In response to a recent article published by The Scotsman, SHAAP and Alcohol Focus Scotland respond with a letter to the Editor. 

Ahead of the Scottish Government consulting on plans to restrict alcohol marketing, calls for a ban on alcohol sponsorship of sports are being made, as it is revealed that Scotland has a higher proportion of alcohol industry sponsors in comparison to football leagues in European countries with stricter alcohol marketing restrictions.

SHAAP Chair, Dr Alastair MacGilchrist wrote to the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt MP, to welcome his decision to increase alcohol duty in line with inflation.

In late October, SNP MSP for Highlands and Islands Emma Roddick urged the new Chancellor to freeze alcohol duty in order to protect the Scotch whisky industry.

Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) invite researchers to submit their research proposals for the 2023 Alcohol Occasionals series.

On Monday 17 October 2022, the newly appointed Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, announced a reversal of almost all of the tax measures set out in the Growth Plan that have not been legislated for in parliament.

Partnership of Royal Colleges and alcohol experts, Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) have renewed their partnership with Scottish Women’s Football for the 2022/23 season.

On 21^st September, as part of the International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol and Other Drugs (INEBRIA) 2022 conference, Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) hosted the opening eve-of-conference event. The INEBRIA 2022 conference took place in Edinburgh from 22^nd-23^rd September. SHAAP were sponsors of the conference.

Researchers at the University of Stirling are looking for people to participate in an anti-stigma campaign called ‘See Beyond. See the Lives. Scotland’.

After the launch of our latest report "What are LGBTQ+ people’s experiences of alcohol services in Scotland? A qualitative study of service users and service providers", and our successful Parliament event on the 9th of June, 9 MSPs signed our letter to the Minister for Public Health, Women's Health and Sport asking for the LGBTQ+ community to be fully supported by alcohol services, and for the upcoming UK Alcohol Treatment Guidelines to include the LGBTQ+ community as a group with specific needs.