👏 Thank you Carol Mochan MSP for highlighting SHAAP and @ias.org.uk most recent report, which uncovers tactics used by the alcohol industry to mislead the public on harm, the economy, environment & policy.

The Council for Science and Technology, a body that advises the Prime Minister on science and technology policy issues has recommended Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) be implemented in England.👏 Read the full recommendation👇 www.gov.uk/government/p...

🗣️In our latest report with @ias.org.uk we found alcohol industry groups claiming “Alcohol harms are going in the right direction.” In reality, deaths hit a record high. Read the report 👇 shaap.org.uk/publication/...

An auspicious day for European Alcohol Policy. www.who.int/europe/news/...

"Even in the snakes and ladders that is politics, it’s unusual to stop a piece of reform that you yourself created and championed." Sara Burke & Norah Campbell write that delaying Ireland's health labelling is "the alcohol industry’s dream outcome". www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

📢 An IARC @who.int report confirms that policies like alcohol taxes, minimum pricing, availability controls, and marketing bans reduce alcohol use - helping prevent cancer at the population level. A landmark review now published in @nejm.org: www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...

Today, we've been calling for urgent action to prevent and reduce #AlcoholDeaths We want to see increased early diagnosis of #LiverDisease to save lives Here Dr Ewan Forrest talks about the huge success of a pilot fibroscan service in Glasgow #AlcoholEmergency

Before the election, more than 70 organisations are demanding that the Scottish Government prioritise increasing early detection & treatment of liver disease alongside other targeted measures, to address the highest number of unnecessary deaths from alcohol since 2008 👇 shaap.org.uk/news/446-tim...

“We want to see an alcohol care team in every acute hospital” says Dr Alastair MacGilchrist of @shaapalcohol.bsky.social This will save lives by ensuring patients with alcohol problems are identified & provided with specialised support. #AlcoholEmergency www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBfD...

Interesting against the background of new tariffs. In 2024, Canada accounts for 34% of U.S. wine export value, China & Hong Kong for 10%, and Mexico for 2%; 13% goes to the UK.

As we continue to expand our research into the consumption of alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks, here are details of a new project focusing on young people. It's funded by @alcoholchangeuk.bsky.social and led by @soc-researcher.bsky.social and @melissaoldham.bsky.social #alcohol #publichealth

Northern Ireland has a completely different system of alcohol licensing to the rest of the UK. Last week we published a review, led by @jamesnicholls.bsky.social and @niamhfitzgerald.bsky.social, looking at the system and exploring possible alternatives: www.communities-ni.gov.uk/publications...

These alcohol, sports and political arrangements can get complicated because of the competing interests. Thanks to @alcoholreview.bsky.social for following the twists and turns.

Interesting story, A Sour Taste, in the current Private Eye (20th Feb 2025) about relations between Drinkaware in the UK and their alcohol industry funders. www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1603/i...

"New research published today in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health has revealed that only 65% of alcohol products sold in Australia display the mandatory warning about the risks of drinking while pregnant." www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Associations between alcohol consumption and cancer are scientifically well established, but the public are often unaware of the links. Should alcohol carry cancer warning labels? On #WorldCancerDay, a new World Report explores this question: tinyurl.com/ytfhkry9

Interesting thread on US mortality. Rise in alcohol related deaths is a factor in deteriorating overall trends.

Why is Diageo struggling? 📉 Sales are down, shares have tanked nearly 30%, and investors are nervous One major investor sold its stake due to the rise in weight-loss drugs but also due to “problems with [Diageo’s new management]” @byrobdavies.bsky.social reports www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Alcohol-specific deaths in the UK reached another record high in 2023, with 10,473 dying. This is mainly due to increases in England and Wales, whereas Scotland saw no change and NI saw a fall in deaths. IAS's Dr Katherine Severi said: "We’ve seen record-high.. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

In our latest podcast we spoke to Tim, a long-standing member of Alcoholics Anonymous & trustee, and Dr Kieran Moriarty, the godfather of Alcohol Care Teams & AA trustee🎙️ We discussed: - AA's success - Whether its religious roots are a barrier - The term 'alcoholic' www.ias.org.uk/podcast/the-...

Management of alcohol withdrawal syndromes in general hospital settings - Clinical review. @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Do cancer warnings on alcohol work better if they feature graphic imagery or narrative imagery? In our latest blog, Dr @zxma.bsky.social explains her new eye-tracking study that looked into this. @uconn.bsky.social @uconninchip.bsky.social www.ias.org.uk/2025/01/07/a...

Since England's alarming alcohol death statistics are in the news again today, here's a particularly alarming fact buried in the figures DHSC have released - For the first time, in 2023 the rate of alcohol-specific deaths in the North East of England overtook Scotland and have risen 55% since 2019

In our latest blog, Colin Angus (@victimofmaths.bsky.social) looks at why alcohol deaths continue to rise in England, despite plateauing in Scotland. He points to: ➡️ Increases in heavy drinking among over 55s ➡️ Minimum unit pricing ➡️ Access to treatment services www.ias.org.uk/2024/12/16/n...

The comments here from Celtic FC supporters on the club's decision to continue gambling sponsorship are worth a read. The sponsor on the back of the shirt is an alcohol company. People don't like it. x.com/CelticFC/sta...

