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The Alcohol Alert Podcast

Institute of Alcohol Studies

A monthly podcast exploring alcohol harm, policy, research, and industry influence — in the UK and around the world. From minimum unit pricing to corporate lobbying, we speak to the people behind the headlines to uncover what’s really going on. instalcstud.substack.com

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4:41

Alcohol Alert – lockdown edition

The Alcohol Alert Podcast ·

2020/06/30

This is the first of Alcohol Alert newsletter articles on a new platform, Substack. If you like it, please do click on the button below to subscribe. Thank you.Britain’s relationship with alcohol in lockdownOn the 23rd of March, the nation went into lockdown in response to an extraordinary event, a global pandemic of the COVID-19 virus.The emergence of the deadly disease forced people to adapt rapidly to a drastically new environment, which has led many to explore how we cope.In relation to alcohol,

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4:43

Rob Pryce on alcohol tax

The Alcohol Alert Podcast ·

2020/02/28

Alcohol Alert, February 2020: Ahead of the 2020 Budget, an analysis of alcohol duties from the Institute of Alcohol Studies has found that far from the protestations of critics, the poorest households in the UK would stand to benefit most from any increases, especially if subsequent revenue is invested in expanding and strengthening the provision of health services.Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield Alcohol Research Group Rob Pryce gives his thoughts on the report at the seminar where

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7:18

Samy Amri on Dry January in France

The Alcohol Alert Podcast ·

2020/01/24

Alcohol Alert, January 2020: This New Year episode of the Alcohol Alert follows the latest iteration of the Dry January phenomenon, which has spread to France, but not without controversy between the government and the health associations promoting it. Sonia Bigot speaks to Samy Amri of Société Française d'Alcoologie (the French Society of Alcohology) about the successes and challenges of the first ever French Dry January.By subscribing to our enewsletter, you can receive alcohol-related stories and

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5:56

Lucy Bryant on the impact of parent drinking on their...

The Alcohol Alert Podcast ·

2019/11/29

Alcohol Alert, November 2019: This month's edition focuses on research published in the Alcohol & Alcoholism journal suggesting that children can experience negative outcomes as a result of their parents’ alcohol use, regardless of how much those parents drink.We spoke with lead author, IAS Research & Policy Officer Lucy Bryant, about the findings.By subscribing to our enewsletter, you can receive alcohol-related stories and media directly to your inbox; please visit our website www.ias.org.uk and

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52:53

Alcohol marketing, disrupting social norms

The Alcohol Alert Podcast ·

2019/10/17

Alcohol Alert, October 2019: This edition of the Alcohol Alert features a series of lectures given at the IAS Alcohol Marketing Conference: 'Protecting the vulnerable' on 16 October 2019.Vivienne MacLaren (Scottish Women’s Football), Amanda Atkinson (Public Health Institute, Liverpool John Moores University) and Michaela Jones (Scottish Recovery Consortium) present lectures under the session ’Alcohol marketing, disrupting social norms’, chaired by Eric Carlin of Scottish Health Action on Alcohol

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55:56

Policy workshop on regulating marketing to protect...

The Alcohol Alert Podcast ·

2019/10/17

Alcohol Alert, October 2019: This edition of the Alcohol Alert features a series of lectures given at the IAS Alcohol Marketing Conference: 'Protecting the vulnerable' on 16 October 2019.This session was a policy workshop aimed at finding solutions to the issues raised during the conference. Featuring the following panel:• Dan Parker (Living Loud)• Gemma Crompton (Alcohol Focus Scotland)• Richard Piper (Alcohol Change UK)• Colin Shevills (Balance North East)Chaired by David Jernigan PhD. This is a

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31:14

Nathan Critchlow: Regulating alcohol marketing in the...

The Alcohol Alert Podcast ·

2019/10/17

Alcohol Alert, October 2019: This edition of the Alcohol Alert features a series of lectures given at the IAS Alcohol Marketing Conference: 'Protecting the vulnerable' on 16 October 2019.Nathan Critchlow (University of Stirling, Institute of Marketing) presents the lecture: 'Regulating alcohol marketing in the digital "Wild West"'. Introduced by Katherine Severi.*This lecture features a video which, for rights reasons, we are not able to broadcast. To watch the video, please visit our website,

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47:06

International examples of good practice – alcohol...

The Alcohol Alert Podcast ·

2019/10/17

Alcohol Alert, October 2019: This edition of the Alcohol Alert features a series of lectures given at the IAS Alcohol Marketing Conference: 'Protecting the vulnerable' on 16 October 2019.Sheila Gilheany (Alcohol Action Ireland), Patti Rundall (Baby Milk Action) and Gerard Hastings (University of Stirling) present lectures under the session ’International examples of good practice – alcohol marketing regulations abroad and how marketing is dealt with for other unhealthy commodities’, chaired by Sir

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46:20

David Jernigan: Alcohol marketing and public health –...

The Alcohol Alert Podcast ·

2019/10/17

Alcohol Alert, October 2019: This edition of the Alcohol Alert features a series of lectures given at the IAS Alcohol Marketing Conference: 'Protecting the vulnerable' on 16 October 2019.David Jernigan (Boston University School of Public Health) presents the lecture: 'Alcohol marketing and public health – What do we know and what we can we do?'. Introduced by Katherine Severi.*This lecture features a video which, for rights reasons, we are not able to broadcast. To watch the video, please visit our

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9:23

Lesley Smith on midwives giving advice about alcohol...

