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The hidden harms of drink

Dr Peter Rice, Chair of SHAAP Steering Group and former consultant psychiatrist with NHS Tayside, explains the long term implications of excessive drinking in the...

Report shows clear gender bias in way drinking is reported

Read the third Scotsman article in advance of the 8th European Alcohol Policy Conference in November on how men’s and women’s drinking is reported differently...

SHAAP submission: Public Health (Alcohol)(Ireland) Bill 2015

Read SHAAP’s response to the European Commission’s consultation on the Public Health (Alcohol) (Ireland) Bill 2015 in relation to labelling, advertising and the broadcast watershed.

SHAAP/SARN ‘Alcohol Occasionals’ seminar series 2018/19: Call for proposals

The new series focusses on ‘Alcohol and Recovery’; we are inviting proposals for presentations here.

SHAAP response to WHO Commission’s draft report on NCDs

Read SHAAP’s submission to the draft report issued on 1st May by the WHO Independent High-level Commission on Non-Communicable Diseases.

The MUP story – how Scotland became world first to enact MUP

Today SHAAP publishes ‘The MUP Issue’, the story of how Scotland became the first country in the world to introduce Minimum Unit Pricing for alcohol....

Medical professions welcome Alcohol Minimum Unit Pricing in Scotland

SHAAP is delighted that Minimum Unit Pricing, for which we have campaigned with our partners in the medical professions, support services and NGOs, has finally...

Dr Bruce Ritson honoured with NHS Champion nomination

We are delighted that Dr Bruce Ritson, former Chair of SHAAP and long-time member of SHAAP Steering Group, has been nominated as an ‘NHS Champion’...

Early age drinking in the spotlight: Article in The Scotsman, March 2018

First of a series in advance of the 8th European Alcohol Policy Conference in November 2018, this article in The Scotsman of 29th March looks...

Drinks industry under pressure to provide clear labelling

In the second ‘Scotsman’ article in advance of the 8th European Alcohol Policy Conference in Edinburgh, Mariann Skar, Secretary General of Eurocare which is co-hosting...

New Women, Gender and Alcohol reports and launches

RCPE issued this press release, on behalf of SHAAP, the Institute of Alcohol Studies and Glasgow Caledonian University,  drawing attention to these new resources and...

‘Gender & Alcohol: Tackling Stereotypes’ – 21 March 2018

SHAAP and IAS are pleased to invite you to this evening event at the Scottish Parliament, kindly hosted by Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP. Speakers include Dr...