SARN News

Thanks to SHAAP for their weekly media monitoring. This article was taken from BT News Online, 25th February ‘Great concern’ over children’s exposure to alcohol sports sponsorship Alcohol sponsorship of sport is associated with risky drinking among school children and adult athletes, according to a report. The Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS) said its review of seven studies, published in...

Thanks to SHAAP for their weekly media monitoring. This article was taken from Eurek Alert, 23rd February Predicted impact of different alcohol taxation and pricing policies on health inequalities. Alcohol-content-based taxation or minimum unit pricing (MUP) are both predicted to reduce health inequalities more than taxation based on product value (ad valorem taxes) or alcohol tax increases under the current...

Thanks to SHAAP for their weekly media monitoring. This article was taken from Hollywood Magazine, 4th Feb. Scotland’s relationship with alcohol is changing, though, evidently, slowly. Despite increased awareness of the harm caused, the latest evaluation of Scotland’s alcohol strategy suggests public knowledge and attitudes around alcohol haven’t really budged in the last ten years. The latest effort came a...

Thanks to SHAAP for their weekly media monitoring. This article was taken from Herald Scotland, 10th Feb. A study of adolescents’ drinking habits has found the heaviest consumers of alcohol were teenagers under the lowest levels of parental control. The biggest drinkers among the 11 to 17-year-olds were also the most secretive about their use of alcohol. Researchers from Glasgow...

Thanks to SHAAP for their weekly media monitoring. This article was taken from Daily Mirror, 8th Feb. Studies have shown that baby boomers are the heaviest drinkers and it’s leaving thousands hospitalised every year with mental disorders. As we live longer, age-related maladies loom large unless we adjust our lifestyles and try to stay healthy into old age. What we...

Thanks to SHAAP for their weekly media monitoring. This article was taken from The Telegraph, 9th Feb. The drink-driving limit in England and Wales may be lowered to make it illegal to drive after one pint of lager or a small glass of wine, the Government has indicated. Ministers said they could follow the example of Scotland, where the drink...

Thank you to SHAAP for their weekly media monitoring. This article was taken from Daily Mail, 10th Feb. Tennent’s lager is to become the first alcohol product in the UK to display calorie information on its packaging. Cans and bottles will carry the information from March in a move to ‘educate drinkers and promote the responsible consumption of alcohol’. Drip...

Thank you to SHAAP for their weekly media monitoring. This article was taken from BBC News, 4th Feb. MSPs have voted down a members bill which would have resulted in a ban on alcohol advertising within 200 metres (656ft) of schools. Richard Simpson also wanted licensed shops in problem areas to mark cans and bottles so they could be traced....

Thank you to SHAAP for their weekly media monitoring. This article was taken from The Independent, 8th Feb. More alcohol-related deaths occur in Scotland than in any other part of the UK, according to new figures. Of the 8,697 deaths linked to alcohol in the UK in 2014, 65 per cent of those were among males, according to data from...

Thank You to SHAAP for their weekly run down of news. The following article was taken from STV News, 11th Feb. Scotland should introduce alcohol-only check-outs and ban drinks advertising outside of licensed premises, according to health professionals. The measures are among 20 recommendations on the price, availability and marketing of alcohol made by Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems...

The Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN), in collaboration with Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP), will be holding a Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher symposium on 18th of April 2016 at the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh. The symposium will be a chance for students and early career researchers, with an interest in alcohol research, from across Scottish...

A recent report funded by the NIHR School for Public Health Research (SPHR) and published in  the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health argues that  stricter local alcohol licensing is linked to fewer hospital admissions. The researchers assessed the alcohol licensing policies and responses to alcohol licensing applications made to 326 local authorities (councils) between 2007-8 and 2011-12 and generated...