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"The quantity of alcohol products sold is forecast to sharply decline by 6.4% this year and remain broadly flat from 2027-28," says the OBR, citing a "trend of alcohol moderation", "substitution to no- and low-alcohol alternatives" and "higher prices".
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November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"The quantity of alcohol products sold is forecast to sharply decline by 6.4% this year and remain broadly flat from 2027-28," says the OBR, citing a "trend of alcohol moderation", "substitution to no- and low-alcohol alternatives" and "higher prices".
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The real terms duty freeze "balances the important contribution of alcohol producers and the hospitality sector to the UK’s culture and economy, with the duty’s role in reducing alcohol harm," says the budget document.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The real terms duty freeze "balances the important contribution of alcohol producers and the hospitality sector to the UK’s culture and economy, with the duty’s role in reducing alcohol harm," says the budget document.
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"I will support the great British pub through our new national licensing framework, encouraging councils to back our pubs and back late night venues with greater freedoms." [13.20]
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"I will support the great British pub through our new national licensing framework, encouraging councils to back our pubs and back late night venues with greater freedoms." [13.20]
Shouldn't addiction be seen as an infringment of individual freedom when it is the goal of the alcohol industry, among others? A good question posed by addiction researcher Joe Woof on The Rest is Politics that was not directly answered. [56.28] @therestpolitics.bsky.social
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November 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Shouldn't addiction be seen as an infringment of individual freedom when it is the goal of the alcohol industry, among others? A good question posed by addiction researcher Joe Woof on The Rest is Politics that was not directly answered. [56.28] @therestpolitics.bsky.social
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"The results of the analysis of UK asset managers’ health-oriented disclosures on alcohol are very poor. None of the ten have reported on alcohol and physical or mental health matters in an ‘moderate’ or (relatively) high fashion." @uniofnottingham.bsky.social
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November 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
"The results of the analysis of UK asset managers’ health-oriented disclosures on alcohol are very poor. None of the ten have reported on alcohol and physical or mental health matters in an ‘moderate’ or (relatively) high fashion." @uniofnottingham.bsky.social
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Australia, the ethos of harm reduction and artificial intelligence were just a few topics touched on in an interview with NGO and consultancy leader Dr Nicole Lee. Watch the full interview here: alcohol-review.com/story/austra...
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Australia, the ethos of harm reduction and artificial intelligence were just a few topics touched on in an interview with NGO and consultancy leader Dr Nicole Lee. Watch the full interview here: alcohol-review.com/story/austra...
The Trump administration has taken a chainsaw to efforts to reduce alcohol harm. Mike Marshall, CEO of the US Alcohol Policy Alliance , helps make sense of the bewildering news flow in the full interview here alcohol-review.com/story/assess...
October 15, 2025 at 6:50 AM
The Trump administration has taken a chainsaw to efforts to reduce alcohol harm. Mike Marshall, CEO of the US Alcohol Policy Alliance , helps make sense of the bewildering news flow in the full interview here alcohol-review.com/story/assess...
"The greener, more sustainable thing to do with alcohol production is to produce less of it, not to be producing it in some apparently greener fashion," Sheila Gilheany, Alcohol Action Ireland at AR2025. Full sessions alcohol-review.com/alcohol-revi... @sheilagilheany.bsky.social @alcoholireland.ie
October 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
"The greener, more sustainable thing to do with alcohol production is to produce less of it, not to be producing it in some apparently greener fashion," Sheila Gilheany, Alcohol Action Ireland at AR2025. Full sessions alcohol-review.com/alcohol-revi... @sheilagilheany.bsky.social @alcoholireland.ie
The same calculation appears in the November Budget submission of the Institute of Alcohol Studies, which also called for a cross-government strategy, keeping draft relief to help hospitality and equalising the abnormally low tax on cider. @ias.org.uk
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October 10, 2025 at 7:25 AM
The same calculation appears in the November Budget submission of the Institute of Alcohol Studies, which also called for a cross-government strategy, keeping draft relief to help hospitality and equalising the abnormally low tax on cider. @ias.org.uk
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The UK could fund 30,000 more public sector nurses, police, teachers or firefighter by increasing alcohol tax by 2% above inflation over the next five years, said the Alcohol Health Alliance UK, launching an online impact calculator. @aha-uk.bsky.social
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October 10, 2025 at 7:10 AM
The UK could fund 30,000 more public sector nurses, police, teachers or firefighter by increasing alcohol tax by 2% above inflation over the next five years, said the Alcohol Health Alliance UK, launching an online impact calculator. @aha-uk.bsky.social
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A framework is needed to guide all government interactions with the alcohol industry, as it is with other health harming industries, said Sheila Gilheany of Alcohol Action Ireland at AR2025.
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October 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
A framework is needed to guide all government interactions with the alcohol industry, as it is with other health harming industries, said Sheila Gilheany of Alcohol Action Ireland at AR2025.
