Alcohol marketing and sponsorship

AHA responds to consultation on advertising restrictions for products high in fat, salt or sugar

March 31, 2023

The Department of Health and Social Care and Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport are consulting on secondary legislation for advertising restrictions on TV and online for products high in fat, salt or sugar. In […]

‘It’s everywhere’ – alcohol’s public face and private harm

This report presents the findings of the Commission on Alcohol Harm, which was established in 2020 to examine the current evidence on alcohol harm and the changes needed to reduce this harm. The commission heard […]

AHA responds to the publication of the Scottish Government consultation on alcohol marketing

November 17, 2022

The Scottish Government have announced that they will be consulting on alcohol advertising and promotion. They said: “Restricting alcohol marketing is identified as one of the World Health Organization’s three ‘best buys’, the most cost-effective […]

Why do we need to rethink our attitudes to alcohol?

September 21, 2022

Savannah, who lost her mum to alcohol addiction, explains why we need to address the way we talk about alcohol.

Realising Our Rights: How to protect people from alcohol marketing

This report brings together the latest evidence on alcohol marketing and makes recommendations for governments to introduce bans and restrictions

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

No escape: How alcohol advertising preys on children and vulnerable people

This report brings together the latest evidence on alcohol marketing in the UK

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The problem with drinking responsibly

October 5, 2021

What’s wrong with the alcohol industry’s ‘drink responsibly’ messaging? Colin Shevills investigates

Alcohol advertising and its impact on young people

August 24, 2021

Alcohol advertising is all around us and it hasn’t gone unnoticed by our children. Ruth Spencer reflects upon the impact alcohol advertising has on the young people she meets

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Three quarters of Brits back new controls to help protect children from alcohol advertising

August 24, 2021

New research released today suggests that the Great British public want to see the Government do more to protect children’s exposure to alcohol advertising. Newly published findings from YouGov[1] asked the public whether they would […]