"Rapid alcohol deliveries are causing harm across our society" - Dr Richard Piper, Alcohol Change UK.
The charity is calling for the government to introduce a delay between order and delivery of alcohol, and restricting the time of delivery.
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England is being left behind on alcohol policy in the UK, with other nations moving forward with evidence-based policies, writes the @rcpedin.bsky.social's Christopher Graham.
He calls for a comprehensive alcohol strategy informed by IAS's long-term vision.
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...intuitive for the marketing of products at odds with the highest ideals of sport, and risks tarnishing any positive health and wellbeing legacy the Games might bring to Glasgow, a city with the highest alcohol death rate in the country.”
- David McColgan, Alliance Chairman
The NCD Alliance Scotland has said that the partnership between this year’s Commonwealth Games, Coca-Cola, and Jubel beer risks “tarnishing an opportunity for the Games to deliver a positive health and wellbeing legacy".
“It is highly counter...
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A huge amount of the money spent on supermarket alcohol & tobacco leaves the UK economy, meaning any reduction in spending & reallocation to other industries boosts the economy
Find out more in our latest podcast, with @damonm1989.bsky.social @sarg-scharr.bsky.social
www.ias.org.uk/podcast/redu...
Across five EU countries, there is striking similarity over which alcohol policies have the most and least support.
In our latest blog, Dr Daša Kokole explores how public awareness that alcohol causes cancer increases support for the most effective policies.
www.ias.org.uk/2026/04/14/c...
Our Small Grants Scheme will open in 1 week, on Monday 20 April!
🗓️ Applicants will have 8 weeks to submit outline proposals
💷 Funding: between £500 and £15,000
➡️ We particularly welcome proposals based on our Long-term vision and research that informs alcohol policy debates
A wine giant complaining about having to pay the Extended Producer Responsibility deserves little sympathy.
If you profit from millions of bottles, you should own what happens to them.
It's called accountability.
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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
... and to find sponsorship models that let everyone enjoy sport without being exposed to alcohol promotion."
...to consume.
"There are also people in recovery from...alcohol problems for whom an event saturated with alcohol branding can be a real barrier to taking part.
“We would urge the organisers of Glasgow 2026 and other major events to think carefully about the message alcohol partnerships send...
...Dr Alastair MacGilchrist said:
"Events like the Commonwealth Games draw huge audiences, many of them children and young people.
“The evidence is clear — the more young people are exposed to alcohol marketing, the earlier they are likely to start drinking and the more they are likely...
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...
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Reducing spending on alcohol in the on- and off-trade would have very different impacts on the UK economy.
🎙️Listen to our latest podcast for more, with @sarg-scharr.bsky.social's Dr @damonm1989.bsky.social 🎧
Links: ias.org.uk/podcast/redu...
People in recovery for alcohol dependence frequently cite alcohol marketing as a risk to them relapsing. They should be able to choose not to receive adverts that could be harmful to their health.
This petition calls on government to mandate opt outs.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
Our Small Grants Scheme will open on Monday 20 April!
🗓️ Applicants will have 8 weeks to submit outline proposals
💷 Funding: between £500 and £15,000
➡️ We particularly welcome proposals based on our Long-term vision and research that informs alcohol policy debates
...everyone, and that can help us to live healthier, happier lives. Practising sport isn’t just good for our physical health, but for our mental health too."
... "at odds with the Scottish Government’s aims to reduce the societal normalisation of alcohol.”
Lochhead writes that: "The fact is that introducing alcohol to our stadiums risks making both the matchday experience and our nation’s health worse.
"Sport is a pursuit that is open to...
Lifting Scotland's alcohol ban at football matches would be a mistake, following the violence and disorder after last month's Scottish Cup quarter final, writes @alcoholfocus.bsky.social's Carolyn Lochhead.
She points to a recent report that found it's also...
www.thenational.scot/politics/259...
Alcohol causes 1 in 24 cancers - but the right policies could change that.
In our latest blog, Keegan Lawrence & Dr Adam Sherk explore how warning labels and minimum unit pricing could prevent thousands of alcohol-related cancer cases & deaths @uviccisur.bsky.social
www.ias.org.uk/2026/04/07/w...
Alcohol companies say they’re helping communities.
But in many countries, they extract vast amounts of water - then fund water projects as CSR.
In Sierra Leone, sorghum schemes weren’t about food security - but boosting alcohol production.
Find out more:
After Zoe Hughes died, her family found that she had been spending up to £1,500 a month getting alcohol delivered to her door via delivery apps.
Her sister is now calling for the government to ban the sale of alcohol on delivery apps.
Sign the petition: www.change.org/p/ban-alcoho...
Most of the alcohol sold across Africa, Asia and Latin America isn’t local.
It’s controlled by global giants like Heineken, AB InBev and Diageo.
This is Big Alcohol’s global expansion - and it’s reshaping drinking worldwide.
Full film: youtu.be/gEs1IW58bd0
Labour MP Lorraine Beavers asks @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social what DHSC is doing to tackle health inequalities in liver disease.
There's one alcohol policy that would close this gap more than any: minimum unit pricing.
In Scotland, most of the lives saved were in the most deprived communities.
What would happen if off-trade alcohol, gambling, tobacco, and confectionery spending fell by 10%?
🎙️Listen to our latest podcast with @sarg-scharr.bsky.social's Dr Damon Morris to find out how spending would reallocate and significantly boost the UK economy🎙️
Links: www.ias.org.uk/podcast/redu...
Gambling harm doesn’t happen in isolation.
In our latest blog, Dr @lorenkock.bsky.social explores how risky drinking and smoking rise alongside gambling risk - with the highest harms clustering together.
Time for a joined-up approach to tackling these behaviours.
www.ias.org.uk/2026/03/31/g...
"The amateur attempts to discredit and deflect from the indirect modelling and evaluation evidence are risible. The DUP either are not aware of [MUP] research, don’t understand it, or are refusing to engage with it." - Professor Deirdre Heenan
www.irishnews.com/opinion/deir...
...policies. There'd be times when Zoe was essentially passed out from the alcohol and it was just left on her doorstep, so nobody was really casting an eye over her to make that judgement of should she be served, or should she not."
As the sister of a woman who died after spending £1,500 a month getting alcohol delivered to her door said:
"For me personally, a shop opens at a certain time and shuts at a certain time, these delivery apps don't. They are like a drop and go service.
"They're also not adhering to their...
Rapid online delivery of alcohol is a very worrying and growing concern.
The opaque nature of online deliveries and little regulation to prevent dependent drinkers from ordering huge amounts of alcohol while intoxicated has only worsened since the pandemic.
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