Young people are exposed to ‘extensive alcohol marketing’ and governments around the world need to strengthen rules, say public health experts, as a supplement on the subject is published in the journal Addiction. But the Alcohol Information Partnership,...
Children given sips of alcohol by their parents are much more likely to be drinking full measures by 16, but less likely to binge drink, according to a study of 2,000 Australian children over four years.
The Alcohol Information Partnership (AIP) has been launched in the UK this week. With Diageo, Brown-Forman and Pernod Ricard among its members, the group aims to ‘ensure the debate around alcohol and alcohol misuse remains balanced’.
The International Alliance for Responsible Drinking – a group supported by global alcohol beverage companies including AB InBev, Heineken and Diageo – says ‘good progress’ has been made on a set of commitments to reduce alcohol related harm.
Alcohol consumption during bank holidays, celebrations and other special occasions is inadequately measured in normal consumption surveys, according to a study that suggests 12m more bottles of wine a week can be added to consumption in England when festivities...
Alcohol companies have been finding new and sophisticated ways to use the power of social media to pitch drinking as pivotal to the sporting experience, a new Australian study shows.
Australians are not in fact drinking more alcohol and cases of drink-fuelled violence are not on the up, in spite of longstanding beliefs in the contrary, if an industry analysis is to be believed.
A new US study has linked viewing and liking alcohol advertising on TV with the onset of drinking, binge drinking and hazardous drinking among underage youths.
Australian academics have called for greater analysis of the potential harm caused by mixing energy drinks with alcohol after new research found the practice can turn a few quick drinks into a much longer session.
The EU spirits industry has highlighted its commitment to fighting underage drinking and promoting moderate consumption for young adults, after a Brussels workshop last Friday.
Irish minister Alex White has attacked Diageo for cynical marketing of its annual ‘Arthur’s Day’ Guinness event and insists it worsens the nation’s problems with over-consumption of alcohol.
Many US pop songs glamorize underage drinking as a consequence-free fun part of youth lifestyle, while Patron Tequila, Hennessey Cognac, Grey Goose and Jack Daniel’s dominate music mentions.
Accusing Australia’s alcohol industry of being incapable of self-regulation, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) has called on the government to launch an inquiry into alcohol marketing amid what it calls an unprecedented push by the industry to...
Carlsberg says that UK government plans to introduce minimum unit pricing for alcohol are surprising and will not curb alcohol misuse, especially since the EU suggests such a policy could be illegal.
Consumer groups have urged the Australian government to make alcohol health warning labels on liquor beverages mandatory to help reduce the harm caused by alcohol.
Parent’s adopting a zero tolerance policy on supplying alcohol to teenagers and children may cut the likelihood of college-age binge drinking later in life compared to more European attitudes on supervised access at restaurants or during family dinners,...
European brewers claim they are playing a major role in pushing responsible drinking initiatives in the bloc through localised commitments to the EU Alcohol and Health Forum.
Scotland continues to drive ahead with proposed crackdowns on alcohol promotion and sales through new guidelines on how the industry must sponsor sports teams and other cultural events in the country.
Drinking age limits continue to dominate headlines in the UK as the Scottish Executive yesterday debated the potential merits of limiting sales to people over 21 at some retail outlets, amidst wider interest in the scheme.
As Scotland moves a step nearer to potentially adopting new proposals on raising the legal drinking age at off-trade retail outlets, the European Union says it cannot impose similar mandatory regulation across the bloc.
Drinks groups may stepping up their efforts to promote responsible
alcohol consumption, but some of their latest advertising campaigns
have been labelled as "catastrophically misconceived",
according to new research.
Consumers do heed messages advising them to drink alcohol
responsibly, says a survey by Guinness maker Diageo, as it launches
a series of television adverts in the UK.
Britain's advertising watchdog signalled it was getting tough on a
new code for alcoholic drinks adverts by telling UK brewer Young's
to remove posters linking alcohol with social and sexual success.
Raising the price of alcoholic drinks will not necessarily lead to
less consumption, says new research, calling into question the use
of high prices to encourage responsible drinking.
A last-ditch attempt to thwart the UK's contentious new licensing
laws has been battered down by the government as the issue reaches
boiling point with only a few days to go.
Rising alcohol consumption in the UK is contributing to a sharp
increase in mouth cancer cases, warns cancer charity, adding more
pressure on firms to actively promote responsible drinking.
Alcohol retailers across Europe could be hit by European Commission
plans to tighten controls surrounding the sale and marketing of
alcohol products in a bid to tackle underage drinking.
British drinkers are among the biggest spenders on alcohol in
Europe (£1,272 per person per year - almost twice as much as the
Germans), not least because of the high duty rates there. But new
research from Datamonitor shows that...
The UK government has finally begun the process of changing the
country's draconian licensing laws, a move which politicians claim
could pave the way for all-day drinking. But the industry is
already sending out mixed messages...
