Our Manifesto calls for #NoMoreHalfMeasures on alcohol harm in the next Parliament
We want to see action including:
➡️Restrictions on #AlcoholMarketing
➡️Investment in treatment and support
➡️Automatic uprating of #MUP
Read our full manifesto 🔽
https://twp.ai/9PcIZj
As members of the #NCDAllianceScotland, we strongly support the publication their manifesto for the #ScottishElections, which calls for:
➡️Enforcing strict #AlcoholMarketing restrictions in outdoor spaces
➡️ Mandatory health labelling on alcohol products
A cost effective way to reduce the estimated £700million annual #NHS alcohol tab would be for the next #ScottishParliament to enact policies in our #AFSManifesto, including:
▶️ Restricting #AlcoholMarketing
▶️ Mandatory health warnings on alcohol products
▶️ Automatic uprating of #MUP
Let someone mark their own homework and they get near perfect scores. 🏆
Funny that...🙄
Self regulation does not work. It's time we introduced genuine restrictions on #AlcoholMarketing, especially to protect children and young people
#AlcoholFreeKids
#AlcoholMarketing has no place in childhood.
All children should play, learn and socialise in places that are healthy and safe, protected from exposure to alcohol marketing
Join our #AlcoholFreeKids campaign 🔽
www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/Alcohol-Free...
Shocking new report that shows that #BigAlcohol successfully pressured to the UK Government to drop #AlcoholMarketing restrictions from their 10 Year Health Plan.
@publichealthscot.bsky.social last year concluded that alcohol marketing is pervasive, persuasive and freqeunt exposure drives harm.
This aligns strongly with our #AlcoholFreeKids campaign which states that 'All children have the right to play, learn and socialise in places that are healthy and safe, protected from exposure to #AlcoholMarketing
www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/Alcohol-Free...
Children and young people are regularly exposed to harmful #AlcoholMarketing which we know leads to early onset drinking - and increases the likelihood of developing an alcohol problem
Alcohol marketing has no place in childhood 🚫
#AlcoholFreeKids
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People in recovery tell us that they find #AlcoholMarketing around #Christmas triggering
Impacts of #AlcoholMarketing on people with/at risk of an alcohol problem should be a concern for marketing regulators according to research by @UniofNottingham
https://twp.ai/9PXyE2
#Christmas can be hard for people in recovery from problematic #Alcohol use - having to navigate parties or social events where alcohol is ever present
An uptick in #AlcoholMarketing only makes this more difficult for some
How do you feel about alcohol marketing at Christmas?
#AlcoholMarketing the inescapable nature of outdoor alcohol advertising causes difficulties to people in recovery - especially at #Christmas
Visit our website to find out how you can take action to support efforts to restrict #AlcoholMarketing
https://twp.ai/9PXyDH
#AlcoholMarketing causes youth drinking & the inescapable nature of outdoor alcohol advertising causes difficulties to people in recovery
Sign up to our #AlcoholFreeKids campaign to protect children & young people from alcohol ads
https://twp.ai/9PXyF9
People in recovery highlight #AlcoholMarketing as being an environmental trigger that threatens their recovery - and that this is worse at #Christmas
Read our briefing on the impact of alcohol marketing on people in recovery 🔽
https://twp.ai/9PXyF6
People in recovery tell us that #Christmas can be difficult
Help us campaign for restrictions on #AlcoholMarketing to protect vulnerable groups, including children, young people and people in recovery
Find out how you can take action on our website 🔽
https://twp.ai/9PXV4i
With alcohol advertisements everywhere at #Christmas, children and young people are constantly being exposed to potentially harmful content
Find out more & sign up to our #AlcoholFreeKids campaign to protect children from #AlcoholMarketing 🔽
https://twp.ai/9PXV4W
#Christmas can be hard for people in recovery from problematic #Alcohol use - having to navigate parties or social events where alcohol is ever present
An uptick in #AlcoholMarketing only makes this more difficult for some
How do you feel about alcohol marketing at Christmas?
