Alcohol Special Interest Group
The Alcohol Special Interest Group is chaired by John Mooney: john.mooney3@nhs.scot and reports to the Faculty's Health Improvement Committee.
In 2021 the SIG commented on and endorsed the SHAAP NCD Report: 358.html (shaap.org.uk)
In 2020 the SIG responded to the Alcohol Health Alliance consultation on alcohol harm in the UK. The Faculty's submission can be found here.
Resources
- Realising Our Rights: How to protect people from alcohol marketing - A report by the Alcohol Marketing Expert Network, June 2022
- Contents unknown: How alcohol labelling still fails consumers - A report by the Alcohol Health Alliance
- The Four Steps to Alcohol Misuse: How the industry uses price, place, promotion and product design to persuade us that too much alcohol is not enough - A report by Alcohol Focus Scotland; Scotland Health Action on Alcohol Problems; Balance, the North East Alcohol Office and engagement and empowerment specialists Our Life, November 2011
- Assessing the feasibility of using place-based health information in alcohol licensing: case studies from seven local authorities in England: Cities & Health: Vol 0, No 0 (tandfonline.com) - pdf available on request