Dutch Institute for Alcohol Policy STAP; 2-11-2026 Alcohol increases the risk of cancer and liver disease. A warning on the packaging or bottle can alert consumers to this risk. But which type of warning works best? Researchers from the University of Amsterdam, led by Prof. Dr. Bas van den Putte, conducted a study—commissioned by the … Read More →
VRT News; Colin Clapson Published:Wed 26 Aug. 08:55 In an open letter, the umbrella organisation Belgian Brewers is calling on the federal government to scale back the planned tightening of the rules on alcohol advertising. 100 brewers and around 1,000 other stakeholders from the sector are particularly worried about the new slogan, ‘Alcohol is harmful … Read More →
Éadaoin Cott, Jelena Dunaiceva, Philippa White, Runa Annasdotter Neely & Matthew Lesch Globalization and Health volume 21, Article number: 34 (2025) Abstract Background Building on the success of tobacco health warning labels, EU Member States and institutions are increasingly considering similar requirements for alcohol products. While industry responses to pricing and availability policies have been widely studied, their framing of Alcohol Health Warning Labels (AHWLs) … Read More →
Karine Gallopel-Morvan | Quentin Duche | Jacques François Diouf | Sophie Lacoste-Badie | Olivier Droulers | Romain Moirand | Elise Bannier In: Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research , May 2024 AbstractBackground: Although the World Health Organization recommends visible and clear warning labels about the risks of alcohol consumption on containers and advertising,many of the currently … Read More →
Alcohol Clin. Exp. Res. 2024;00:1–13; Nathan Critchlow, Crawford Moodie & Karine Gallopel-Morvan Abstract Background: Statutory options for restricting alcohol advertising include limiting it to product-orientated information and requiring health warnings. We assess the impact of removing positive contextual factors from alcohol advertising and including a health warning among adults in the United Kingdom (UK). Methods: … Read More →
Wiley, online Library; May 2024; Nathan Critchlow, Crawford Moodie, Karine Gallopel-Morvan; https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.15327 Abstract Background Statutory options for restricting alcohol advertising include limiting it to product-orientated information and requiring health warnings. We assess the impact of removing positive contextual factors from alcohol advertising and including a health warning among adults in the United Kingdom (UK). Methods We conducted … Read More →
Jones, D., Moodie, C., Purves, R. I., Fitzgerald, N., Crockett, R. (2021). Health information, messaging and warnings on alcohol packaging: a focus group study with young adult drinkers in Scotland. Addiction Research and Theory, 29(6), 469-478. doing.org/20.2080/16066359.2021.1884229 Abstract Introduction Alcohol packaging can communicate alcohol-related health information, messaging and warnings. However, there is a dearth of … Read More →
Arguing against alcohol policy is big business. In a new analysis published in The Lancet Global Health, Pepita Barlow and colleagues reveal the global scale of alcohol industry attempts to disrupt national public health policies, deploying arguments—many employing motifs used for decades to fight tobacco control—in high-level World Trade Organization (WTO) discussions. The authors found … Read More →
DPhill, P. B., Gleeson, D., O’Brien, P., Labonte, R. (2022). Industry influence over global alcohol policies via the World Trade Organization: a qualitative analysis of discussions on alcohol health warning labelling, 2010–19. Global Health, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00570-2 Summary Background Accelerating progress to implement effective alcohol policies is necessary to achieve multiple targets within the WHO global … Read More →
Barlow, P., Gleeson, D., O’Brien, P., & Labonte, R. (2022). Industry influence over global alcohol policies via the World Trade Organization: a qualitative analysis of discussions on alcohol health warning labelling, 2010-19. Lancet Global Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00570-2 Background Accelerating progress to implement effective alcohol policies is necessary to achieve multiple targets within the WHO global strategy … Read More →