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Herald Scotland, 10th Feb: Drinking habits study reveals teenagers with lowest levels of parental control ‘heaviest drinkers.

Thanks to SHAAP for their weekly media monitoring. This article was taken from Herald Scotland, 10th Feb. A study of adolescents’ drinking habits has found...

Daily Mirror, 8th Feb: Boozy pensioners risk ‘alcoholic dementia’ with the damage from drink rivaling Alzheimer’s

Thanks to SHAAP for their weekly media monitoring. This article was taken from Daily Mirror, 8th Feb. Studies have shown that baby boomers are the...

The Telegraph, 9th Feb: Drink drive limit could be cut by third, ministers say

Thanks to SHAAP for their weekly media monitoring. This article was taken from The Telegraph, 9th Feb. The drink-driving limit in England and Wales may...

Daily Mail, 10th Feb: Tennent’s lager to become first alcohol product in the UK to display calorie information on its packaging.

Thank you to SHAAP for their weekly media monitoring. This article was taken from Daily Mail, 10th Feb. Tennent’s lager is to become the first...

BBC News, 4th Feb: MSPs reject move to ban alcohol ads near schools

Thank you to SHAAP for their weekly media monitoring. This article was taken from BBC News, 4th Feb. MSPs have voted down a members bill...

The Independent, 8th Feb: Scotland revealed as UK country with most alcohol-related deaths

Thank you to SHAAP for their weekly media monitoring. This article was taken from The Independent, 8th Feb. More alcohol-related deaths occur in Scotland than...

STV News, 11th Feb: Health professionals call for alcohol-only checkouts in shops

Thank You to SHAAP for their weekly run down of news. The following article was taken from STV News, 11th Feb. Scotland should introduce alcohol-only...

Call For Abstracts from PhD Students & Early Career Researchers

The Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN), in collaboration with Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP), will be holding a Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher...

Stricter Licensing Related to Fewer Hospital Admissions.

A recent report funded by the NIHR School for Public Health Research (SPHR) and published in  the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health argues that ...

Awareness Week on Alcohol Related Harm (AWARH)

November 16th- 20th is Awareness Week on Alcohol Related Harm. AWARH was initiated in 2013; it is an initiative of the European Alcohol Policy Alliance...

Alcohol Research UK: Call for Proposals for 2016 Postgraduate and Early Career Symposium

Alcohol Research UK will be holding their second Postgraduate and Early Career Research symposium on March 15th 2016 at the The Rep, Birmingham. There is...

Alcohol Occasional Seminars: Alcohol, Europe and the World

SHAAP/SARN Alcohol Occasional Seminars, 2015–16: Alcohol, Europe and the World Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) are...