alcohol

Heavy marketing has created a buzz around alcohol-free beer diverting vital public attention from surging rates of alcohol harm. The stakes are too high to let commercial hype eclipse evidence-based action. Alcohol deaths were up 33% on pre-pandemic levels in 2022 in the UK, for example. … [Read more...] about Opinion: Alcohol-free beer hype is unhelpful

Also on Substack Hungarian health Commissioner-designate Oliver Varhelyi faces further questions having last night offered MEPs no clear reassurance he would deliver long-overdue alcohol health labelling proposals. "We have just introduced a couple of labelling conditions for wine: … [Read more...] about Would-be commissioner noncommittal on alcohol labelling

by Cassandra Wright, Menzies School of Health Research; Beau Jayde Cubillo, Menzies School of Health Research; John Holmes, University of Sheffield; Mark Mayo, Menzies School of Health Research; Mark Robinson, The University of Queensland; Michael Livingston, Curtin University; Nicholas Taylor, … [Read more...] about Guest post: Why Northern Territory alcohol reforms would be a disaster, according nine experts

The challenge of changing our behaviour to slow the spread of coronavirus offers valuable clues about how we all might help reduce the harms of alcohol. There are those aspects of coronavirus aware behaviour adults must master alone, like washing our hands or the remarkably challenging feat of … [Read more...] about A coronavirus ethos can help with alcohol

With a responsibility-driven covid unlocking in the news it is worth reminding ourselves that we are truly terrible at driving well after drinking alcohol. We can learn a lot from this. Our ability to abide by legal limits and social norms on the road falls apart after alcohol resulting in … [Read more...] about Alcohol and driving: an informative incompatibility

A heavily-criticised deal to promote beer brands at the next two Olympics covers all brands in AB InBev’s portfolio, Alcohol Review has learned. The deal shows a "disgraceful disregard for the health and wellbeing of the millions of children” said the UK Association of Directors of Public … [Read more...] about UPDATE: Olympic beer promotion deal includes all AB InBev brands