Media releases
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2011
Minimum pricing needed now more than ever
31 October 2011
On the day the Scottish Government introduces a bill on minimum pricing, a new report from SHAAP and AFS shows why minimum pricing is needed more than ever. The report, Four steps to alcohol misuse, exposes how the industry uses the four ‘Ps’ - price, place, promotion and product design – to persuade us that too much alcohol is never enough. Findings of a price survey revealed that it was still possible to buy alcohol in Scotland for as a low as 14p a unit.
RE-THINKING ALCOHOL LICENSING
New report calls for more effective controls on how, when and where alcohol is sold to reduce record levels of alcohol-related harm 16 September 2011
18 January 2011.
2010
Comment on Labour Commission on Alcohol report
31 August 2010
Cheap alcohol bought by rich and poor alike, new research reveals
4 May 2010
Duty-busting tactics show why minimum alcohol pricing is vital, say Scotland’s doctors
1 April 2010
Doctors Call for Ban on Promotion of Alcohol in Social Networking Sites
9 March 2010
Public Health Community in Scotland Calls on Labour Commission on Alcohol to Consider Minimum Pricing
9 February 2010
Copies of correspondence with Scottish Labour on the issue of minimum pricing and the remit of their proposed alcohol commission.
Letter to Scottish Labour – December 2009
Letter to Scottish Labour – January 2010
2009
Author Irvine Welsh Calls on Politicians to Curb Culture of Cheap Alcohol
22 November 2009
Price of Alcohol Influences Drinking Habits of Heaviest Drinkers
1 November 2009
Doctors say alcohol is driving health inequalities in Scotland
5 May 2009
Doctors say Scottish Government’s alcohol proposals will save lives in Scotland
2nd March 2009
2008
Bold measures needed as Scots revealed to be drinking significantly more than the rest of Great Britain
8 September 2008
SHAAP welcomes Scottish Government’s new proposals to tackle alcohol misuse
16 June 2008
2007
Experts Call for Scottish Government to Establish Minimum Prices for Alcoholic Drinks in Scotland18 December 2007
Alcohol Harm in Scotland: time for a rethink as over 1 million Scots drinking hazardously
18 October 2007
Top Scots Doctors Call for Parliamentary Inquiry on Alcohol
19 March 2007
Doctors Recommend Urgent Increase in Alcohol Price as New Report Estimates 28,000 Alcohol-Related Assaults in Scotland Per Year
27 December 2006
New Medical Body Formed to Tackle Alcohol Misuse in Scotland: Medical Royal Colleges act as alcohol misuse reaches epidemic levels
1 November 2006