Latest IAS Alcohol Alert: January 2015

The latest Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS) Alcohol Alert: January 2015 is now available (here for PDF version).

Articles include:

• Dry January "leads to less drinking all year round"

• Government seeks to encourage move to lower strength drinks

• Labour will "stand up to vested interests" on alcohol policy

• Alcohol Health Alliance calls for sponsorship ban

• Minimum unit price for alcohol would save lives and reduce crime in Wales - new report

• Northern Ireland to proceed with Alcohol Minimum Unit Pricing

• Scottish progress in achieving alcohol targets

• Scottish schoolchildren turn against alcohol

• Scotland to host global alcohol conference

• Court rules that harming unborn child with alcohol not a criminal offence

• TV star says think twice about how much you're drinking

• Using breathalysers to bar drunks

• Public Health England publishes new guidance on responding to young people with alcohol harm in hospital settings

• Alcohol Concern exposes alcohol tactics "to create new customers"