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Nov 19

10 years on alcohol in action

Alison Douglas, Chief Executive Alcohol Focus Scotland On the 25th of November 2009, then Cabinet Secretary for Health, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, introduced the Alcohol etc (Scotland) Bill to the Scottish Parliament on behalf of the Scottish Government. In light of the success of the preceding Labour/Liberal Democrat ...

Apr 19

Cross Party Group on Improving Scotland’s Health: 2021 and Beyond

Alison Douglas, Chief Executive Alcohol Focus Scotland Interested in reducing the impact of unhealthy commodities on cancer a d health? Then you may be interested in the Scottish Parliament’s Cross Party Group (CPG) on Improving Scotland’s Health: 2021 and Beyond. As the name suggests, the Group brings together Members of the ...

Jan 19

New Year – new ideas #dontpinkmydrink

By Alison Douglas, Chief Executive , Alcohol Focus Scotland Alcohol is everywhere. Whether we want to drink or not we are surrounded by constant prompts that alcohol should be part of our life, and never more so when it comes to celebrations and gift giving. And although the alcohol industry have long objectified and sexualised ...

Jul 18

Does the availability of alcohol make a difference?

By Alison Douglas, Chief Executive, Alcohol Focus Scotland Recent research from Alcohol Focus Scotland and the Centre for Research on Environment, Society and Health (CRESH) at the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow (1) looked at the links between the number of places selling alcohol and the health and social harms in ...

Feb 18

Drink less, feel better this year

by Alison Douglas Chief Executive, Alcohol Focus Scotland www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk, @AlcoholFocus January is traditionally the time we all count the cost of the excesses of the festive season. But a new year also provides the perfect opportunity for fresh starts and forming healthier habits around eating, drinking and ...

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