30th March 2021. From Miragenews. In Australia, the Cancer Council has released a report which examines how the industry-run Alcohol Beverages Advertising Code (ABAC) Scheme responded to alcohol marketing during the pandemic. Still, it demonstrates how the industry failed to protect the community from alcohol advertising during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chair of the Cancer Council … Read More →
22nd March 2021 by Adam Bertscher & Leslie London. From The Conversation. The lockdown restrictions introduced in South Africa to curb the initial spread of COVID-19 in March 2020 were the tightest in the world. They included a ban on alcohol sales. This, the government said, was to reduce the pressure on hospitals caused by drinking-related trauma, and to discourage social … Read More →
23rd March, 2021, by Siân Smith, campaign admin assistant at the Alcohol Health Alliance. From Alcohol Health Alliance. The World Health Organization has concluded that bans and restrictions on alcohol marketing are some of the best and most affordable policies to reduce alcohol-related harm. But what impact is alcohol marketing having on those in recovery in … Read More →
O’Brien, P., Stockwell, T., Vallance, K., & Room, R. (2021). WHO should not support alcohol industry co-regulation of public health labelling. Addiction. The World Health Organization (WHO) is undertaking important work to develop a new action plan on alcohol for 2022–30. However, the WHO’s published proposal for the action plan envisages that the alcohol industry … Read More →
8th March 2021, by Jonathan Milne. From Newsroom Pro. In New Zealand, the latest ruling against the promotion of a boozy day out has alcohol watchdogs frustrated. In fact, the new ruling would ban on alcohol advertising around schools; what Beers and the Basin did to flout such ruling was to place 26 billboards on … Read More →
5th March 2021, by Citta Widagdo, a Doctoral Researcher in Public Health Law at the University of Birmingham. From Scroll.in Global data shows that in places where alcohol is prohibited or seen as controversial, there are higher incidents of alcohol poisoning. Still, the Indonesian House of Representatives is planning to draft a bill that criminalizes … Read More →
4th March, 2021 by Anahad O’Connor. From The New York Times. When the pandemic struck last year, many Americans rushed to stock up on alcohol, causing retail sales of wine, beer and liquor to surge across the country. But the uptick in sales was a worrying sign for health experts focused on cancer prevention. In … Read More →
22nd of February 2021 by Jonathan Milne. From Newsroom. There are new calls in the NZ Medical Journal for government regulation, as evidence shows the same alcohol companies breaching the same self-imposed rules again and again, with no repercussions. The latest striking case happens in Auckland, close to Freemans Bay elementary school, where the Tiger beer … Read More →
19th of February by Alcohol Healthwatch. Alcohol harm reduction advocates are calling for an end to alcohol advertisers writing the rules around advertising. Strong statutory standards on alcohol advertising are being demanded following research published in the New Zealand Medical Journal. The research they refer to is by Dr Jackson’s and colleague’s analysis of three years … Read More →
18th of February 2021 by Movendi International. A joint letter to European and Africa leaders was sent by community-based and civil society groups from Africa, Europe and around the world. They wish to express their deep concern about revelations that the European Union External Action is encouraging and part-funding the alcohol industry, interfering in public … Read More →