Read SHAAP Steering Group Member Harpreet Kohli's letter re MUP in Scotland published in the National Medical Journal of India.
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 4th Scotsman article ahead of the 8th European Alcohol Policy Conference in Edinburgh in November.
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 and how women's drinking is stigmatised, although they drink less than men. (25th May 2018)
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.
Read SHAAP's submission to the draft report issued on 1st May by the WHO Independent High-level Commission on Non-Communicable Diseases.
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. Read the press release
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 been implemented. Read our press release.
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 the event with SHAAP, talks about the campaign at European level to get manufacturers to provide clear information on drinks labels.
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 at the issue of young people and alcohol.
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' on the 70th anniversary of the NHS. Well deserved and congratulations to him! Read about his contribution here
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