Ellen McGrane shares details of a project led by the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Addictions, exploring how to integrate alcohol dependence into alcohol policy modelling. She explains how the team worked with policymakers and people with lived experience to develop a roadmap for a more comprehensive and equitable policy model.
In this guest post, Dr Nathan Critchlow from the University of Stirling provides an overview of a paper published recently in the journal Drug and Alcohol Review. The study explores how commercial, governmental, and third-sector activities have shaped the rapid growth of the alcohol-free and low-alcohol market in Great Britain.
Colin Angus shares insights from a new study on UK alcohol tax data, examining shifts in sales trends since COVID-19. He discusses the surprising divergence between overall consumption and rising alcohol-specific deaths, and what this means for policy.
In this blog post Luke Wilson discusses the latest trends in the alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks market in the UK including the on-trade, off-trade and their use by people attempting to reduce their alcohol consumption.
Colin Angus discusses his latest blog post for the Institute of Alcohol Studies exploring new figures on alcohol-specific deaths in England.
Colin Angus shares his thoughts on the October 2024 Budget announcement and how it will impact on alcohol duties.
The latest mortality data from Scotland strongly suggests another rise in drug-related deaths in 2023 after a big fall in 2022, an increase in deaths by suicide and little change in alcohol-specific deaths.
John Holmes share his reflections on the latest report from the HBSC study which found that English children are now the most likely to drink alcohol across the 44 high-income nations studied.