May 2023; RACGP Media Release The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has today slammed Big Alcohol’s submissions informing government health strategy and called on the Albanese Government to stand up to the industry to put community safety and wellbeing first. It comes following reports of research published in the Drug and Alcohol Review journal concerning the reliability of evidence used … Read More →
Author Emma Thompson, University of Edinburgh , June 2025 This study was commissioned by the Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS) and Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP). Thanks to Professor Mark Petticrew (LSHTM) for reviewing this report. Spin the bottle: How the UK alcohol industry twists the facts on harm and responsibility Industry claim: … 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 →
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 84(1), 11–26 (2023). Article Tools Add to Favorites Email to a Friend Download Citation Track Citations Gemma Mitchell , Ph.D.,* & Jim McCambridge , Ph.D., … Read More →
BMJ Global Health, October 2024; June Yue Yan Leung, Sally Casswell, Steve Randerson e.o. ABSTRACTBackground … Read More →
U.S. Right to Know ; Pamela Ferdinand | October 12, 2024 Alcohol industry-funded (AIF) apps promoted to reduce alcohol consumption contain health misinformation and may encourage users to drink, potentially causing more harm than good, say researchers in a first-of-its-kind report. In the study, published this month (October) in the journal Health Promotion International, researchers say industry-funded apps claim to … Read More →
Øystein Bakke, Dag Endal, First published: 14 December 2009; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02695.x ABSTRACT Background In this paper, we describe an analysis of alcohol policy initiatives sponsored by alcohol producer SABMiller and the International Center on Alcohol Policies, an alcohol industry-funded organization. In a number of sub-Saharan countries these bodies have promoted a ‘partnership’ role with … Read More →
2023 ; Emil Juslin, Uppsala University; Department of Government; Master’s thesis AbstractThroughout its history, the EU has been centred around economic integration. Today, however, the EU’spolitical ambitions extend to more areas, such as environment and health. How does the legacy of economic integration affect the EU’s ability to pursue policy in these areas, especially when … Read More →
Jim McCambridge, Melissa Mialon, Ben Hawkins; Addiction; Volume113, Issue9; September 2018 Abstract Aims To summarize the substantive findings of studies of alcohol industry involvement in national or supranational policymaking, and to produce a new synthesis of current evidence. Methods This study examined peer-reviewed journal reports published in the English language between 1980 and 2016 of studies of alcohol industry … Read More →
Katherine Severi & Benjamin Hawkins; International Journal of Health Policy and Management; January 2024 AbstractBackground: Alcohol industry organisations occupy a prominent position in UK alcohol policy, but their involvement has been contested by public health bodies on the basis that a conflict of interest (COI) exists between their economic objectives and those of public health. … Read More →
Madden et al. Globalization and Health (2023) Abstract Background The global burden of alcohol harm has increased and is forecast to grow further without effective policy implementation. Public–private partnerships aiming to address global health, and other societal challenges, are a burgeoning feature of neoliberal governance. Rhetorically distancing themselves from tobacco, the major alcohol companies are committed … Read More →