Alcohol Alert

Alcohol Alert 2024: The Year in Review

There is a risk that when the word “crisis” is overused it leads to desensitisation or “crisis fatigue”, as well as feelings of hopelessness.

Dec 20, 2024 • 

Institute of Alcohol Studies

November 2024

Alcohol Alert - November 2024

Listen and read now | Gambling industry harm; Budget Analysis; Alcohol and the Brain; Government partners with Heineken; WHO Alcohol Playbook; and BBC…

Nov 28, 2024 • 

Institute of Alcohol Studies

28:47

Alcohol Alert - October 2024

Listen and read now | Alcohol duty kept in line with RPI; England to be only nation without MUP; Industry-funded mobile apps mislead users; and Child…

Nov 1, 2024 • 

Institute of Alcohol Studies

27:09

September 2024

Alcohol Alert - September 2024

Listen and read now | Temperance history and IAS; Scottish alcohol deaths remain at highest level since 2008; Lord Darzi report and cure; and Telegraph…

Sep 26, 2024 • 

Institute of Alcohol Studies

47:28

Alcohol Alert - August 2024

Listen and read now | Exclude alcohol industry from policymaking - IAS report; Alcohol & Cancer: Explained; Killer Tactics of alcohol, tobacco, and junk…

Sep 3, 2024 • 

Institute of Alcohol Studies

31:12

July 2024

Alcohol Alert - July 2024

Listen and read now | New government and reasons for optimism; Drink driving deaths rise 32%; Little or no progress in reducing alcohol harms in Europe…

Jul 31, 2024 • 

Institute of Alcohol Studies

30:57

June 2024

Alcohol Alert - June 2024

Listen and read now | Party manifestos; BMA calls for lower drink driving limit; Finland and Sweden to relax availability laws; WHO global status…

Jun 28, 2024 • 

Institute of Alcohol Studies

24:34

May 2024

Alcohol Alert - May 2024

Listen and read now | £27.4 billion cost of alcohol harm in England; government failing to tackle record-high alcohol-related deaths; prevention inquiry…

May 30, 2024 • 

Institute of Alcohol Studies

13:42

April 2024

Alcohol Alert - April 2024

Listen and read now | Alcohol deaths reach another record high; MUP to continue in Scotland; Alcohol and the Heart: Explained; Economic crises and…

Apr 29, 2024 • 

Institute of Alcohol Studies

35:48

March 2024

Alcohol Alert - March 2024

Listen now | No & low alcohol drinks - pros & cons; Small Grants Scheme open; Does moderate drinking protect the heart?; Sheffield bans alcohol ads; and…

Mar 28, 2024 • 

Institute of Alcohol Studies

26:16

February 2024

Alcohol Alert - February 2024

Listen and read now | Why the 'alcoholism' model dominates public discourse; Health select committee hears from alcohol industry; Scotland continues and…

Feb 29, 2024 • 

Institute of Alcohol Studies

28:54

January 2024

Alcohol Alert - January 2024

Listen and read now | Alcohol Marketing: Explained; Dispelling Six Industry Myths About Alcohol Taxation; Scotland considering Public Health Levy…

Jan 31, 2024 • 

Institute of Alcohol Studies

19:04