Alcohol news and events
Warning over alcohol-related deaths
May 18, 2012
One in eight deaths of UK adults under the age of 64 is caused by alcohol, an international conference on tackling problem drinking has heard.
Alcohol adverts ‘target teenagers’ despite strict code
May 18, 2012
Seven years after strict new rules were introduced to stop drinks companies marketing alcohol to children, teenagers are again being targeted, a report finds.
Minister to end alcohol sponsorship of sports
May 17, 2012
Irish Minister of State for Health Róisín Shortall has pledged that the alcohol sponsorship of sports events is to be ended.
Minimum price for alcohol in Scotland
May 14, 2012
The Scottish government’s health secretary, Nicola Sturgeon has announced that the preferred minimum price for alcohol will be 50p per unit.
From the blog
Gender, alcohol and interventions
May 4, 2012 webmaster
How do gender attributes and attitudes affect young men’s and women’s alcohol use? Are different health promotion interventions required for young men and women?
The Government’s Alcohol Strategy
March 30, 2012 Professor Ray Hodgson
This paper comments on the evidence-base underpinning some of the key policy proposals within the Strategy and outlines research we’ve funded which is relevant to these proposals.
Can Brief Interventions change Scotland’s relationship with alcohol?
March 20, 2012 webmaster
Organised by Edinburgh Cyrenians and held on Tuesday 27th March 2012, this one day conference is an opportunity to discuss and debate the roll out of alcohol brief interventions in wider settings.
Identifying promising approaches and initiatives to reducing alcohol related harm
March 16, 2012 webmaster
This study aimed to identify promising approaches that could be included in multi-component programmes (MCPs) to reduce alcohol related harm at local level.
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