Earlier this month, the EU’s Health and Food Safety Commissioner, Vytenis Andriukaitis, said there is no intention of submitting a new strategy to reduce alcohol-related harm in Europe. Instead it’s proposed to tackle alcohol-related harm as part of a broad range of “risk factors” affecting chronic diseases. The EU’s latest strategy to tackle alcohol abuse … Read More →
Martina Anderson, Member of the European Parliament for the Northern Ireland party Sinn Féin has called for a ban on alcohol advertising in the European Union. Ms Anderson made the call during Awareness Week on Alcohol Related Harm. “The European Union is the highest drinking region in the world resulting in huge level of harm, … Read More →
“World’s strongest’ beer with 32% strength launched”, was read by visitors of the BBC News website in 2009 (“Strongest Beer,” 2009). A year later, they would read that the same Scottish brewery had once again claimed the title of the ‘world’s strongest beer’ with the release of a new beer having an astounding 41% alcohol … Read More →
An analysis of the top ten sport clubs of the five most popular sports showed that alcohol sport sponsorship is highly prevalent in Germany. This fact sheet summarizes the results of research conducted in the AMMIE project. The full fact sheet can be downloaded and read here
An analysis of the top ten sport clubs of the five most popular sports showed that In Denmark sport sponsorship by the alcohol industry is mainly focused on football clubs. Carlsberg is the top sponsor, Royal Unibrew second. This fact sheet summarizes the results of research conducted in the AMMIE project. The full fact sheet … Read More →
An analysis of the top ten sport clubs of the five most popular sports in the Netherlands showed that more than half were sponsored by alcohol producers. This fact sheet summarizes the results of research conducted in the AMMIE project. The full fact sheet can be downloaded and read here
An analysis of the top ten sport clubs of the five most popular sports in Bulgaria showed only one professional club of the 50 is sponsored by an alcohol brand. This fact sheet summarizes the results of research conducted in the AMMIE project. The full report can be downloaded and read here
An analysis of the top ten sport clubs of the five most popular sports in Italy showed that nearly half were sponsored by alcohol producers or retailers. This fact sheet summarizes the results of research conducted in the AMMIE project. The full fact sheet can be downloaded and read here
De Bruijn and Van den Broeck (2011) have developed a framework to evaluate the effectiveness of existing alcohol marketing regulations and have used this to analyse which European countries have the best and worst regulations. Key points of the fact sheet are: • Effective alcohol marketing regulations are an essential control measure in a comprehensive alcohol … Read More →