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14/05/2012
Setting the price at this level will bring significant health and social benefits.
02/05/2012
Minimum pricing will be dropped after 6 years if not working.
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02/05/2012
Supermarket giant refused licence after NHS Lothian raise concerns about impact on public health.
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23/04/2012
Free Rory learning resources and training for small voluntary organisations.
05/04/2012
Patients identified as heavy drinkers by dentists could be referred for treatment and support.
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23/03/2012
Coalition government proposing 40p minimum price per unit as part of new alcohol strategy.
South Ayrshire councillors reject drink ban
16/03/2012
Councillors in South Ayrshire have rejected a bid to ban alcohol at civic events.
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08/03/2012
Alcohol Focus Scotland welcomes the decision by the Scottish Conservatives to support minimum pricing.
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07/03/2012
Stage 1 report on the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing)(Scotland) Bill published by the Health and Sport Committee
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Cambuslang shop receives written warning despite previous licensing offences
28/02/2012
A Cambuslang shop which is already serving a six-month ban from selling booze escaped with a written warning after apparently allowing someone to buy alcohol for a 15-year-old boy.
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Shop apologises for ‘genuine oversight’
28/02/2012
Failure to declare three health and safety convictions south of the border when applying for premises licences for outlets in Musselburgh landed Martin McColl Limited in hot water.
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Late-night bar has opening hours cut
28/02/2012
A bar which boasted of having the latest opening hours in Leith has been told it can no longer trade until 2am, amid fears it was attracting problem drinkers thrown out of other premises.
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Alcohol bans for two hotels
28/02/2012
Drinks licences at two Inverclyde hotels were suspended by councillors after reports of breaches in conditions.
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Teen looked 25, claims shop worker
28/02/2012
An off sales worker who sold drink to a 16-year-old boy claimed this week that she thought he was over 25.
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23/02/2012
A ban on the sale of alcohol below cost price, due to be introduced in April (in England & Wales), will have a "limited impact" on overall alcohol pricing, new research claims.
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15/02/2012
Prime Minister David Cameron is set to call for bars, supermarkets and the drinks industry in England to do more to help ensure responsible drinking.
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08/02/2012
The Scottish Government’s plans to introduce a minimum price for alcohol are, in principle, “entirely compatible” with European Union law
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08/02/2012
Campaigners have persuaded Stirling licensing chiefs to knock back a bid by JD Wetherspoon to open a new pub in the former tax office in Stirling city centre.
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06/02/2012
Scottish Government launches alcohol behaviour change campaign aimed at women aged 30-50.
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01/02/2012
A ban on any more shops selling alcohol in Edinburgh is being considered.
31/01/2012
Alcohol Focus Scotland's response to the Alcohol Minimum Price Modelling Research by the University of Sheffield
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27/01/2012
The number of alcohol-related deaths in Scotland has more than doubled in the past three decades, latest figures show.
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26/01/2012
The chief constable of Scotland's largest police force has called for more action to tackle pubs and nightclubs that serve alcohol to already drunk customers.
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19/01/2012
Drinking alcohol during the first three months of pregnancy does more harm to unborn children than in the final stages, a study has revealed.
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18/01/2012
Alcohol Focus Scotland is holding a series of events across Scotland to discuss how ideas put forward in the Rethinking Alcohol Licensing report could be implemented in local licensing decision making and planning.
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17/01/2012
Presentations available from Cross Party Group meeting on Drugs and Alcohol Misuse (12th Jan 2012)
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11/01/2012
AFS Chief Executive, Dr Evelyn Gillan, provided evidence to The Health Committee on the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Bill
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10/01/2012
Alcohol Focus Scotland
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06/01/2012
Figures revealing a shocking 12 per cent increase in the number of people caught over the limit behind the wheel.
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06/01/2012
The key to getting people to drink less may lie in hiking the minimum price of alcohol, according to a new study out of B.C.'s University of Victoria.
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06/01/2012
The Scottish Parliament has published a research briefing on the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Alcohol) Bill.
