WEEKLY ALCOHOL ISSUES
October 19, 2021 – October 29, 2021
This week’s Special Feature: Alcohol Taxation As Development Priority
Despite its strong scientific evidence base, alcohol taxation has long been overlooked as high-impact solution to promote development and achieve the SDGs.
This is changing now.
More countries are exploring alcohol tax increases and more international partners are exploring the potential of evidence-based alcohol taxes to unlock triple benefits for people and societies.
This Special Feature is therefore investigating alcohol taxation as development priority.
Alcohol Issues Podcast – Season 2 Episode 1: How the Alcohol Industry Misrepresents the Truth About Alcohol and Cardiovascular Health
Alcohol’s harm on cardiovascular health is arguably the area where scientific knowledge and public awareness have progressed most slowly in the last decade. In addition to inaction, the myth of alcohol’s benefits for cardiovascular health persists. This episode of the Alcohol Issues Podcast is exploring why change is needed and how it can be further accelerated.
Alcohol issues from our Policy Newsfeed:
- Scotland, UK: Increased MUP Needed to Reduce Crime
- Ireland: Government Abandons Alcohol Tax Increase
- UK: Landmark Report Reveals Gambling Harm, Often Fueled By Alcohol
- South Africa: Alcohol Related Trauma Cases Rise in Western Cape
Our Big Alcohol Watch exposes:
- Uganda and COVID-19: Beer Giant Defies Closure of Bars
Alcohol issues from our Science Digest:
- A Historical Overview of Legislated Alcohol Policy in the Northern Territory of Australia
- The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Health Status and Behaviors in Korea
Our Special Event Alert highlights:
- Sober Inspiration Talk – The Potential of Alcohol-Free Drinks Companies on October 30, 2021; and
- The 41st Annual Conference of the Association of European Cancer Leagues (ECL) on November 15, 2021.
Alcohol Policy News
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Special Feature – No. 33
Alcohol Taxation As Development Priority
Despite its strong scientific evidence base, alcohol taxation has long been overlooked as high-impact solution to promote development and achieve the SDGs.
This is changing now.
More countries are exploring alcohol tax increases and more international partners are exploring the potential of evidence-based alcohol taxes to unlock triple benefits for people and societies.
Alcohol Issues Podcast – Season 2 Episode 1
How the Alcohol Industry Misrepresents the Truth About Alcohol and Cardiovascular Health
Alcohol’s harm on cardiovascular health is arguably the area where scientific knowledge and public awareness have progressed most slowly in the last decade. In addition to inaction, the myth of alcohol’s benefits for cardiovascular health persists. And in policy making processes this misunderstanding is a critical impediment to accelerating action on alcohol as public health priority. But this is changing.
In this episode of the Alcohol Issues Podcast host Maik Dünnbier welcomes Mark Petticrew and May van Schalkwyk to explore why change is needed and how it can be further accelerated.
- Mark is Professor of Public Health Evaluation in the Department of Social and Environmental Health Research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is Director of the NIHR Public Health Research Unit.
- May is Specialist Registrar in Public Health and (NIHR) National Institute for Health Research Doctoral Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, researching the commercial determinants of health.
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