2-11-2023; La Trobe University Centre for Alcohol Policy Research; Australia Most Australian adults support the use of policies to restrict the depiction of alcohol in films aimed at children under the age of 15, a new study by La Trobe University researchers shows Alcohol exposure is common in popular films and research has demonstrated a … Read More →
Alastair MacGilchrist SHAAP.Chair@rcpe.ac.ukView all authors and affiliations OnlineFirst; https://doi.org/10.1177/14782715231207907 Alcohol health harm remains at an unacceptably high level in many countries including in Scotland where, as elsewhere in Europe and North America, alcohol specific deaths rose during the COVID-19 pandemic as consumption increased in those already drinking heavily.1,2,3,4 The Scottish Government recently undertook a public consultation on … Read More →
Cancer Councel Australia, 25 October 2023 Cancer Council is calling on the Federal Government to step away from industry codes and set higher standards for alcohol marketing, as new research shows zero alcohol product marketing is falling through the cracks of already-weak industry codes. Our research was published in Drug and Alcohol Review in collaboration … Read More →
www.1news.co.nz; 22-10-2023 Researchers say that alcohol advertising near schools is a problem for more than half of the kura it sampled. Findings published in the New Zealand Medical Journal also showed that children from lower decile schools are more likely to be exposed to alcohol advertising. A random sample of 50 schools was taken and researchers … Read More →
Why the alcohol problem in the Philippines is complicated and the issue of marketing corporate social responsibility by Gianna Gayle Amul ; October 16, 2023 Despite the cost and harm alcohol consumption causes in the Philippines, alcohol companies there are deeply intertwined with the national government in decades-old relationships that only deepened during the COVID-19 pandemic. … Read More →
https://eng.lsm.lv/; 12 October 2023; Eng.LSM.lv (Latvian Public Broadcasting), Zane Eniņa (Latvijas Radio Ziņu dienesta korespondente); Latvian Radio has been addressing Latvia’s drinking problem in its series “Zeme, kur dzer” (Land that drinks). Drinking is also encouraged by alcohol advertising and various marketing measures that encourage not just to buy, but to buy more. In its newest story … Read More →
NCD Alliance, October 2023 Commercial marketing threatens human rights and is a major factor behind the global rise of NCDs – which cause 41 million deaths annually (74% of global mortality), with rising rates among children and young people in countries of all resource levels. In this policy report, we call on national policymakers to … Read More →
inews.co.uk; Paul Gallagher A University of Glasgow study found teenagers may use social media to show off their drinking behaviour Social media may increase the risk of teenage alcohol use and binge drinking with peer pressure behind the rise, a study suggests. A University of Glasgow led study analysed how often teenagers used social media every day at 14 years old and … Read More →
4th October 2023 | By Dr David Whiteley During the summer of 2022, I noticed rainbows appearing on bottles of alcohol to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride. Brands of spirits, wine and beer all seemed keen to flaunt their queer allegiance as soon as June arrived. Of course, this wasn’t the first time that had happened, and in … Read More →
ca.finance.yahoo.com; Adam Schrader, September 29, 2023 Broadcasters providing news coverage of sporting events should avoid “problematic” shots of fans drinking alcohol, a team of researchers said Thursday. Frank Houghton and Daisy Houghton, a team of social scientists in Ireland, made the declaration in a commentary article published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine focusing … Read More →