Alcohol Research UK has submitted its response to the Government’s Alcohol Strategy Consultation. We call for the proposed minimum unit price for alcohol to be set at 50p, and support the proposed ban on multibuy discounts. We also support the introduction of a public health objective for licensing, but call for further thought as to [...]
The Government’s Alcohol Strategy
March 30, 2012 By 3 Comments
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.
Patients to be quizzed by GPs about drinking
March 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
GPs could be paid extra to question patients on their drinking habits and catch related problems early under proposals in the government’s controversial new alcohol strategy.
The evidence base for alcohol guidelines – Letter from Anne Milton MP
November 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I promised to send you further information to assist in your Inquiry into the evidence base for alcohol advice. We discussed ways of increasing public awareness of the guidelines: In England, alcohol has been integrated into the wider Change4Life brand. The role for a Change4Life alcohol campaign is to communicate the health harms of excessive [...]
Parent – young people communication about alcohol
April 15, 2006 By Leave a Comment
These findings reveal a wide-ranging number of strategies and tactics that parents used in communicating, monitoring, and supervising alcohol use within the family.
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