Alcohol marketing is pervasive and persuasive, driving alcohol-related harm including among children and young people. In our latest blog, Dr Peter Rice explains why regulations are needed: www.ias.org.uk/2025/10/02/a...

Big Alcohol is ramping up efforts to weaken public health policies as more evidence of harms are revealed. Ahead of a U.N. agreement, due for adoption by countries tomorrow, @reuters.com reveals that lobbying has caused WHO-backed policies to be dropped from it. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

New figures show that 1,185 people lost their lives directly due to alcohol in Scotland last year. While this is a 7% fall on the previous year, it is still far too many. Each one is a preventable tragedy. Our chair, Prof Sir Ian Gilmore, has responded to the news: ahauk.org/news/alcohol...

✍️ To mark #FASDAwarenessMonth, Dr Helen Howlett, Women’s Health Champion and FASD Specialist, draws on her first hand experience and highlights why awareness, compassion, and national action are urgently needed to protect children and empower families in this new AHA blog. ahauk.org/fasd-awarene...

📊74% of people want health prioritised over business growth. Together with @ashorguk.bsky.social & @oha-updates.bsky.social we're calling for stronger action on alcohol, tobacco, and unhealthy food to protect the NHS and boost the economy. Read our full letter: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Public opinion is clear: people want government to do more to tackle poor health from smoking, alcohol and food. New polling from @ashorguk.bsky.social , @oha-updates.bsky.social and AHA, breaks down public opinion on health policies by political affiliation. 👉 ash.org.uk/publications...

“Health service leaders are telling us that unless we act on prevention, we may not have an NHS to fix,” - Health leaders warn that without bold leadership, the NHS risks collapse under the weight of illnesses caused by alcohol, unhealthy food & smoking. 🔍 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

2/2 Alcohol can cause lifelong harm to babies and 76% of NE adults support a clear label warning not to drink alcohol when pregnant or trying to conceive. More in our press release here🔽 shorturl.at/2pSZk @aha-uk.bsky.social @ias.org.uk

📢 New review from Public Health Scotland: alcohol marketing drives consumption. The evidence is clear — restricting marketing can reduce alcohol harm and improve health. We'll continue to push #DCMS to improve marketing regs to protect our health. 🔍 publichealthscotland.scot/media/34628/...

Efforts to change Scotland’s policy on alcohol in football stadia have gathered pace this summer. This @alcoholfocus.bsky.social blog looks at who is behind the push to allow alcohol and asks if this is really for the benefit of the sport and fans. www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/news/news/al...

New survey shows over 1/3 of young people report seeing alcohol-related content from businesses and influencers online. 🚫 If a product is harmful enough not to be sold to children, it should not be marketed to them, online or anywhere else. Marketing regulations to protect children are needed.

“It’s not necessarily that there has been a swing in the pendulum, it’s more that alcohol companies are continually trying to target young people with their products,” Are Gen Z turning their back on 'clean living' or is the picture more complicated than that?👇 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

📢 This week, we wrote to @heidialexander.bsky.social to welcome the government’s proposal to lower the legal drink-drive limit in England and Wales. Lowering the BAC levels to 50mg per 100ml could save over 150 lives every year, according to NICE modelling. Full letter: ahauk.org/news/drink-d...

"...if you ask any member of the public, I'm quite sure that you'll get the answer of two pints or two units - that's wrong." A former traffic police officer has warned that public understanding of the drink-drive limit is flawed and calls for more education. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Prof Sir Ian Gilmore joined BBC Radio 5 Live yesterday with @ias.org.uk @peterrice.bsky.social to discuss the news that lowering the drink-drive limit is under consideration from @heidialexander.bsky.social. 📻 Listen to what they have to say, from 2hrs 14mins in www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Good to hear that reducing the drink driving limit is under review by @heidialexander.bsky.social. England currently has the highest drink driving limit in Europe. Bringing the limit in line with our European neighbours would reduce the number of RTCs and fatalities. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🚫The alcohol, gambling & junk food industries have no place providing educational materials to schools.🚫 58 leading academics & orgs have written to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social urging her to follow Ireland’s lead in removing these materials from classrooms. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

We have signed this letter to Wes Streeting (@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social) highlighting the current scale of alcohol harm, and how insufficient the measures in the 10 Year Health Plan are. There is so much more that the government could do, as the letter explains.