The answer is all four have ancestors who worked for temperance businesses—David D’s granddad Frederick William Dimbleby was a director of the Temperance & Permanent Building Society & the others have ancestors who worked for the UK Temperance & General Provident life assurance office. ... 1/4

...Since MUP was introduced in 2018, deaths fell in Scotland in 2019, then have risen in both countries during the pandemic. However, the rise in Scotland has been smaller. It seems likely that MUP has played an important role in this difference...

This figure, borrowed from Public Health Scotland, is an interesting comparison of the alcohol-specific deaths situation in Scotland and England - looking at the ratio between the two. It highlights how big the gap was in the early 2000s, but also how it's fallen since Minimum Unit Pricing in 2018

🗣️ SHAAP Chair comments on today's Budget 👇

Here's my version of a graph originally by the British Liver Trust showing how rates of liver disease deaths in England & Wales have almost quadrupled since 1968, while other leading causes of death have fallen. In spite of working in alcohol research for 13+ years, this still surprised me...

@healthfoundation.bsky.social call for minimum unit price for alcohol in England as alcohol specific mortality continues to rise sharply. No sign that the pandemic impacts on alcohol mortality are reversing in England.

New figures from the Department of Health and Social Care here showing that rates of alcohol-related liver disease in the under 75s in England rose *again* in 2023, setting another very unwanted record.

@shaapalcohol.bsky.social call for restoration of ring fenced funding to ensure levels of access to good quality alcohol services in Scotland. news.stv.tv/scotland/cal...

Let's hope the UK Govt men's health strategy pays attention to harms from alcohol. Launched with Arsenal FC, who have an "official whisky partner" and the Premier League who have an "official beer". www.bbc.com/news/article...

Important initiative from the Medical Council on Alcohol (UK). Drawing attention to the inadequate health system response to alcohol harms across the UK. Endorsed by @aha-uk.bsky.social @instalcstud.bsky.social @shaapalcohol.bsky.social @rcpsych.bsky.social and others m-c-a.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Pleased to be part of @hselive.bsky.social event in Dublin today on the future of alcohol research. Building on this excellent Health Research Board report. www.hrb.ie/press-releas...

Policymakers must: ❗️Limit and ensure #transparency in interactions with health-harming industries. ❗️Enforce a #codeofconduct . ❗️Demand #evidence-based and transparent information. ❗️Regulate the “socially responsible” activities of these industries. #eurocare #EuropeanAlcoholPolicyAlliance

New paper led by @jholmessheff.bsky.social and @pmeierprof.bsky.social published in Drug and Alcohol Review. 'Drinking practices: The variation of drinking events across intersections of sex, age and household income' doi.org/10.1111/dar....

Here’s a short thing I wrote recently for the Institute of Alcohol Studies. They invited me to reflect on whether accusations that they (and alcohol control advocacy more generally) are ‘neo-temperance’ were fair. www.ias.org.uk/2024/09/30/t...

This is a super-interesting figure from @drjenndowd.bsky.social's new paper doi.org/10.1111/padr... on life expectancy changes over the past 2 decades. Bars show age-specific changes in mortality rates 2000-2009 and lines show the same for 2010-19. The US data is horrible.

Did you know that of the almost 1 million alcohol-related hospital admissions, 45% are for cardiovascular disease?🫀 But does moderate drinking protect the heart? Watch our Alcohol and the Heart film to find out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh7T...

"The alcohol industry has for too long enjoyed real terms duty cuts at the expense of our health and the public purse." Dr @peterrice.bsky.social responds to the Scotch Whisky Association's claim that keeping alcohol duty in line with inflation was a "betrayal". www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

Dr @peterrice.bsky.social tells Gabriela Galvin that from the year 2000 he saw alcohol harm increase, with low cost alcohol – particularly very cheap cider – cutting “a swathe through my patients” The article discusses the success of minimum unit pricing in Scotlnd www.euronews.com/health/2024/...

🥃Scotland curbed #alcohol deaths by raising prices on cheap booze. Will Europe follow suit? “It took more than a decade to pass #MUP, but today it is the most comprehensive alcohol pricing policy in Europe – and it appears to be paying off” @peterrice.bsky.social www.euronews.com/health/2024/...

Response to today's UK Budget.

Our Chief Executive, Dr Katherine Severi, discusses the increase in off-trade alcohol duty in the Budget. "The vast majority of alcohol that we drink is sold in shops and supermarkets, and this is where the bulk of the harm originates from."

We welcome the decision to increase off-trade alcohol duty in the Budget, while protecting hospitality with draught duty relief. Our statement:

Up in Edinburgh this morning for the launch of NCD Alliance Scotland’s new report and 10 year vision for a healthier Scotland www.bhf.org.uk/-/media/file...

My Bluesky debut. Article from @euronews.com.web.brid.gy www.euronews.com/health/2024/...

Raising alcohol duty at the Budget on Wednesday will both reduce alcohol harm AND improve economic productivity. In 2018, Public Health England found that almost 180,000 working years were lost due to alcohol in England - 18% of total working years lost. www.ias.org.uk/wp-content/u...