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Alcohol Health Alliance UK @aha-uk.bsky.social · 23h

“We think of alcohol harm as a public health issue, but... When nearly half of young professionals are calling in sick after workplace drinking, it’s not just a hangover, it’s a productivity crisis.”

New @ippr.org report reveals the cost of alcohol harm on our economy.

www.ippr.org/articles/tak...

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Alcohol Health Alliance UK @aha-uk.bsky.social · 2d

Join us for the online launch of our new report Killer Tactics 2: Business as Usual.

Together with @ashorguk.bsky.social and @oha-updates.bsky.social we discuss real life examples of
industry lobbying,delaying and undermining health policy.

Register👇
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f998f9...

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Institute of Alcohol Studies @ias.org.uk · 6d

Alcohol marketing is pervasive and persuasive, driving alcohol-related harm including among children and young people.

In our latest blog, Dr Peter Rice explains why regulations are needed:

www.ias.org.uk/2025/10/02/a...

Making the case for regulating alcohol marketing in Scotland: A recent review of the evidence and next steps - Institute of Alcohol Studies

Dr Peter Rice summarises the recent Public Health Scotland review of alcohol marketing, and what should be done about it.

www.ias.org.uk

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Alcohol Health Alliance UK @aha-uk.bsky.social · 14d

Big Alcohol is ramping up efforts to weaken public health policies as more evidence of harms are revealed.

Ahead of a U.N. agreement, due for adoption by countries tomorrow, @reuters.com reveals that lobbying has caused WHO-backed policies to be dropped from it.

www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Exclusive: Alcohol lobby takes on WHO in battle over health impacts

The Belgian beer industry, Mexico's tequila makers and Heineken all lobbied governments this summer to resist a push by the U.N.'s health agency to introduce tougher rules targeting alcohol, letters and an email reviewed by Reuters show.

www.reuters.com

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Alcohol Health Alliance UK @aha-uk.bsky.social · 15d

New figures show that 1,185 people lost their lives directly due to alcohol in Scotland last year.

While this is a 7% fall on the previous year, it is still far too many. Each one is a preventable tragedy.

Our chair, Prof Sir Ian Gilmore, has responded to the news: ahauk.org/news/alcohol...

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Alcohol Health Alliance UK @aha-uk.bsky.social · 22d

✍️ To mark #FASDAwarenessMonth, Dr Helen Howlett, Women’s Health Champion and FASD Specialist, draws on her first hand experience and highlights why awareness, compassion, and national action are urgently needed to protect children and empower families in this new AHA blog.

ahauk.org/fasd-awarene...

FASD Awareness Month: Why we need compassion when talking about alcohol during pregnancy

FASD Awareness Month

ahauk.org

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Alcohol Health Alliance UK @aha-uk.bsky.social · 23d

📊74% of people want health prioritised over business growth.

Together with @ashorguk.bsky.social & @oha-updates.bsky.social we're calling for stronger action on alcohol, tobacco, and unhealthy food to protect the NHS and boost the economy.

Read our full letter: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Get tough on tobacco and alcohol firms to improve public health | Letters

Letters: Hazel Cheeseman, Prof Sir Ian Gilmore and Katharine Jenner call for minimum unit pricing, a levy on profits, and policies to improve food and drink. Plus a letter from Mary Foy

www.theguardian.com

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Alcohol Health Alliance UK @aha-uk.bsky.social · 29d

Public opinion is clear: people want government to do more to tackle poor health from smoking, alcohol and food.

New polling from @ashorguk.bsky.social , @oha-updates.bsky.social and AHA, breaks down public opinion on health policies by political affiliation.

👉 ash.org.uk/publications...

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Alcohol Health Alliance UK @aha-uk.bsky.social · 29d

“Health service leaders are telling us that unless we act on prevention, we may not have an NHS to fix,” -

Health leaders warn that without bold leadership, the NHS risks collapse under the weight of illnesses caused by alcohol, unhealthy food & smoking.