Not nearly so expert or eminent as the signatories, but I endorse this. The absence of alcohol from the ten year plan when alcohol related harm is one of the areas of public health that’s worsening quickest was a major oversight.

We were delighted to join over 30 leading health and policy experts in signing this letter to #WesStreeting The UK Government's 10 Year Health Plan is totally insufficient to tackle the scale of the #AlcoholEmergency facing both Scotland and the rest of the UK.

Each year in England alcohol contributes to over a million hospital admissions, with 30% of the adult population in the UK engaging in risky drinking. As @aha-uk.bsky.social members we’re calling for government to revisit its approach to tackling alcohol harm & commit to a strategy to address this.

As part of our support of the Alcohol Health Alliance, we’ve co-signed this letter to Secretary of State Wes Streeting MP, urging him to revisit the current approach to tackling alcohol harm

Our Chair, Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, spoke to @lbc.co.uk today on why government action on alcohol harm is long overdue, and why we need a national alcohol strategy to save lives, reduce NHS pressures and build a fairer, healthier Britain. 📻Listen from 10:52am www.globalplayer.com/live/lbcnews...

✍️ Joined by over 30 leading health and policy experts, we have written to Secretary of State Wes Streeting MP, urging him to revisit the current approach to tackling alcohol harm and commit to an evidence-based strategy that reflects the true scale of the current crisis. ahauk.org/news/health-...

"Parliament was an alcohol-soaked environment where it was possible, permissible and acceptable to drink at any time of day or night." ✍️ A new blog from AHA policy manager, Lisa, reflects on what it's like to work in the alcohol-fuelled culture of Parliament. ahauk.org/alcohol-in-t...

“Alcohol is a toxin that crosses the blood brain barrier and exposes a young and developing brain to a grade 1 carcinogen. That doesn’t seem like a good idea.” Prof Ian Gilmore spoke to @thetimes.com about the myth that giving children alcohol teaches moderation. www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...

Sometimes it takes a child to say it clearest and best - #Alcohol has no place in #Sport www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-...

Yesterday @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social asked Wes Streeting why MUP wasn’t in the 10-year health plan, despite the cost of alcohol harm to the NHS. Disappointingly, the response focussed on 'problem drinking' – industry spin to frame it as a minority issue. Alcohol harm is a whole society issue.

📈 New research from Alcohol Change UK finds that almost two thirds of UK workers report drinking alcohol for work-related reasons. Let your employer know that a healthier, inclusive culture at work matters to you👇 alcoholchange.org.uk/get-involved...

"This government has one of the largest parliamentary majorities in history. If it can’t deliver evidence-based, life-saving alcohol policy reforms now, when will it?" Jem Roberts explains how removing alcohol policies like MUP from the NHS 10-year plan was a short-sighted political decision.

As a member of @aha-uk.bsky.social, we were pleased to support a debate in Parliament this week on alcohol harm and cancer, spotlighting the mounting public health burden of #AlcoholHarm. Read more: britishlivertrust.org.uk/alcohol-and-... #AlcoholAwarenessWeek

Pleased to join the Drugs, Alcohol & Justice APPG alongside @waythrough-uk.bsky.social for the launch of its Action on Alcohol Harm report in Parliament. It calls for a strategy to: o Expand treatment access o Tackle health inequalities o Reduce crime 👉 www.waythrough.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Listen as @aha-uk.bsky.social chair Professor Sir Ian Gilmore and Dr Rebecca Kuruvilla discuss the rising issue of alcohol-related harms in the UK, insights on the influence of the alcohol industry, the importance of evidence-based policies and more: ow.ly/5ILI50WkWsH #AlcoholAwarenessWeek

Today saw the first-ever Commons debate on alcohol and cancer, supported by us & @wcrf.org. MPs raised urgent concerns about the 46 alcohol-related cancer diagnoses every day in the UK, yet government said there are no plans for a National Alcohol Strategy. 📺 www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

One in four doctors say half their caseload is alcohol-related, a survey from @royalcollege.bsky.social reveals. Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, AHA chair and special advisor to RCP on alcohol, said this should be a "stark warning" to the government to act on alcohol harm. www.rcp.ac.uk/news-and-med...