Good news on #AlcoholDuty in today's budget but we echo the calls for a more comprehensive plan to tackle alcohol harm by @ias.org.uk
England should follow Scotland's lead by introducing #MUP
#AlcoholMarketing restrictions should also be part of the mix
Save the Date! 🗓️
Alcohol-Free Childhood Campaign Webinar - 6 November
Join our campaign partners for a webinar exploring the findings of Public Health Scotland’s recent evidence review on #AlcoholMarketing and advertising
Save the Date! 🗓️
Alcohol-Free Childhood Campaign Webinar - 6 November
Join our campaign partners for a webinar exploring the findings of Public Health Scotland’s recent evidence review on #AlcoholMarketing and advertising
Save the Date! 🗓️
Alcohol-Free Childhood Campaign Webinar - 6 November
Join our campaign partners for a webinar exploring the findings of Public Health Scotland’s recent evidence review on #AlcoholMarketing and advertising
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Looking forward to hearing more about these studies on #AlcoholMarketing to #LGBT communities and #AlcoholFree nightlife spaces for these communities
We know that the #LGBT community is targeted by alcohol companies & there is a dearth of alcohol free community spaces
The #AlcoholDeaths crisis is not an ‘addiction’ problem
It’s a problem of a culture where alcohol is placed at centre stage, normalised & celebrated as indispensable to our lives
#AlcoholMarketing helps shape that culture, so marketing restrictions are part of the solution
In our latest blog, Dr Shelia Gilheany of @alcoholireland.ie reflects on Ireland’s experience of implementing restrictions on #AlcoholMarketing and advertising
Includes lessons for Scotland & other countries considering restrictions
https://twp.ai/4iq6d8
On #AlcoholMarketing, C, a person in recovery thinks #AlcoholMarketing:
➡️is everywhere!
➡️normalises drinking
➡️triggers people
@publichealthscot.bsky.social says that they are "confident that alcohol marketing is pervasive & persuasive, frequent exposure drives consumption & related harms"
Read our reaction to the newly published Rapid Review of Evidence on #AlcoholMarketing and Advertising
Image quote of a person in recovery. Text reads. "Even after nearly 20 years of sobriety, I can still feel triggered on rare occasions. It might be a glossy advert, a shop display, or a scene in a film that links alcohol with comfort, celebration or escape. These portrayals can stir emotional memories or fleeting urges, proving that alcohol marketing isn't harmless "background noise" It can have a real, lasting impact, even on those who have worked hard to build a life in recovery. That is why I believe there's a strong public health case for tighter restrictions on alcohol advertising and the ways it is embedded in our everyday environments."
According to the @publichealthscot.bsky.social
Evidence Review, exposure to #AlcoholMarketing increases:
➡️intention to consume
➡️consumption
➡️harmful consumption
Steph agrees!
It's time to act on #AlcoholAdvertising ⏰
We spoke with L, a person in recovery, who felt that #AlcoholMarketing glamorises drinking, & health warnings might discourage people from heavier drinking
According to the @publichealthscot.bsky.social #AlcoholMarketing Evidence Review - he's right!
Timely research further highlighting what the @publichealthscot.bsky.social Rapid Review found - #AlcoholMarketing fuels drinking - including the most harmful drinking
People in recovery have told us that they find #AlcoholAdvertising triggering ⚠️
According to Amy, #AlcoholMarketing contributes to the idea that alcohol is fun & increases pressure on #YoungPeople to drink
@publichealthscot.bsky.social says there is a relationship between marketing & consumption, including young adults & those under legal drinking age
Young people in this Dutch study of 13-17 year olds hospitalised by #AlcoholPoisoning didn't recognise when they were drunk and:
➡️ Called for better education in schools on alcohol
➡️ Called for minimising #AlcoholMarketing, especially on social media
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
