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Alcohol and Cancer Risks: A Guide for Health Professionals

The latest publication from SHAAP is Alcohol and Cancer Risks. This guide has been produced to summarise for Health Professionals the links between alcohol and...

Scotland’s mental health: Adults 2012 October 2012 NHS Health Scotland October 2012

Two indicators of mental health have worsened: – possible alcohol dependency – deaths from mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use. To improve...

Homicide in Scotland, 2011-12

Over two thirds, 68%, of the total of 124 persons accused in homicide cases in 2011-12 were reported to have been drunk and/or under the...

Scottish Health Survey Topic Report: Equality Groups (Scottish Government Publication 30th October 2012)

Scottish Health Survey Topic Report: Equality Groups The report includes data on health behaviours and health characteristics broken down by the following equality groups: gender,...

THE AMPHORA MANIFESTO ON ALCOHOL (Alcohol Public Health Research Alliance) 29th October 2012

The final conference of the AMPHORA research project was held with the Swedish Medical Society in Stockholm, on 17th-19th October. Among other things, the conference...

Doctors and health campaigners say new research from Canada provides further evidence that minimum pricing will work in Scotland Canadian expert describes Scottish policy as the public health ideal

Doctors and health campaigners today welcomed new research from Canada which they say shows that minimum pricing has the potential to save lives and reduce...

National Parenting Strategy published 3/10/12

The Scottish Government lauched a National Parenting Strategy earlier this month. This includes a commitment  to introduce  a 24-30 month review (in April 2013) for...

Substance use among 15-16 year olds in the UK: Key findings from the 2011 European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD)

The survey report shows that although period prevalence of alcohol use among 15-16 year olds in the UK has declined since 1995, heavy episodic drinking and...

Minimum pricing plans in Scotland shelved by ministers

PLANS to introduce minimum pricing on alcohol in Scotland have been postponed indefinitely by ministers as a result of a growing legal challenge to the...

Over the Limit: The Truth about Families and Alcohol

Over the Limit: The Truth about Families and Alcohol, warns of a silent epidemic of alcohol misuse by British families. The report warns that too...

SHAAP Responds to Northern Ireland Drink driving Consultation

SHAAP has responded to a consultation from the Assembly of Northern Ireland who are consulting on amendments to their drink driving regulations.

SHAAP Responds to Proposed Changes to the Law Regulating the Sale and Supply of Alcohol in Northern Ireland

SHAAP has submitted a response to the Social Policy Unit at the Northern Irish Executive to a consultation on the law regulating the sale and...