Rand Europe, Technical Report; 2012 Policies related to alcohol pricing, promotion and discounts provide opportunities to address harms associated with alcohol misuse. However, there are important gaps in information and knowledge about the regulations in place across parts of Europe and their impacts on consumer prices and locations of purchase. Using market data, we explored … Read More →
Robin Room , Paula O’Brien: In: Drug and Alcohol review; First published: 27 October 2020 ; https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13160 In public health terms, alcohol is no ordinary commodity. It accounts not only for a substantial portion of the world’s burden of disease but also for much social harm [1]. Because of this, a majority of countries have some kind … Read More →
Original article Abstract BACKGROUND: The 2010-2015 Conservative-led Coalition Government launched their flagship Public Health Responsibility Deal (PHRD) for England in 2011; a year before their alcohol strategy. This co-regulatory regime placed alcohol industry actors at the heart of policy-making, but was viewed with scepticism by public health actors. This article examines the ways in which … Read More →
Benjamin Hawkins & Jim McCambridge; Public-private partnerships and the politics of alcohol policy in England: the Coalition Government’s Public Health ‘Responsibility Deal’; BMC Public Health (2019) Background: The 2010–2015 Conservative-led Coalition Government launched their flagship Public Health Responsibility Deal (PHRD) for England in 2011; a year before their alcohol strategy. This co-regulatory regime placed alcohol … Read More →
Jim McCambridge & Melissa Mialon; Alcohol industry involvement in science; A systematic review of the perspectives of the alcohol research community ; Drug and Alcohol Review 2018 Abstract Issues. Alcohol companies have recently invested large sums of money in answering research questions to which they have clear vested interests in the outcomes. There have been … Read More →
Maria Margarida Paixao & Melissa Mialon; Help or Hindrance? The Alcohol Industry and Alcohol Control in Portugal; Int. J. of Environmental Research and Public Health (2019).; Abstract: The influence of the alcohol industry, also known as “corporate political activity” (CPA), is documented as one of the main barriers in implementing effective alcohol control policies. In … Read More →
link to article ABSTRACT. Objective: Alcohol use during pregnancy can harm the developing fetus. The exact amount, pattern, and critical period of exposure necessary for harm to occur are unclear, although official guidance often emphasizes precautionary abstention. The impacts on fertility and breastfeeding are also unclear. Information on alcohol and pregnancy is disseminated by the … Read More →
Alcohol industry fingerprints; analysis of modifications to the national alcohol strategy; FARE 2019;
Ross Gordon e.a. Use of Brand Conmmunity Markers to Engage Existing Lifestyle Consumption Communities and Some Ethical Concern Abstract This study explores how alcohol brands use markers of brand community (consciousness of kind, rituals and traditions, and moral responsibility) to engage existing lifestyle consumption communities. Drawing on consumption community and ethics theory, the article examines … Read More →
Alcohol and food advertising in sporting events Abstract Tobacco, alcohol and foods that are high in fat, salt and sugar generate much of the global burden of noncommunicable diseases. We therefore need a better understanding of how these products are promoted. The promotion of tobacco products through sporting events has largely disappeared over the last … Read More →