on the new IAS report "Alcohol, health inequalities and the harm paradox" ( http://bit.ly/alcoholharmparadox ). By subscribing to our enewsletter, you can receive alcohol-related stories and media directly to your inbox; please visit our website...

Alcohol Alert, October 2014: This edition features an interview with Dr Peter Catterall, author of an Institute of Alcohol Studies essay looking into the politics of alcohol within the Labour Party ( http://bit.ly/labpoliticsalcohol ). By subscribing to our enewsletter, you can receive alcohol-related stories and media directly to your inbox; please visit our website www.ias.org.uk and click on "A...

Alcohol Alert, September 2014: This edition focuses on a report exposing the harmful relationship between alcohol, domestic abuse and sexual assault, published by the Institute of Alcohol Studies ( http://bit.ly/iasdomabuse ). By subscribing to our enewsletter, you can receive alcohol-related stories and media directly to your inbox; please visit our website www.ias.org.uk and click on "Alcohol Al...

Alcohol Alert, July 2014: We speak to Jackie Ballard, the newly appointed Chief Executive for leading UK charity Alcohol Concern. The former Liberal Democrat MP for Taunton is known for campaigning vigorously on issues close to her heart; when in parliament, she led calls to outlaw fox hunting. She also has experience of heading influential NGOs in various sectors, including the RSPCA and Womankin...

Alcohol Alert, June 2014: Eric Carlin, Director of Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP), explains the ins and outs of a court decision referring the case of Scottish legislation on minimum unit pricing to Europe. In May 2012, the Scottish Government passed the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act at Holyrood, with scant opposition from MSPs across the political spectrum. Two year...