IAS Alert June 2019: cost of hangovers, labelling, consumption, MUP & more

The latest Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS) Alcohol Alert: June 2019 is now available (here for PDF version). Read the editorial here and articles below:

• COVER STORY – Hangovers cost the UK up to £1.4bn a year
• Scottish alcohol sales fall to 25-year low
• Northern Ireland: Middle-aged alcohol misuse costly for health services
• London hospital ACTs to reduce alcohol-related A&E admissions

• Three years and counting: Guidelines missing from alcohol labels
• YouGov poll: 73% of known addictions are to alcohol
• Permissive parents encourage drinking
• Parents want limits on alcohol advertising
• Low content alcohol may extend the drinking experience
• The London Metal Exchange bans day drinking
• Portman Group criticises lack of support from big brands
• Alcohol dominates UK reality TV
• Alcohol and breast cancer risk link knowledge low
• Welsh MUP delayed until ‘at least’ 2020
• Neuroscience research questions current alcohol limit