@alcoholireland.ie @sheilagilheany.bsky.social
Full session here
@alcoholireland.ie @sheilagilheany.bsky.social
Full session here
"In 2024, the national rate of alcohol-induced deaths was 12.2 on an age-adjusted basis, or nearly 21% lower than Wisconsin’s age-adjusted rate of 15.0 per 100,000," said the Wisconsin Policy Forum. noting higher rates of tax might help. @WisPolicyForum
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September 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
"In 2024, the national rate of alcohol-induced deaths was 12.2 on an age-adjusted basis, or nearly 21% lower than Wisconsin’s age-adjusted rate of 15.0 per 100,000," said the Wisconsin Policy Forum. noting higher rates of tax might help. @WisPolicyForum
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Scotland saw a 7% fall in alcohol-specific deaths last year compared to the year before, but remains 16% above its pre-pandemic level. But last year's fall nearly matched the 10% fall in 2019, the last year before covid struck. @natrecordsscot.bsky.social
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September 23, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Scotland saw a 7% fall in alcohol-specific deaths last year compared to the year before, but remains 16% above its pre-pandemic level. But last year's fall nearly matched the 10% fall in 2019, the last year before covid struck. @natrecordsscot.bsky.social
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Scotland saw a 7% fall in alcohol-specific deaths last year compared to the year before, but remains 16% above its pre-pandemic level. But last year's fall nearly matched the 10% fall in 2019, the last year before the covid arrived. @natrecordsscot.bsky.social
www.nrscotland.gov.uk/publications...
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September 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Scotland saw a 7% fall in alcohol-specific deaths last year compared to the year before, but remains 16% above its pre-pandemic level. But last year's fall nearly matched the 10% fall in 2019, the last year before the covid arrived. @natrecordsscot.bsky.social
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"We welcome the commitment to address the health impacts of economic, commercial, and market
factors... [this] is overshadowed by the overall erosion of language supporting effective NCD prevention measures," said the NCD Alliance last week. @ncdalliance
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factors... [this] is overshadowed by the overall erosion of language supporting effective NCD prevention measures," said the NCD Alliance last week. @ncdalliance
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September 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"We welcome the commitment to address the health impacts of economic, commercial, and market
factors... [this] is overshadowed by the overall erosion of language supporting effective NCD prevention measures," said the NCD Alliance last week. @ncdalliance
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factors... [this] is overshadowed by the overall erosion of language supporting effective NCD prevention measures," said the NCD Alliance last week. @ncdalliance
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"People likely experiencing alcohol dependency are twice as likely to have alcohol sold to them for rapid delivery to their home compared to those at low risk (55% vs 24%) - putting them at greater risk of harm," found a new report @fareaustralia.bsky.social
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September 15, 2025 at 7:58 AM
"People likely experiencing alcohol dependency are twice as likely to have alcohol sold to them for rapid delivery to their home compared to those at low risk (55% vs 24%) - putting them at greater risk of harm," found a new report @fareaustralia.bsky.social
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Media across the UK today reproduced ads banned by the ad industry's Advertising Standards Authority in editorial coverage, so providing the supposedly banned ad with tens of thousands of impacts for free.
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August 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Media across the UK today reproduced ads banned by the ad industry's Advertising Standards Authority in editorial coverage, so providing the supposedly banned ad with tens of thousands of impacts for free.
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August 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Some of the likely more contentious proposals is a potential ban on supermarket, online, home delivery and restaurant sales. While some say it goes too far others say it should be extended to include Parliament, county assemblies and police canteens. x.com/VOCALAfrica_...
August 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Some of the likely more contentious proposals is a potential ban on supermarket, online, home delivery and restaurant sales. While some say it goes too far others say it should be extended to include Parliament, county assemblies and police canteens. x.com/VOCALAfrica_...
Kenya's interior ministry today released a National Policy for the Prevention, Management and Control of Alcohol, Drugs and Substance Abuse, setting out plans for a ban on online ads and celeb endorsments, and a 10pm watershed. @NACADAKenya
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July 30, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Kenya's interior ministry today released a National Policy for the Prevention, Management and Control of Alcohol, Drugs and Substance Abuse, setting out plans for a ban on online ads and celeb endorsments, and a 10pm watershed. @NACADAKenya
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Many products already carry the labels, making any delay to their formal introduction "farcical if not so serious", said Alcohol Action Ireland. @alcoholireland.ie
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July 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Many products already carry the labels, making any delay to their formal introduction "farcical if not so serious", said Alcohol Action Ireland. @alcoholireland.ie
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July 22, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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July 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Great to hear public health enthusuastically championed on TRIP. It is worth noting that the ten-year plan did not mention the most effective measures for alcohol: price. availability and advertising. @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @rorystewartuk.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fGU...
July 16, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Great to hear public health enthusuastically championed on TRIP. It is worth noting that the ten-year plan did not mention the most effective measures for alcohol: price. availability and advertising. @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @rorystewartuk.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fGU...
AR Interesting findings. For comparison it's worth noting a "drink" is a different amount of alcohol in different places. In this graphic the amounts in ml would be: UK, 140ml/week; Can, 34ml/week; NZ, 188ml/week (men), 125ml/week (women); Aus, 125ml/week.
July 14, 2025 at 8:28 AM
AR Interesting findings. For comparison it's worth noting a "drink" is a different amount of alcohol in different places. In this graphic the amounts in ml would be: UK, 140ml/week; Can, 34ml/week; NZ, 188ml/week (men), 125ml/week (women); Aus, 125ml/week.