June 2022 from Alcohol Focus Scotland and the Alcohol Marketing Expert Network. ABOUT THIS REPORT In September 2020, Alcohol Focus Scotland reconstituted an international expert network on alcohol marketing (‘the Network’) to update its 2017 report on alcohol marketing, Promoting Good Health from Childhood, and inform action by the Scottish Government. The Network ran to Read More →

Recruiting the “Heavy-Using Loyalists of Tomorrow”: An Analysis of the Aims, Effects and Mechanisms of Alcohol Advertising, Based on Advertising Industry Evaluations Abstract: Restricting alcohol advertising and marketing is a cost-effective intervention for reducing alcohol harms. However, the alcohol industry maintains that advertising does not affect consumption, claiming that its purpose is to help consumers Read More →

Sept. 2007; British Medical Association; Alcohol Health Alliance Alcohol consumption in the UK has increased rapidly in recent years, not just among young people, but across society. The population is drinking in increasingly harmful ways and the result is a plethora of avoidable medical, psychological and social harm, damaged lives and early deaths. As consumption Read More →

Author: Katherine Brown Title: Association Between Alcohol Sports Sponsorship and Consumption: A Systematic Review Journal: Alcohol and Alcoholism, 2016, 1–9 doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agw006 Abstract Aim: Concerns have been raised about the impact of alcohol sports sponsorship on harmful consumption, with some countries banning this practice or considering a ban. We review evidence on the relationship between exposure to alcohol sports sponsorship Read More →