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04/01/2012
David Cameron reportedly considering over-ruling cabinet colleagues who favour voluntary approach to tackling excessive drinking
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20/12/2011
SALSUS 2010 national survey shows 14% of 13 year olds and 34% of 15 year olds have consumed alcohol in the past week.
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13/12/2011
Alcohol treatment service reveals that almost half its clients are parents.
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13/12/2011
One motorist had drunk two bottles of vodka while another was alleged to be four-and-half times the legal limit when stopped by police.
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08/12/2011
The amount of alcohol sold in Scottish shops and supermarkets has fallen since a ban on multi-buy deals was brought in this October, figures show.
06/12/2011
Motorists caught driving more than three times the legal alcohol limit or refusing a breath test will face having their car confiscated, even if it is their first offence.
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02/12/2011
The biggest increase was in men and women aged 25 to 29, up by 60% and 88% respectively between 2003 and 2010
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29/11/2011
A bold local authority plan to ban new pubs, clubs or off-sales has prevented a single licensed premises from opening in the area in the past 12 months.
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Study shows drinking age should be raised - health experts
24/11/2011
University of Otago health experts say a study showing a correlation between suicide, homicide and a lower drinking age in the US is further evidence the drinking age should be raised here.
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23/11/2011
University researchers are to carry out a three-year study into the impact of minimum alcohol pricing on Scotland's heaviest drinkers.
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16/11/2011
Retailers caught in underage alcohol stings are more likely to receive serious sanctions after a sheriff failed to overturn a decision by Scotland’s largest local authority.
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14/11/2011
The 2010 - 2011 Alcohol Focus Scotland annual report is now available to view online
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01/11/2011
Plans to reintroduce a minimum price for a unit of alcohol in Scotland are set to be announced by ministers.
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01/11/2011
A Scottish council has taken unprecedented action to ban a store from selling alcohol for one month after it was caught supplying drink to an under-age youngster.
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01/11/2011
AFS and SHAAP today publish a report which shows that minimum unit pricing is needed now more than ever as alcohol continues to be sold at pocket money prices.
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26/10/2011
According to the latest figures, 16 per cent of accidental dwelling fires in 2010-11 were linked to impairment due to alcohol or drug use.
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13/10/2011
Drinkers should be given separate daily and weekly alcohol limits to prevent them consuming their entire recommended allowance at the weekend, a former government adviser has said.
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07/10/2011
Guest lecture by Professor Tom Babor – Problem Drinking in the UK: Public Health Implications of Defining a Drinking Epidemic as a “Corporate-born Disease”
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30/09/2011
From October 1 new legislation means that retailers will not be able to offer discounts to the public when buying alcoholic products in bulk.
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29/09/2011
On Saturday 1 October, new legislation comes into force in Scotland which will make it mandatory for all licensed premises to have a policy of checking the age of anyone buying alcohol who looks under 25.
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28/09/2011
Supermarkets targeted in latest clampdown on drink
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23/09/2011
Drinks giant's marketing tie-up on advertising pages raises concerns about health impact on teenagers
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23/09/2011
Consumers are facing a double price hike after Finance Secretary John Swinney revealed plans for a public health levy on supermarkets and other big stores which sell both alcohol and tobacco.
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20/09/2011
Provides a range of knowledge and skills development courses essential for people working to reduce alcohol-related harm and promote recovery in Scotland.
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20/09/2011
Presentation slides from Dr Evelyn Gillan, Fiona Myers, James Nicholls and Sir Crispin Agnew now available to download.
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20/09/2011
Study shows the number of off-licences locally has impact on young people ending up in hospital for drink-related problems
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20/09/2011
Three out of four violent crimes are committed under the influence of alcohol in some parts of Scotland.
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15/09/2011
New report calls for more effective controls on how, when and where alcohol is sold to reduce record levels of alcohol-related harm.
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13/09/2011
New study for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation explores media representations of alcohol and their influence on teenage drinking.
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06/09/2011
New research commissioned by Alcohol Concern shows a positive link between the density of off-licensed premises and harm from alcohol in underage drinkers.
