How tobacco, alcohol, and unhealthy food and drink industries use shared tactics to hold back public health progress.
Alcohol industry
Profit Over People: The public doesn’t trust big business with their health
In this blog, Caroline Cerny, Deputy Chief Executive at Action on Smoking and Health, discusses how the public has lost trust in industry’s that harm our health and the broad support for government action on […]
Killer tactics
This report highlights common tactics used by the tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food and drink industries to disrupt public health policymaking.
New report warns MPs to ‘wise up’ to lobbying from health harming industries
Leading public health experts are calling on Members of Parliament (MPs) to protect the health of their constituents and wise up to lobbying tactics from businesses whose sales contribute to poor health such as tobacco, […]
Unhealthy products driving nearly half a million people out of work
More needs to be done to tackle the unhealthy products driving nearly half a million people out of work. A new report released today by a coalition of health charities has laid bare the £31bn […]
The marketing and consumption of no and low alcohol drinks in the UK
This report examines how no and low alcohol (NoLo) beverages are marketed and promoted in the UK and explores how and why consumers drink them
Rapid literature review on the impact of health messaging and product information on packaging of alcohol and other unhealthy commodities
Rapid literature review funded by AFS on the impact of the provision of health and product information on consumer knowledge and behaviour on product labels. Authors Elena D Dimova (Glasgow Caledonian University) and Danielle Mitchell […]
Pubs Quizzed: What Publicans Think About Policy, Public Health and the Changing Trade
A closer look at the way publicans view alcohol policy and challenges within the alcohol industry.
Views from behind the bar
A survey of 200 pub landlords explores the issues that cheap off-license prices and alcohol duty create for the hospitality sector.
Alcohol-free and low-strength drinks: Understanding their role in reducing alcohol-related harms
This research takes a closer look at no-low alcohol products and whether they have the potential to reduce harmful drinking. It also examines the way these products are marketed.