EU needs to ‘urgently’ adopt new alcohol strategy, argues Ewa-May Karlsson Written by Ewa-May Karlsson on 19 February 2018 in Opinion CoR rapporteur says European institutions have important role to play in providing support and in encouraging cooperation at national and regional levels. Few people realise that alcohol, not smoking, is the biggest risk factor … Read More →
EUCAM 18 February 2018 Alcohol-free and low-alcohol beer is on the rise. The big producers are expanding their marketing strategies. The big question is what impact the increasing popularity of these products has on the consumption of alcoholic beverages. For the time being, the little research that has been done about this has shown that … Read More →
The strategies of alcohol industry SAPROs: Inaccurate information, misleading language and the use of confounders to downplay and misrepresent the risk of cancer. Authors: Mark Petticrew, Nason Maani Hessari, Cécile Knai, Elisabete Weiderpass We start by summarising our core findings, to contextualise the rest of our response. These are that alcohol industry social aspects/public relations … Read More →
Bethany Whymark BMC Public Health study: link February 2018 More companies are brewing alcohol free and low alcohol beer. What’s behind the trend? As public consciousness of health and wellbeing grows, more and more people are choosing to cut down on or shun alcohol. But what is driving this trend away from … Read More →
Marketing messages accompanying online selling of low/er and regular strength wine and beer products in the UK: a content analysis Milica Vasiljevic Lucia Coulter, Mark Petticrew and Theresa M. Marteau BMC Public HealthBMC series – open, inclusive and trusted201818:147 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5040-6 © The Author(s). 2018 Abstract Background Increased availability of low/er strength alcohol products has the potential to reduce alcohol consumption if … Read More →
February 7, 2018 11.12 Europe/London By Julian Clover Plans by Sweden to impose a ban on alcohol advertising on two UK-based broadcasters is not compatible with European law. Previously the Myndigheten för radio och TV had asked its UK counterpart Ofcom to put pressure on the broadcasters, understood to be Viasat (TV3, TV6 and … Read More →
By AT editor – 5 February 2018 at 12:35 am African health advocacy organizations have joined in a global campaign against the Heineken beverage company’s new partnership with The Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. The Dutch company’s announcement came during the World Economic Forum in Davos, as Heineken promised to share … Read More →
Monitoring Alcohol Marketing MARK – a tool for NGOs Published by FORUT Text: Carina Ferreira-Borges, in collaboration with the Dutch Institute for Alcohol Policy (STAP). Contacts: Dag Endal, dag.endal@forut.no Øystein Bakke, oystein.bakke@forut.no Please appropriately reference and cite document contents if utilised in other publications and materials. Can be downloaded www.add-resources.org Link to report
Posted on Feb 1 ’18, in Alcohol Industry, Alcohol Norm, Corporate Consumption Complex, Obstacle To Development, Policy, Sustainable Development Civil Society Concern Regarding The Global Fund Partnering With Heineken To: Hon. Mrs Aida Kurtovic, Chair of the Board Hon. Mr Peter Sands, Incoming Executive Director Hon. Mrs Marijke Wijnroks, Interim Executive Director The Global … Read More →
Monitoring food and beverage marketing to children via television and the Internet A proposed tool for the WHO European Region The aim of this proposed protocol is to provide the basis for monitoring work that seeks to quantify the extent and nature of children’s exposure to marketing for HFSS foods via television and the Internet. … Read More →