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31/08/2011
Adults in Scotland are consuming 23% more alcohol than adults in England and Wales, official figures have revealed. Updated with Alcohol Focus Scotland response
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31/08/2011
The percentage of men and women drinking more than the weekly recommended limits has also risen, by 60% in men and 100% in women between 1990 and 2006 (NHS Information Centre, 2009a). Given the likely impact of these two factors on health and social care services, there is now a pressing need to address substance misuse in older people.
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31/08/2011
Raft of measures announced by a multi-agency task force to tackle the anti-social fallout from Glasgow's "booze culture".
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29/08/2011
Bad parenting is to blame for much of the binge-drinking culture
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19/08/2011
The National Licensing Conference draft programme is now online. Places are still available if you still have not booked
18/08/2011
This report entitled 'New media, new problem? - Alcohol, young people and the internet' considers the increasingly prominent role that the internet plays as a means of promoting alcohol use.
15/08/2011
Details of how you can make a difference
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09/08/2011
Scotland's largest police force deals with more problem drunks than the rest of the country combined, new figures show.
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09/08/2011
Drinking just one large serving of spirits can increase the risk of suffering inflammation of the pancreas, research suggests.
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04/08/2011
Glasgow City Council is working with partner agencies to set up an action group on underage drinking, binge drinking and noise nuisance
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04/08/2011
A joint initiative between NHS Lanarkshire and the Violence Reduction Unit (VRU), has been trialled for Lanarkshire, which will gather data from patients to reduce incidents of violent crime.
04/08/2011
A meeting of the Drugs & Alcohol Cross Party Group took place at the end of June.
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04/08/2011
Alcohol Policy UK - A report from the North West Public Health Observatory (NWPHO) demonstrates brief interventions for alcohol are the most cost effective, followed by interventions for smoking, sexual health and physical activity.
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04/08/2011
Alcohol Focus Scotland has joined forces with over 100 NGOs around the world to sign a statement of concern to the UN about conflicts of interest between the commercial sector and public health policy objectives
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04/08/2011
The Scottish Government recently announced the creation of a new Scotland-wide police unit dedicated to tackling sectarianism and other problems at football matches, following the meeting of the joint action group (JAG) set up to consider the issue.
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04/08/2011
On 27 June Alcohol Focus Scotland delivered a presentation at the Scottish Government event Tackling Alcohol Misuse: Implementing a Whole Population Approach: Next Steps for Alcohol and Drug Partnerships (ADPs).
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04/08/2011
Glasgow Addiction Services (GAS) has just commissioned a further series of one day General Alcohol Awareness training workshops aimed at health, social care and voluntary organisation staff working in non-specialist addiction services.
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04/08/2011
In its work to support Local Licensing Forums, Alcohol Focus Scotland organised a July meeting to bring together representatives from various Forums who had recently been in touch looking for advice.
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04/08/2011
Hundreds of Glasgow nursery children will be meeting a new friend in the autumn as the Oh Lila Learning Resource is introduced in over 60 nurseries across the city.
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01/08/2011
British women are more likely to develop cancer than those elsewhere in Europe, with poor diet, obesity and alcohol blamed for higher rates.
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29/07/2011
Two new leaflets have been produced by Alcohol Focus Scotland and Children 1st as part of our campaign to raise awareness of the impact that parents’ drinking can have on children and young people.
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19/07/2011
The Robertson Trust commissioned mp Consultancy to produce a report on the pilot project, which ended on 28 February 2011 and this can be viewed here
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14/07/2011
First interim report summary
12/07/2011
Tough controls on the sale of alcohol could be brought in to tackle football-related disorder.
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12/07/2011
City Council is working with partner agencies to set up an action group on underage drinking, binge drinking and noise nuisance.
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12/07/2011
Angus Council ban on drinking in public places.
12/07/2011
Glasgow Licensing Board has refused an application by Lidl on the basis of the ‘public health objective’.
