With Coca‑Cola and Jubel sponsoring this year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, @robinireland.bsky.social outlines how sponsorship of sport by health‑harming industries (including alcohol, junk food, sugary drinks and gambling) can negatively impact public health.
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
Change Grow Live responds to England's women's health strategy with an important reminder: women affected by alcohol are often missed by mainstream services.
Fragmented policy doesn't work - we need joined up approaches that reflect women's lives. True in England, true in Scotland.
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How do alcohol brands use sport to reach young people?
@richardpurves.bsky.social explores sponsorship, alibi branding and No/Lo products in "Branding the Game" - our first Alcohol Occasional of 2026 @sarnalcohol.bsky.social
Mon 18 May, 12:45 -14:00, online. Free to attend 👇
These tactics are not always unique to the tobacco industry and can also be seen across the food and alcohol industries too ...🍔🍷🚬
Our Killer Tactics report tells the story of how these industries work to undermine health policies and protect their profits 💰
Read here: ash.org.uk/uploads/Kill...
April is #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth
If you don't know alcohol causes at least 7 different cancers, - including #BowlCancer - that's partly because #BigAlcohol would rather you didn't
The next @ScotParl must act to introduce mandatory health warning labels
#NoMoreHalfMeasures
'New Eyes on an Old Problem: Alcohol Marketing, Industry Influence and Scotland’s Strategic Plan' | @shaapalcohol.bsky.social www.shaap.org.uk/new-eyes-on-...
From sports sponsorship to late night trading hours - our 2026 Alcohol Occasionals series with @sarnalcohol.bsky.social covers some of the biggest questions in alcohol research and policy.
Free online seminars, open to all.
Full programme and registration now live on eventbrite!
Good to see the Scottish Lib Dems back linking MUP to inflation. Essential if the policy is to keep pace with rising prices and maintain its public health impact.
@willierennie.bsky.social @scotlibdems.org.uk
Find out more about Minimum Unit Pricing on our website:
www.shaap.org.uk/facts-figure...
Another day, another party manifesto!
This time the SNP, makes clear that there is a lot to do to reduce the harms caused by alcohol. One of the areas they’ve committed to (as Labour did earlier in the week) is piloting hospital-based Alcohol Care Teams, an approach we have been advocating for.
It's not just exposure - it's attention
New research shows directing people's gaze toward alcohol adverts triggers craving, which then increases consumption. The causal pathway is once again demonstrated.
Another piece of the evidence base for marketing restrictions.
Read more👇️
The evidence is clear - the more children are exposed to alcohol marketing leads to earlier and more problematic drinking as they get older.
Join us in pledging your support for #AlcoholFreeChildhood by clicking this link: www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/Alcohol-Free...
SHAAP is proud to support @alcoholfocus.bsky.social's #AlcoholFreeKids campaign.
We believe children have the right to play, learn and socialise in places that are safe and health, protected from exposure to alcohol marketing.
Pleased to see the @scottishgreens.org manifesto taking a public health approach to alcohol: automatic MUP uprating, marketing restrictions, health labelling and a levy on producers.
Evidence-based policy SHAAP have long stood for.
Good to see Scottish Labour's manifesto committing to alcohol care teams (ACT) in hospitals - something SHAAP, @rcn.org.uk and @rcpsych.bsky.social called for in our Consensus Statement last year.
We'll be holding the next government to account on this.
Read the full statement:
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📣CALLING ON EARLY & MID CAREER ALCOHOL RESEARCHERS📣
SARN's annual EMCR event agenda is now live and there's still time to sign up using the links below.
An important date in the calendar for knowledge exchange, exploring ideas and networking with peers 🤝
Our #AlcoholFreeKids campaign is supported by more than 60 organisations, including partners @shaapalcohol.bsky.social
The next #ScottishParliament must legislate to protect children and young people from #AlcoholMarketing
#NoMoreHalfMeasures
When Vietnam's Alcohol Harm Prevention Law took effect:
Road crashes dropped 50% in the first month.
Deaths fell 19%
Injuries by 61%
New report from #Movendi documents what 30 years of evidence-based advocacy achieved and what others can learn from the process
Scotland, take note!
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Gender-based violence often involves perpetrators who are under the influence of alcohol, with cases spiking around holidays and sports events. Alcohol Action Ireland presents the evidence and some policies to tackle the problem @alcoholireland.ie
alcohol-review.com/story/ar2026...
Alcohol consumption is rising fast in many low- and middle-income countries.
So is the harm - from infectious diseases to violence and injury.
Big Alcohol calls it growth. Public health calls it a crisis.
🎥 Watch the full film: youtu.be/gEs1IW58bd0
ICYMI 📝
Our latest blog: "New Eyes on an Old Problem" explores alcohol marketing, industry influence,and what Scotland's new strategic plan means for the fight ahead.
With a Scottish Parliament election on the horizon, accountability matters.
Read more:
"Alcohol is not what makes football in Scotland so special"
@alcoholfocus.bsky.social's Carolyn Lochhead on why the stadium ban should stay, and why this is really about the creeping normalisation of alcohol into every part of life.
New research shows disordered gamblers have ninefold higher odds of both smoking and risky drinking.
It's important to remember these harms don't exist in isolation. Neither should our policy responses.
It's time we started to ask serious questions on what role alcohol - a toxic, addictive drug - has in sport.
There is a strange disconnect between Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games announcing a beer brand as an official sponsor, while Glasgow City has THE highest alcohol death rate of all 21 council areas... 🧵
@shaapalcohol.bsky.social's...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2600112...
New blog💡
Our new Policy & Communications Officer, Lisa, reflects on her first two months in the role, what she's learned about alcohol industry tactics and why Scotland can't afford to kick the pint can down the road
Check it out on our website: buff.ly/sL312Zo
SHAAP's Chair, Dr Alastair MacGilchrist OBE, comments on Jubel Beer's sponsorship of the Glasgow 2026 #CommonwealthGames👇
"With huge audiences including children and young people, alcohol branding has no place at this event."
Full comment on our website: buff.ly/b1ALf4u
Our CEO @carolynl.bsky.social on the folly that would be reintroducing alcohol to football grounds.
Particularly obscene to be suggesting expanding availability of alcohol at a time when #AlcoholDeaths are near record highs.
Taught herself Spanish 📖
Started a craft business 🎨
Performed on stage 🎭️
A powerful story on how sobriety and the right support opened up a life Chloe ever thought possible.
When people think of alcohol problems, they picture extremes. But dependency often starts quietly.
A daily glass?
No alcohol-free days?
Needing more to feel the same?
@DrAmirKhanGP explains what to look out for: buff.ly/ysUJmbR
SHAAP's Dr Peter Rice joins leading experts in a new roundtable from @addiction-ssa.org discussing what a UK alcohol strategy should include?
Spoiler (no surprises) - MUP, health warnings, no industry influence.
Watch here:
