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Minimum pricing of alcohol v alcohol tax

Posted in Alcohol, tagged , , , , , , on March 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Very long faces in the West Country this week. Despite much pressure from the health lobby, Alistair Darling has chosen to ignore calls for minimum pricing of alcohol, and instead has imposed a hefty tax hike on cider. In Wednesday’s Budget statement, the Chancellor announced a duty increase of 10% above inflation for cider compared [...]

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FPH’s call for minimum price for alcohol recognised in CMO Annual Report 2009

Posted in Alcohol, Climate change, tagged , , , , , on March 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief Medical Officer has published his Annual Report 2009 this week. In the report the CMO highlights the key areas of public health requiring action and looks at progress made since previous annual reports.  One issue that he reflects on is the damage caused by “passive” drinking and the recommendation he [...]

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Mapping the way we drink

Posted in Alcohol, tagged , , , , , , , , , on February 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

If home is an English(wo)man’s castle, it seems it’s now also his and her local. Until now homes have been uncharted territory for studies of where, why and how people drink. But at the Royal Geographical Society’s ‘Drinking Spaces and Places’ seminar on Britons’ drinking habits in town centres and rural communities, parks and pubs, [...]

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“Alcohol measures do not go far enough”

Posted in Alcohol, Health Protection, tagged , , , on January 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

By Dr Emilia Crighton, chair of the Scottish committee of the Faculty of Public Health. So the government has decided to bring in a ban on pub and club drinking promotions that encourage people to drink fast and furiously. Licensees will face fines of up to £20,000 or face a prison sentence, under this new [...]

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60p per unit for alcohol- public health specialists

Posted in Alcohol, tagged , , on December 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In the last couple of months, alcohol minimum pricing has been widely, and often fiercely, debated. To add to the discussion, the Faculty of Public Health decided to conduct a survey of its 3,000 public health specialist members to see what they thought. Out of the 274 Faculty respondents the vast majority (87%) supported the policy of a [...]

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A major setback for Scotland’s alcohol bill?

Posted in Alcohol, tagged , , , , on November 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

It could have been a big day for public health in Scotland. It could have been the day when notice was served on Scotland’s ugliest health blight – its rising tide of binge drinking, drunkenness and alcohol-related illness and injury. On Thursday this week, Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon introduced the Alcohol etc (Scotland) Bill – [...]

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Time to get tough on alcohol

Posted in Alcohol, tagged , on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Before you put that glass to your lips, just remember that this is Alcohol Awareness Week. Just stop and think about the huge impact alcohol is having on the health and wellbeing of the nation – and perhaps on you too. Some good, some bad, some ugly. Most of us enjoy a drink from time [...]

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Who says public health and showbiz don’t mix?

Posted in Mental Health, tagged , , , , on August 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Here I am, enjoying a little summer frivolity up at the Edinburgh Fringe, and it seems to me there isn’t a stand-up standing who hasn’t made some play with swine flu or obesity or the crack-down on binge drinking. From Rhod Gilbert to Rich Hall, from Jason Byrne to Stewart Lee, they’ve all had a [...]

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