A very confused article in The Telegraph. To be clear, minimum unit pricing is good for pubs as it targets cheap, supermarket alcohol. It would close the gap in price, encouraging people to drink in pubs not at home. telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/…

What would happen to Big Alcohol's profit if people in the UK drank within the low risk guidelines? Alcohol sales revenue could decline by 38%, or £13 billion. Simply put, the alcohol industry relies on the most harmful drinking for its profits.

Killer Tactics: How tobacco, alcohol, & unhealthy food and drink industries hold back public health progress 🎙️Listen to our August podcast with Obesity Health Alliance' Alfie Slade to hear how these industries use the same tactics to interfere with policymaking🎙️ ias.org.uk/podcast/killer…

“Alcohol is a toxin for your brain and it basically just kills brain cells, so it’s just how much you’re willing to do that." - Dr Dr Anya Topiwala. Just seven units a week - 3 pints of beer - lowers levels of grey and white brain matter. telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness… by Emily Craig

Spice up your (temperance) life (assurance)! I suspect lots of people have temperance ancestors , and in last week's episode of 'Who Do You Think You Are?' I helped Melanie Chisholm (fka Mel C) learn more about Thomas Daniel O'Keefe, baker and life assurance agent... 1/5

🎙️Listen to our latest podcast with the Obesity Health Alliance' Alfie Slade, discussing the shared tactics of the alcohol, tobacco, and unhealthy food and drink industries🎙️ Links to podcast: ias.org.uk/podcast/killer…

In our latest blog, Dr Daniela Correia and Dr Daša Kokole looked at whether cancer warnings on labels are an effective way of improving knowledge that alcohol causes cancer. ias.org.uk/2024/09/04/do-…

"What is concerning about the high price of 0-alcohol drinks is they provide little incentive for consumers to try or switch to products that may help to cut down drinking rates...[and] will do little to tackle health inequalities." - Dr Katherine Severi dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

“Africa is the next frontier of growth." As youth drinking declines in the Global North, the alcohol industry is focusing on emerging markets in the Global South. Many of these countries lack effective regulation to slow this proliferation. theexamination.org/articles/as-dr…

"MUP could be a lifeline for pubs. "Cheap alcohol from supermarkets has turned us into a nation of home-drinkers...By setting a minimum price, the Government can level the playing field, making pubs a more attractive option" Prof Sir Ian Gilmore Alcohol Health Alliance UK telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2024/0…

Need a 10-minute break from work? 🎗️It isn't the happiest topic, but learning about how alcohol causes cancer and how we could reduce cancer cases is pretty important. 📽️Watch our film here - with Professor Linda Bauld youtube.com/watch?v=NAJ88Y…

"For Labour, prevention is partly a moral mission – “as we knew in 1945, much avoidable ill health can be prevented” – but it is also an economic one. By creating a healthier population" pressure on the NHS will ease and reduce the number out of work. newstatesman.com/politics/labou…