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Scottish court to decide whether minimum pricing more effective than taxation at protecting health.

Campaigners are calling for stricter alcohol marketing regulations to protect children and young people after research found 95% of 10 and 11 year olds recognised a beer brand.

A coalition of health campaigners has written to the Scottish Government ahead of the upcoming Scottish budget calling for the introduction of a levy on retailers of tobacco and alcohol products to fund tangible actions to reduce deaths from

Ahead of the draft Scottish Budget on Wednesday 4th December, Alcohol Focus Scotland has published a new briefing which has been sent to MSPs.

Alcohol Focus Scotland, the national charity working to prevent and reduce harm caused by alcohol, has questioned the Scottish Government’s commitment to addressing Scotland’s alcohol harm emergency following yesterday’s draft

New study suggests alcohol marketing increases consumption amongst heavier drinkers and poses a danger to people in recovery from alcohol problems

Statistics published yesterday (17/12/2024) by Public Health Scotland show that in 2023/24 there were 32,301 alcohol-related hospital admissions (stays) in Scotland. Statistics published yesterday (17/12/2024) by Public Health Scotland show that in

Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and Alcohol Focus Scotland (AFS) have demanded urgent action from the Scottish Government to tackle alcohol harms in a letter sent to Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Neil Gray MSP.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today (Wednesday 5th February) published their latest figures for alcohol specific deaths in the UK. Overall, in 2023, there were 10,473 deaths from alcohol specific causes in the UK, a rate of

The World Health Organization (WHO) Europe has today (14 February) published a report calling for prominent, mandatory health warning labels on alcohol products to raise public awareness that alcohol causes cancer. Alcohol causes about