By Paul Candon, PISCATAWAY, NJ – The marketing of alcoholic beverages is one cause of underage drinking, public health experts conclude. Because of this, countries should abandon what are often piecemeal and voluntary codes to restrict alcohol marketing and construct government-enforced laws designed to limit alcohol-marketing exposure and message appeal to youth. These conclusions stem … Read More →
UK also 133rd in a global index of 180 countries when it comes to “delivering on emissions targets”, WHO report finds inews.co.uk; By Paul Gallagher, Tuesday, 18th February 2020 The UK is one of the worst places in the world when it comes to delivering on emission targets while exploitative marketing practices pushing … Read More →
Forbes; Peter Suciu; Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own; Social Media New research has found that social media could be sending out positive messaging about alcohol use – and that increased use of social media by just one hour a day resulted in an a 0.45 unit upsurge in the frequency of alcohol consumption … Read More →
Wed, Feb 5 • Source: 1 NEWS There’s room for improvement in how alcohol is sold in New Zealand’s supermarkets, including potentially moving wine and beer away from busy areas, Victoria University research suggests. It’s been 31 years since wine and beer were first permitted for sale in New Zealand’s supermarkets and at the … Read More →
Alcohol marketing on social media is surging, but weak age restrictions are leading to calls for a ban The Wall Street Journal, By Saabira Chaudhuri; Feb. 2, 2020 Health concerns are sparking restrictions on advertising alcohol on billboards and television, but on social media—which transcends national borders—lax age controls and the use of influencers make … Read More →
Frontiers in Psychology, 22 January 2020 Hanneke Hendriks1*, Danii Wilmsen1, Wim van Dalen2,3 and Winifred A. Gebhardt4 1Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands (photo) 2Dutch Institute for Alcohol Policy STAP, Utrecht, Netherlands 3European Centre for Monitoring Alcohol Marketing, Utrecht, Netherlands 4Institute of Psychology, Health, Medical and Neuropsychology Unit, Leiden University, Leiden, … Read More →
Australia, Alcohol Action Station | 23 January 2020 New research has found that decreasing the availability of take away alcohol can decrease per capita consumption. The systematic review of policies related to days and hours of sale and outlet density of take away alcohol was led by Dr Adam Sherk from the Centre for Addictions … Read More →
January 15, 2020, by Steve Jones The alcohol advertising watchdog has warned brands to closely monitor their packaging and historical social media posts following a record number of breaches in the final quarter of 2019. The Alcohol Beverages Advertising Code (ABAC) recorded 22 breaches of its standards, from 39 determinations, the highest quarterly figures in … Read More →
Isobel Bandurek ; World Cancer Research Fund 14 January 2020 | Healthy living Isobel Bandurek, our Research Interpretation Manager, shares her findings on how we are subtly nudged to drink more alcohol and why it can be hard to give up drinking this January. It’s January. It’s dark, rainy … but possibly also ‘dry’. … Read More →
Irish Times, January 14 2020 Sir, – Further to the article “Simon Harris in lecturing, preening, interfering mood when it comes to alcohol” (Mark Paul, Business Opinion, January 10th), it was concerning to see an evidence-based recommendation by Minister for Health Simon Harris be derided while ignoring common sense and the evidence base. That alcohol-industry … Read More →