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07/07/2011
Barbara Dunn from Orkney was given a certificate with the milestone 1000 as her registration number
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30/06/2011
The conference report is now available.
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30/06/2011
Urgent action is needed to limit the availability of alcohol and tackle low supermarket prices, doctors have said.
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22/06/2011
Recommended safe limits for drinking alcohol by older people should be drastically cut, according to a report.
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21/06/2011
Moray MSP Richard Lochhead has stressed that those involved in alcohol sales in Moray have a social responsibility.
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17/06/2011
Meeting to formalise the group
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14/06/2011
Police have said they are disappointed at an increase in the number of people caught driving under the influence of drink or drugs.
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06/06/2011
The new leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats has signalled a policy u-turn on the introduction of a minimum unit price for alcohol.
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03/06/2011
Many of the children survey said they had been embarrassed by a drunk adult with family events also marred by drunkenness.
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03/06/2011
An error which slashed the price of beer and cider led to a stampede of customers at a number of Tesco supermarkets in Scotland.
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01/06/2011
The Scottish Government has been warned of a backlash
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01/06/2011
Alcohol Focus Scotland is working to clarify and provide practical advice on the taking a public health approach in licensing.
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31/05/2011
People under the age of 21 could be prevented from buying alcohol
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31/05/2011
The SNP Government is to revisit plans to ban the sale of drink at supermarket self-ser-vice tills
26/05/2011
Alcohol Focus Scotland’s service user involvement support package to ADPs and frontline services is now available.
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25/05/2011
Scotland’s most senior frontline officers believe they should have the right to call time on alcohol-fuelled parties held in private homes
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23/05/2011
Suspects who are charged with violent crime and whose offences are believed to be fuelled by alcohol are to be banned from drinking while on bail under a police initiative being introduced in Scotland.
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18/05/2011
A major supermarket chain has been barred from boosting drink sales in a landmark ruling by Scottish local authority officials.
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10/05/2011
A new minimum price for alcohol is likely to become law within a year
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06/05/2011
The Scottish National Party is on the brink of a major victory in elections to the Scottish parliament, seizing seats from its main rivals.
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04/05/2011
Doctors have warned that a "significant proportion" of adults are risking alcohol-related health problems.
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14/04/2011
Download your copy of the In Focus Election 2011 Special
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12/04/2011
Our meeting and event space is an affordable, accessible, flexible venue for meetings, workshops, training, seminars and other events.
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08/04/2011
One in 10 cancers in men and one in 33 in women across western Europe are caused by alcohol, researchers have claimed.
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05/04/2011
The Manifesto calls for the new Scottish Parliament to take decisive steps to reduce the harm caused by alcohol
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23/03/2011
Alcohol news from the budget annoucement 2011
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22/03/2011
The head of the prosecution service has warned of an "apocalypse" of alcohol-fuelled crime unless Scotland curbs its hard-drinking culture.
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22/03/2011
Plans to lower the legal drink-drive limit could go ahead in Scotland
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22/03/2011
Response from Alcohol Focus Scotland
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18/03/2011
Scots are drinking an extra 1.2 litres of pure alcohol annually compared with 1994, a report reveals
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14/03/2011
Six health organisations have walked away from the government's "responsibility deal" on alcohol
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02/03/2011
Coalition's limited concessions to drinks industry puts collaborative approach on the rocks
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23/02/2011
Scotland's accident and emergency rooms dealt with 36,000 alcohol-related admissions in 2009
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22/02/2011
Up to 250,000 people could die because of alcohol over the next 20 years unless ministers take strong action to tackle Britain's chronic drink problems, leading doctors are warning.
