Labelling

AHA responds to Ireland signing law requiring cancer warnings on all alcoholic beverages

May 23, 2023

On Monday 22 May, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly signed into law the Public Health (Alcohol) (Labelling) Regulations 2023 that will make Ireland the first country in the world to require alcoholic beverages to display health warnings […]

‘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 […]

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

Contents unknown: How alcohol labelling still fails consumers

Our latest examination of alcohol labels across the UK

Alcohol Health Alliance responds to Lancet study on alcohol and cancer

July 14, 2021

Around 741,000 of all new cancer cases in 2020 may be associated with drinking alcohol, according to a new study released today. The global study, published in The Lancet Oncology, estimates that 4% of all […]

Just one in five Brits know how many calories are in a glass of wine

July 9, 2021

Leading health experts are calling for better alcohol labelling as new research suggests that most of the public do not know the nutritional information of popular alcoholic drinks. The research also showed that the majority […]

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 […]