Alcohol Focus Scotland ; February 2023 Summary • People with (or at risk of) an alcohol problem are at increased risk from alcohol marketing, as they experience disproportionate harm from alcohol use and have increased susceptibility to alcohol marketing. • Alcohol marketers explicitly target people who drink heavily, so that they are regularly exposed to Read More →

1st March 2023; Dr. Amanda Atkinson ; Institute of Alcohol Studies, London Alcohol marketing influences alcohol use and is designed to forge positive relationships between (potential) consumers, brands, and alcohol consumption. As with other consumer goods, alcohol marketing is highly gendered in nature; it targets men, women, and increasingly other genders (i.e. non binary), in Read More →

December 2, 2021 The No escape: how alcohol advertising preys on children and vulnerable people report highlights the ways in which alcohol marketing can impact those in recovery. In this blog, Peter and Nikki share their stories of recovery and shine a light upon how alcohol marketing can make the journey more difficult. “I try to put Read More →

A. M. Atkinson, B. R. Meadows & H. R. Sumnall; Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy; Nov. 2022  ABSTRACTBackground: Alcohol marketing influences drinking practices, and this helps shape how gender identities are constructed. This paper presents research exploring how women who are sober manage andnegotiate their non-drinking and sober identities in neo-liberal contexts that market alcohol Read More →

ABC.net.au/news By Selina Ross 2 Dec 2022  Caterina Giorgi says telemarketing is a “dark approach” to advertising.   Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that the rate of alcohol-induced deaths was at its highest in 10 years in 2021, with 1,559 deaths. The ABS said the rate increase over the last decade was “largely Read More →