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Alcohol Alert Podcast

Welcome to the Alcohol Alert, the Institute of Alcohol Studies newsletter, covering the latest updates on UK alcohol policy matters. Please subscribe for access to the podcast. instalcstud.substack.com

  1. 28 NOV

    Alcohol Alert - November 2024

    On this month’s podcast we spoke to Will Prochaska, Leader of the Coalition to End Gambling Ads and former Chief Executive of the charity Gambling with Lives. We discussed: * What the gambling world looks like. * The harms associated with gambling. * Why New Labour’s liberalisation of gambling was "one of the worst things we did as a government" according to Alastair Campbell. * The many similarities in how the alcohol and gambling industries behave. * And the pros and cons of a levy on the gambling industry. On the podcast Mr Prochaska said: “The industry would like to present that only those people who are addicted are harmed. But actually, there are a whole host of lower level harms that aren’t given the importance they deserve.” On Wednesday 27 November, after our podcast recording, the government announced that it will introduce a £5 per spin limit to online slots betting for adults 25 and older, and a £2 limit per bet for 18 to 24-year-olds. Gambling minister Baroness Fiona Twycross also said that the government would introduce “the first legally mandated” tax on the betting industry, which will be used to fund research, prevention, and treatment of gambling harm. On Twitter Mr Prochaska said: “Today's announcement of a statutory levy on gambling companies is a hard won step in the right direction, but it must mark the beginning of a full government review of gambling’s place in society." This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit instalcstud.substack.com

    29 min

  2. 1 NOV

    Alcohol Alert - October 2024

    On this month's podcast we spoke to Dr Aveek Bhattacharya about the decisions taken on alcohol duty in Labour's first Budget in 14 years. We discussed the positives and negatives of the decisions, whether Labour could and should have been more radical, how duty should be structured to cover the cost of alcohol harm, and whether public health groups should have welcomed the decision. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit instalcstud.substack.com

    27 min

  3. 26 SEPT

    Alcohol Alert - September 2024

    False equivalence and ‘empty rhetoric’ 🎵 podcast feature 🎵 The Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS) was established in 1983 by the United Kingdom Temperance Alliance, UKTA, previously the United Kingdom Alliance. The UKTA changed its name to the Alliance House Foundation (AHF) in 2003, from which IAS receives most of its funding. IAS has always been transparent about its background and funding. There are several other alcohol control organisations that also have historical links to temperance groups. Some representatives of the alcohol industry point to these temperance links as a means of discrediting IAS and like-minded organisations, often alongside accusations of being ‘puritanical’. For instance, in early August this year, the Chief Executive of the industry body The Portman Group stated that a call from IAS and leading alcohol control experts for the government to exclude the alcohol industry from developing health policy was a: “narrow-minded suggestion put forward by an organisation funded by the temperance movement, and it completely fails to take into account the longstanding, tangible work of initiatives funded by the alcohol industry in tackling alcohol harms, encouraging moderation and enforcing responsible marketing.” Implicit in the mentioning of ‘temperance’ is the assumption that those with links to such movements have a conflict-of-interest and therefore should not be listened to, and that temperance was and is a wholly negative approach. In this month’s podcast we spoke to Dr James Kneale, Associate Professor in Geography at University College London, about the history of temperance. We discussed: * The many manifestations of different temperance groups and movements * Why temperance movements emerged in the 19th Century * How they provided alternative public spaces to drinking establishments * The links they often had with working class social movements, including football clubs * The UKA and its links with IAS * And the links between Sporty Spice and temperance Commenting on the Portman Group highlighting IAS’s temperance links, Dr Kneale stated that: “I do think it’s a lazy word in that kind of context and someone has deliberately weaponised it. I don’t know whether people that read it would have taken it as anything other than the empty rhetoric of a lobbying group. The use of the word temperance is intellectually lazy. But what were [the Portman Group] saying, that they were trying to minimise harm, they were trying to get people to drink responsibly? That’s a temperance argument. “They are thinking that the IAS is a prohibition/teetotal movement, I don’t think it is. I think the Alliance wasn’t entirely that itself. And you are not the Alliance. It’s been a long time since 1853." This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit instalcstud.substack.com

    47 min

  4. 3 SEPT

    Alcohol Alert - August 2024

    In this month's podcast we spoke to Alfie Slade, Government Affairs Lead at the Obesity Health Alliance (OHA), about a new report called Killer Tactics. The report was developed by the OHA alongside the Alcohol Health Alliance and Action on Smoking and Health, and calls for MPs to reject corporate hospitality from these unhealthy product industries. The report shares the common tactics used by these three industries in order to protect industry profits at the expense of public health. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit instalcstud.substack.com

    31 min

  5. 31 JUL

    Alcohol Alert - July 2024

    On this month's podcast we spoke to Lisa Erlandsen, the Policy and Advocacy Manager at the Alcohol Health Alliance. We discussed reasons to be cautiously optimistic with the new government regarding public health, what could prevent progress from being made, why the alcohol industry needs to be removed from health policy-making, and what the AHA will be focusing its attention on in the coming months. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit instalcstud.substack.com

    31 min

  6. 28 JUN

    Alcohol Alert - June 2024

    In our podcast this month we spoke to liver doctor Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, who is also chair of the Alcohol Health Alliance and current president of the BMA, as well as Suzanne Wood, Head of Population Health at the BMA. We discussed the BMA's recent consensus statement calling on the government to reduce the drink driving limit, what else would need to be introduced for the policy to reduce harm, and Sir Ian's words of wisdom to the next BMA president. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit instalcstud.substack.com

    25 min

  7. 30 MAY

    Alcohol Alert - May 2024

    On this month's podcast we spoke to IAS's Chief Executive, Dr Katherine Severi, about our new research that found that alcohol harm costs society £27.4 billion a year. We discussed the cost to various elements of society, why it is important to understand the cost, why reducing harm and supporting the hospitality industry are not mutually exclusive, and what an incoming government should focus on to reduce alcohol harm and its cost. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit instalcstud.substack.com

    14 min

  8. 29 ABR

    Alcohol Alert - April 2024

    In this month's podcast we spoke to Dr Katherine Severi about the rise in alcohol deaths, and Dr Nason Maani, about his latest research paper that looked at correspondence between Public Health England (PHE), The Portman Group, and Drinkaware, in the run up to and launching of the Drink Free Days campaign, which ran in 2018-2019. The paper, which was featured in Private Eye, highlights the collegial relationship between senior figures at PHE, The Portman Group, and Drinkaware, and also show how The Portman Group attempted to paint members of PHE’s alcohol advisory group as having a conflict of interest. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit instalcstud.substack.com

    36 min
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Welcome to the Alcohol Alert, the Institute of Alcohol Studies newsletter, covering the latest updates on UK alcohol policy matters. Please subscribe for access to the podcast. instalcstud.substack.com

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    Institute of Alcohol Studies
  • Años de actividad
    2017 - 2024
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    103
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