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22/02/2011
Scottish Alcohol and Tobacco Policy Summit
Tuesday 15th March 2011
Hilton Grosvenor Hotel, Edinburgh
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Tuesday 15th March 2011
Hilton Grosvenor Hotel, Edinburgh
1 month to go - Scottish Alcohol and Tobacco Policy Summit
15/02/2011
Scottish Alcohol and Tobacco Policy Summit
Tuesday 15th March 2011
Hilton Grosvenor Hotel, Edinburgh
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Tuesday 15th March 2011
Hilton Grosvenor Hotel, Edinburgh
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Action needed to reduce health impact of harmful alcohol use
14/02/2011
Source - World Health Organisation 11/02/11
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Smoking and booze are lethal mixture of risks
07/02/2011
Source - Evening News 06/01/11
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MSP calls for ban on alcohol self-service sales
05/02/2011
The use of self-service supermarket tills for buying alcohol should be banned, according to an MSP
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02/02/2011
Oh Lila tells the story of an adventurous young hare named Lila who gets herself into trouble.
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The price of a drink survey reveals cost of alcohol abuse
01/02/2011
Source - The Guardian 01/02/11
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28/01/2011
Middle-class women have become the new binge drinking generation, the latest figures show.
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Alcohol and poor diet linked to UK breast cancer rates
24/01/2011
Women in Britain are more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer than those in most other developed countries because of their unhealthy lifestyles, according to a new study.
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Alcohol and poor diet linked to UK breast cancer rates
24/01/2011
Source -Daily Telegraph 24/01/11
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18/01/2011
Plans for a minimum price for alcohol in England and Wales are to be announced by ministers.
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18/01/2011
We are pleased the coalition government recognises there is a link between price, consumption and harm.
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Minimum alcohol price levels planned by coalition
18/01/2011
Source - BBC News 18/01/11
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Alcohol Focus Scotland response to minimum pricing plans for England and Wales
18/01/2011
We are pleased the coalition government recognises there is a link between price, consumption and harm.
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Cross Party Group on Drugs and Alcohol
17/01/2011
The next meeting of the Cross Party Group on Drugs and Alcohol will meet on Thursday 27th January 2011 at 5.30pm in the Scottish Parliament
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PhD Research Studentship MRC Social & Public Health Sciences Unit Glasgow
17/01/2011
PhD Research Studentship MRC Social & Public Health Sciences Unit Glasgow
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Call to lower Scots limit on drink-driving
11/01/2011
Police and safety campaigners have backed calls for the drink-drive limit to be lowered in Scotland.
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Call to lower Scots limit on drink-driving
11/01/2011
Source - Evening Times 11/1/11
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Growing fears for consequences of supermarket drink discounts
10/01/2011
Alcohol support workers have warned that the increasing price divide between drinking at home and in licensed premises is changing the drinking habits of Scots for the worse.
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Growing fears for consequences of supermarket drink discounts
10/01/2011
Source - The Courier 10/01/11
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426 offenders caught drink driving over festive period
06/01/2011
During the final week of the annual ACPOS Festive Drink Drug Drive Campaign, 105 offenders were found driving whilst over the legal alcohol limit and a further four offenders were detected for driving whilst under the influence of drugs. In toDuring the final week of the annual ACPOS Festive Drink Drug Drive Campaign, 105 offenders were found driving whilst over the legal alcohol limit and a further four offenders were detected for driving whilst under the influence of drugs. In total, over the four week period a total of 426 offenders were caught driving whilst over the legal alcohol limit.
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Scottish Alcohol and Tobacco Policy Summit
21/12/2010
Summit - Scottish Alcohol and Tobacco Policy Summit
Date - 15th March 2011
Cost - £80
Chair - Pennie Taylor, Health Journalist and Broadcaster
Information leaflet - Click to download
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Date - 15th March 2011
Cost - £80
Chair - Pennie Taylor, Health Journalist and Broadcaster
Information leaflet - Click to download
Drunk passengers just as dangerous as drunk drivers
20/12/2010
Drunk car passengers can be as dangerous as drivers who drink, according to research which suggests that 100,000 accidents a year are caused by drivers' friends.
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Well-heeled householders among the biggest drinkers says new report
17/12/2010
More of those in the top earning households drink frequently (five or more days a week) more than those living in the lowest earning homes.
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Blackburn News Issue 6 - Now available online
16/12/2010
The December edition of Blackburn News is now available online.
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