The Alcohol Alert Podcast ·

2019/09/30

Alcohol Alert, September 2019: This episode focuses on the release of a report looking into the advice given by midwives to pregnant women about alcohol consumption. The survey behind the report ‘Alcohol guidelines for pregnant women: Barriers and enablers for midwives to deliver advice’ – highlights the inconsistency in official guidance that led to four out of ten midwives stating that they were not aware of the actual content of the 2016 alcohol guidelines on pregnancy.One of the report’s

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7:24

Peter Rice on Minimum Unit Pricing compliance

The Alcohol Alert Podcast ·

2019/08/30

Alcohol Alert, August 2019: Following on from NHS Health Scotland’s evaluation that minimum unit pricing legislation is being effectively enforced, this episode looks at the ways in which this is being done. Dr Peter Rice from Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) describes how the Scottish legal enforcement framework operates, such as the role of Licensing Standards Officers in offering expertise and mediation to license owners, and the frameworks basis in previous compliance schemes

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13:44

Emmert Roberts on the prevalence of alcohol use...

The Alcohol Alert Podcast ·

2019/07/30

Alcohol Alert, July 2019: This episode features an interview with Dr Emmert Roberts, who led a study discovering the extent to which patients at UK hospitals use alcohol to a harmful extent, or are dependent on alcohol, compared with the general population – ten times, and eight times respectively.By subscribing to our enewsletter, you can receive alcohol-related stories and media directly to your inbox; please visit our website www.ias.org.uk and click on "Alcohol Alert" to read the latest Issue:

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3:03

Aveek Bhattacharya on the cost of hangovers to the UK...

The Alcohol Alert Podcast ·

2019/06/27

Alcohol Alert, June 2019: This episode leads with a new IAS report exposing the extent of the ‘financial headache’ that being hungover at work causes the UK economy. Based on on survey findings, an estimated 75,000 to 89,000 workers are hungover or intoxicated on any given work day.Policy Analyst Aveek Bhattacharya explains what the research shows; how much of a concern it is, and why, and; how much damage being hungover in the workplace does to the UK economy.By subscribing to our enewsletter, you

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9:38

Alexandra Aldridge on sex and substance misuse

The Alcohol Alert Podcast ·

2019/05/31

Alcohol Alert, May 2019: This episode looks at the stark findings from the latest Global Drugs Survey, which finds that almost nine in every ten incidents of sexual assault involve alcohol. We invited researcher Alexandra Aldridge to explain the issues that the prevalence of alcohol in sexual relationships can raise.By subscribing to our enewsletter, you can receive alcohol-related stories and media directly to your inbox; please visit our website www.ias.org.uk and click on "Alcohol Alert" to read

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7:04

Alison Douglas busts myths on first year MUP data

The Alcohol Alert Podcast ·

2019/04/30

Alcohol Alert, April 2019: This episode focuses on data released ahead of the first anniversary of the Scottish Government's flagship health policy of minimum unit pricing. You might be mistaken in thinking the issue is a simple one – has minimum unit pricing led to a rise or fall in consumption? However, interpretation of the figures available so far suggests the story is more complex. Alison Douglas of Alcohol Focus Scotland cuts through the headlines to explain what the figures do and do not

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6:38

Eric Carlin on SHAAP sponsoring football

The Alcohol Alert Podcast ·

2019/03/29

Alcohol Alert, March 2019: This episode looks at the sponsorship deal between Scottish Women’s Football and alcohol policy NGO Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP). Director Eric Carlin explains more about how this historic deal came about.By subscribing to our enewsletter, you can receive alcohol-related stories and media directly to your inbox; please visit our website www.ias.org.uk and click on "Alcohol Alert" to read the latest Issue: www.ias.org.uk/What-we-do/Alcohol-Alert.aspx

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11:21

Alex Barker on alcohol and streaming services

The Alcohol Alert Podcast ·

2019/02/28

Alcohol Alert, February 2019: In this episode, we spoke to researcher Alex Barker about his latest project studying the impact of alcohol content on the video-on-demand services Netflix and Amazon Prime, and we asked how far this form of exposure was a driver of young people’s consumption habits. By subscribing to our enewsletter, you can receive alcohol-related stories and media directly to your inbox; please visit our website www.ias.org.uk and click on "Alcohol Alert" to read the latest Issue:

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6:29

Dame Professor Parveen Kumar on alcohol and the NHS...

The Alcohol Alert Podcast ·

2019/01/31

Alcohol Alert, January 2019: In this episode, we caught up with the British Medical Association Board of Science Chair Dame Professor Parveen Kumar on the new long-term plan for the national health service and what the proposals to expand alcohol care teams could mean for its future.By subscribing to our enewsletter, you can receive alcohol-related stories and media directly to your inbox; please visit our website www.ias.org.uk and click on "Alcohol Alert" to read the latest Issue:

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22:38

Joe FitzPatrick MSP at the 8th European Alcohol...

The Alcohol Alert Podcast ·

2018/11/30

Alcohol Alert, November 2018: This episode brings you the speech from Scottish Health Minister Joe FitzPatrick devliered at the eighth Alcohol Policy Conference in Edinburgh, where he announced the Scottish government's new alcohol policy framework for preventing harm. By subscribing to our enewsletter, you can receive alcohol-related stories and media directly to your inbox; please visit our website www.ias.org.uk and click on "Alcohol Alert" to read the latest Issue:

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8:00

John Jolly on the 2018 Budget

The Alcohol Alert Podcast ·

2018/10/31

Alcohol Alert, October 2018: In this episode, we focus on the fallout from the Autumn Budget, as the government freezes alcohol duties for beers, spirits and some ciders. Chief Executive John Jolly, of drug and alcohol charity Blenheim, explains why Chancellor Philip Hammond’s business-friendly approach will ultimately have a detrimental impact on public health and treatment services. By subscribing to our enewsletter, you can receive alcohol-related stories and media directly to your inbox; please

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