🔍 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Food industry lobbying is leading Labour to drop public health plans, experts say

Inaction on ill-health prevention after pressure from junk food and alcohol firms ‘could cause NHS collapse’

www.theguardian.com

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Balance North East @balancene.bsky.social · Sep 9

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Alcohol can cause lifelong harm to babies and 76% of NE adults support a clear label warning not to drink alcohol when pregnant or trying to conceive. More in our press release here🔽 shorturl.at/2pSZk
@aha-uk.bsky.social @ias.org.uk

FASD Month: Balance supports proposals for mandatory health warning labels - Fresh Balance

Balance, the North East alcohol programme, is marking Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Month by supporting proposals nationally for the introduction of mandatory alcohol health labels, which in...

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Alcohol Health Alliance UK @aha-uk.bsky.social · Sep 5

📢 New review from Public Health Scotland: alcohol marketing drives consumption.

The evidence is clear — restricting marketing can reduce alcohol harm and improve health.

We'll continue to push #DCMS to improve marketing regs to protect our health.

🔍 publichealthscotland.scot/media/34628/...

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Alcohol Health Alliance UK @aha-uk.bsky.social · Aug 28

Efforts to change Scotland’s policy on alcohol in football stadia have gathered pace this summer.

This @alcoholfocus.bsky.social blog looks at who is behind the push to allow alcohol and asks if this is really for the benefit of the sport and fans.
www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/news/news/al...

News | Alcohol, Class and Cash: The Real Game Behind the Push to Bring Alcohol Back to Football Grounds

Efforts to change Scotland’s long-standing policy on alcohol in football stadia have gathered pace this summer. In what has been misleadingly been billed as a ‘pilot’ (implying robust, independent des...

www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk

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Alcohol Health Alliance UK @aha-uk.bsky.social · Aug 19

New survey shows over 1/3 of young people report seeing alcohol-related content from businesses and influencers online.

🚫 If a product is harmful enough not to be sold to children, it should not be marketed to them, online or anywhere else.

Marketing regulations to protect children are needed.

Cancer Research UK Policy @crukpolicy.bsky.social · Aug 19

1/ 🚨 New CRUK research investigates young people's exposure to marketing for tobacco, vapes, alcohol & HFSS foods on social media.

Marketing makes these products more appealing—and social media can make healthy choices harder.

See the full report here: bit.ly/47DzHcn

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Alcohol Health Alliance UK @aha-uk.bsky.social · Aug 15

“It’s not necessarily that there has been a swing in the pendulum, it’s more that alcohol companies are continually trying to target young people with their products,”

Are Gen Z turning their back on 'clean living' or is the picture more complicated than that?👇

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Booze up: is gen Z’s ‘sensible’ relationship with alcohol moving towards hedonism?

Reports those born between 1997 and 2012 are ditching clean-living ways don’t tell whole story, say experts

www.theguardian.com

Alcohol Health Alliance UK @aha-uk.bsky.social · Aug 15

📢 This week, we wrote to @heidialexander.bsky.social to welcome the government’s proposal to lower the legal drink-drive limit in England and Wales.

Lowering the BAC levels to 50mg per 100ml could save over 150 lives every year, according to NICE modelling.

Full letter: ahauk.org/news/drink-d...

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Alcohol Health Alliance UK @aha-uk.bsky.social · Aug 14

"...if you ask any member of the public, I'm quite sure that you'll get the answer of two pints or two units - that's wrong."

A former traffic police officer has warned that public understanding of the drink-drive limit is flawed and calls for more education.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Public do not know drink driving limit', says ex-traffic officer

The government plans to reduce the drink drive limit from 35 to 22mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Alcohol Health Alliance UK @aha-uk.bsky.social · Aug 12

Prof Sir Ian Gilmore joined BBC Radio 5 Live yesterday with @ias.org.uk @peterrice.bsky.social to discuss the news that lowering the drink-drive limit is under consideration from @heidialexander.bsky.social.

📻 Listen to what they have to say, from 2hrs 14mins in www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

5 Live Drive - 11/08/2025 - BBC Sounds

A round-up of the day's top news and sport with Rima Ahmed and Steffan Powell.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Alcohol Health Alliance UK @aha-uk.bsky.social · Aug 11

However, it will be important to also introduce accompanying measures to support this. As outlined in our work with BMA last year, proper enforcement, awareness and access to alcohol treatment will be key for success.