📆Tomorrow, the first ever debate in the Commons on alcohol and cancer will take place. It's a key way for MP's to raise awareness of alcohol's role in cancer and push for action to tackle it. Write to your MP today and ask them to attend this crucial debate. ahauk.good.do/alcoholandca...

3/ We welcome potential for mandatory health labelling. Alcohol is a cause of 7 types of cancer and people have a right to know the risks. But this cannot be left to the alcohol industry to self-regulate and choose its own terms, which will always be to “sell sell sell”.

...and low alcohol sector. Jem Roberts of IAS responded that: “It’s frankly embarrassing to launch a ‘prevention’ plan that ignores the most effective ways to prevent alcohol harm."

The Government's big new 10 year health plan has finally been published. In spite of lots of talk about moving towards prevention rather than treatment, there is basically no meaningful alcohol prevention policy here. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686638...

In response to the NHS 10-year plan, Prof Sir Ian Gilmore, AHA Chair, welcomes improved labelling but says it is "staggering" that the most evidence-based policies to reduce alcohol harm did not make it into the final plan. Our full statement: ahauk.org/news/nhs-plan/

Incredibly disappointing news, if true. Industry tactics disrupting health policy making once again. Jem Roberts of @ias.org.uk said alcohol giants will be "rubbing their hands with glee", and called for Ministers to "stand up" and "protect the most vulnerable". www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

✍️In a letter to @telegraphnews.bsky.social, Sir Ian Gilmore called alcohol marketing restrictions a "common sense move" to protect children and deprived communities – but urged Wes Streeting to go further and introduce Minimum Unit Pricing for the biggest impact. www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2025...

✍️ In a new blog for the AHA, @kateot.bsky.social from @wcrf.org, outlines why the Government needs to take urgent action to address alcohol's role in cancer to mark Cancer Prevention Action Week. ahauk.org/alcohol-and-...

New analysis from @ashorguk.bsky.social shows that 1 million UK adults live with ‘triple threat’ of smoking, alcohol and obesity. Prof Sir Ian Gilmore calls the findings "staggering" and supports calls for more robust prevention measures in the NHS 10 year plan. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

In the UK, alcohol is linked to around 17,000 new cancer cases every year – that’s 46 people every single day. Yesterday we joined @wcrf.org to hand in an open letter and petition calling on the Prime Minister to introduce a National Alcohol Strategy to Prevent Cancer. www.wcrf.org/about-us/new...

📢 New report reveals alcohol’s continued role in misconduct in Parliament. The ICGS annual report shows that alcohol is still a common factor in poor behaviour in Westminster — from bullying and harassment to sexual misconduct. www.parliament.uk/globalassets...

In our latest blog, Dr @catherinewh1te.bsky.social from @alcoholfocus.bsky.social explains the importance of alcohol health risk labelling and the consumer's right to know about the links between alcohol and cancer. Read here: shaap.org.uk/empowering-c...

📰In @theguardian.com this weekend, Sir Ian Gilmore calls for the UK to follow Ireland's "fearless work" on alcohol labelling. "...including clear health warnings about the link to cancer, is not just a public health measure, it’s a fundamental consumer right." www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Great to meet Jim Shannon MP this morning to talk about the need to tackle alcohol harm across the UK.

A brilliant new report from @ias.org.uk & @shaapalcohol.bsky.social lays bare the alcohol industry’s relentless efforts to mislead the public and policymakers to protect profits👇 We urgently need safeguards to ensure that public health comes before private gains. Professor Sir Ian Gilmore said...