IAS Alcohol Alert September 2015: further minimum pricing analysis, public purse debate, Scotland, NI & EU news

The latest Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS) Alcohol Alert: September 2015 is now available (here for PDF version). Read the editorial here and articles below:

• Minimum Unit Pricing legal if justified as best health measure

• Minimum Unit Pricing: The Advocate General’s view

• Alcohol and the Public Purse: Debating the correct frame for alcohol harm

• Scotland: Rise in teetotalism “masks differences” in alcohol consumption and harm

• Commission launches consultation over alcohol excise directive

• Inquiry launched into the impact of alcohol on Emergency Services

• Return of the social responsibility levy for Scotland?

• UK calls on EU to support Member States in tackling alcohol harm

• National rise in violent crime at pubs

• Link between alcohol and poor health outcomes among world’s poorest

• Alcohol-related deaths in Northern Ireland hit poorest hardest

• Australian kids exposed to “tsunami of alcohol promotion”

• Welsh CMO advises mothers to “keep it simple – no alcohol, no risk”