June is #PrideMonth 🏳️‍🌈

A new report by Glasgow Centre for Population Health& LGBT Health and Wellbeing demonstrates the ongoing health inequalities experienced by #LGBT people in Scotland - including on #AlcoholHarm

It emphasises that #AlcoholServices must be LGBT+ inclusive

Read the report➡️gcph.co.uk/our-work/1173-…

The threat to Finnish alcohol monopoly is a serious issue for the alcohol and health field internationally. A well run monopoly has better control of price, availability and marketing and the public benefit for this. In 2021, SHAAP called on Scottish Government to explore the model

🚨Powerful industries, including #BigAlcohol , continue to promote unhealthy products, increasing ill-health and premature death, in order to make a profit 💰

Learn more from WHO/Europe 👇

A new report by WHO/Europe spells out clearly how specific powerful industries - including #BigAlcohol - are driving ill-health and premature death across Europe

'Their main goals are to generate profit, maximize product sales and drive consumption'

iris.who.int/handle/10665/3…

'The increasingly sophisticated sponsorship tactics of the alcohol industry during #Pride pose a real threat to the health and well-being of the LGBTQ+ community.' Patricio Think Global Health

#Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈 #BigAlcohol
thinkglobalhealth.org/article/confro…

☕️ SHAAP's latest media monitor is here 🥳

📰Read the latest #AlcoholNews and #AlcoholResearch from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and 🌍

Read here: mailchi.mp/rcpe/shaap-med…
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We’re currently looking for two PhD students to join Sheffield Addictions Research Group to undertake funded research into women’s drinking... sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/funding-availa…

June is #PrideMonth 🏳️‍🌈 so we are revisiting a SHAAP-funded report on the experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals with #alcohol services in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The study investigates service users’ and providers’ experiences & includes some concerning findings.

Read: rb.gy/3zibdi

📢Don't forget to register for our 4th and final Alcohol Occasional of 2024!

Dr Danielle Mitchell will be discussing research on ambulance clinicians' experiences with alcohol-related call outs.

🗓️Wed 19th June
⌚️12:45-2pm
🛜 Online (free)

👉eventbrite.co.uk/e/ambulance-cl…

🚨Alcohol is one of just four industries that cause 2.7 million deaths in the European Region every year, according to the latest report published by WHO/Europe 👇

🌟New paper time🌟

Led by Niamh Fitzgerald and published in International Journal of Drug Policy, we reviewed the evidence to see if we could identify alcohol policies that would improve public health without having significant negative impacts on the hospitality sector.

doi.org/10.1016/j.drug…

'I think a lot of women would be shocked that 1 in 10 breast cancer diagnoses we see are down to alcohol.'
Breast Care Nurse, Caroline Tweedie's message on alcohol & cancer - part of our award winning #AlcoholisToxic campaign 🔽

Thank you to everyone who took part in our LGBTQIA+ Research Café! It was so great to hear about important & interesting research going on at GCU right now!🌈📚
SubstanceUse@gcu Beth Meadows Elizabeth Hughes
Dave Whiteley Elena Dimova Professor Jamie Frankis (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
SHAAP Queer Futures 2

This week marks the first 'Celebrating Families Week' by Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs

The Week is dedicated to families affected by alcohol and drugs across the country.
It highlights the challenges they face and champions their love and power 🫶

Learn more: sfad.org.uk/celebrating-fa…

Today Balance North East launched their #AlcoholisToxic campaign 👇
'Alcohol is now known to cause nearly 1 in 10 (8%) of breast cancers while rates of bowel cancer are increasing among younger people'
📰Learn more: fresh-balance.co.uk

It's #PrideMonth 🌈

LGBT+ people are disproportionately affected by alcohol harm. Despite this, there are few dedicated support services in the UK.

In this blog, we hear one man's recovery journey and why he set up a support group for the LGBT+ community.
ahauk.org/recovery-in-th…

June is #PrideMonth 🏳️‍🌈

#BigAlcohol aggressively markets to the #LGBTI community, positioning itself as a community ally

But their products disproportionately kill #LGBTI people

We need tougher #AlcoholMarketing restrictions to protect vulnerable groups, including #LGBTI people

'Digital alcohol marketing and gender: A narrative synthesis'

New paper published by some of our colleagues at Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN)
Very interesting read!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/da…

📢The public consultation on the National Collaborative Draft Charter of Rights for people affected by substance use is open until 3rd June.

🌐See the link below if you would like to have your say to improve the lives of those affected by alcohol harms

alliance-scotland.org.uk/lived-experien…