🔎 Drink driving consensus - www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/p...

Alcohol, drugs and driving consensus statement

Saving Lives: Reducing preventable harm caused by driving under the influence

www.bma.org.uk

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Alcohol Health Alliance UK @aha-uk.bsky.social · Aug 11

Good to hear that reducing the drink driving limit is under review by @heidialexander.bsky.social.

England currently has the highest drink driving limit in Europe. Bringing the limit in line with our European neighbours would reduce the number of RTCs and fatalities.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Alcohol Health Alliance UK @aha-uk.bsky.social · Aug 8

🚫The alcohol, gambling & junk food industries have no place providing educational materials to schools.🚫

58 leading academics & orgs have written to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social urging her to follow Ireland’s lead in removing these materials from classrooms.

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Health experts urge ban on school materials backed by food, drink and gambling firms

Exclusive: Education secretary told sponsored resources misrepresent evidence about diets, alcohol and betting

www.theguardian.com

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Institute of Alcohol Studies @ias.org.uk · Aug 6

We have signed this letter to Wes Streeting (@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social) highlighting the current scale of alcohol harm, and how insufficient the measures in the 10 Year Health Plan are.

There is so much more that the government could do, as the letter explains.

Alcohol Health Alliance UK @aha-uk.bsky.social · Aug 6

✍️ Joined by over 30 leading health and policy experts, we have written to Secretary of State Wes Streeting MP, urging him to revisit the current approach to tackling alcohol harm and commit to an evidence-based strategy that reflects the true scale of the current crisis.

ahauk.org/news/health-...

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Steve Senior @stevensenior.bsky.social · Aug 6

Not nearly so expert or eminent as the signatories, but I endorse this.

The absence of alcohol from the ten year plan when alcohol related harm is one of the areas of public health that’s worsening quickest was a major oversight.

Alcohol Health Alliance UK @aha-uk.bsky.social · Aug 6

✍️ Joined by over 30 leading health and policy experts, we have written to Secretary of State Wes Streeting MP, urging him to revisit the current approach to tackling alcohol harm and commit to an evidence-based strategy that reflects the true scale of the current crisis.

ahauk.org/news/health-...

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Alcohol Focus Scotland @alcoholfocus.bsky.social · Aug 6

We were delighted to join over 30 leading health and policy experts in signing this letter to #WesStreeting

The UK Government's 10 Year Health Plan is totally insufficient to tackle the scale of the #AlcoholEmergency facing both Scotland and the rest of the UK.

Alcohol Health Alliance UK @aha-uk.bsky.social · Aug 6

✍️ Joined by over 30 leading health and policy experts, we have written to Secretary of State Wes Streeting MP, urging him to revisit the current approach to tackling alcohol harm and commit to an evidence-based strategy that reflects the true scale of the current crisis.

ahauk.org/news/health-...

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Royal College of Physicians @rcphysicians.bsky.social · Aug 6

Each year in England alcohol contributes to over a million hospital admissions, with 30% of the adult population in the UK engaging in risky drinking.

As @aha-uk.bsky.social members we’re calling for government to revisit its approach to tackling alcohol harm & commit to a strategy to address this.

Alcohol Health Alliance UK @aha-uk.bsky.social · Aug 6

✍️ Joined by over 30 leading health and policy experts, we have written to Secretary of State Wes Streeting MP, urging him to revisit the current approach to tackling alcohol harm and commit to an evidence-based strategy that reflects the true scale of the current crisis.

ahauk.org/news/health-...

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The Association of Anaesthetists @assocanaes.bsky.social · Aug 6

As part of our support of the Alcohol Health Alliance, we’ve co-signed this letter to Secretary of State Wes Streeting MP, urging him to revisit the current approach to tackling alcohol harm

Alcohol Health Alliance UK @aha-uk.bsky.social · Aug 6

✍️ Joined by over 30 leading health and policy experts, we have written to Secretary of State Wes Streeting MP, urging him to revisit the current approach to tackling alcohol harm and commit to an evidence-based strategy that reflects the true scale of the current crisis.

ahauk.org/news/health-...

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