Alcohol Alert, April 2019: This episode focuses on data released ahead of the first anniversary of the Scottish Government's flagship health policy of minimum unit pricing. You might be mistaken in thinking the issue is a simple one – has minimum unit pricing led to a rise or fall in consumption? However, interpretation of the figures available so far suggests the story is more complex. Alison Douglas of Alcohol Focus Scotland cuts through the headlines to explain what the figures do and do not mean.

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Alcohol Alert, March 2019: This episode looks at the sponsorship deal between Scottish Women’s Football and alcohol policy NGO Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP). Director Eric Carlin explains more about how this historic deal came about.

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Alcohol Alert, February 2019: In this episode, we spoke to researcher Alex Barker about his latest project studying the impact of alcohol content on the video-on-demand services Netflix and Amazon Prime, and we asked how far this form of exposure was a driver of young people’s consumption habits.

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Alcohol Alert, January 2019: In this episode, we caught up with the British Medical Association Board of Science Chair Dame Professor Parveen Kumar on the new long-term plan for the national health service and what the proposals to expand alcohol care teams could mean for its future.

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Alcohol Alert, November 2018: This episode brings you the speech from Scottish Health Minister Joe FitzPatrick devliered at the eighth Alcohol Policy Conference in Edinburgh, where he announced the Scottish government's new alcohol policy framework for preventing harm.

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Alcohol Alert, October 2018: In this episode, we focus on the fallout from the Autumn Budget, as the government freezes alcohol duties for beers, spirits and some ciders. Chief Executive John Jolly, of drug and alcohol charity Blenheim, explains why Chancellor Philip Hammond’s business-friendly approach will ultimately have a detrimental impact on public health and treatment services.

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Alcohol Alert, August 2018: In this episode, actor Ally Murphy talks about the difficulties of dealing with the behaviour of intoxicated passengers in her former career as a cabin service supervisor, and what solutions could be implemented to protect airline staff during flights.

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Alcohol Alert, July 2018: This episode features MP for Don Valley Caroline Flint, who led calls for the government to introduce policies that protect children from alcohol-related harm at the parliamentary launch of the Families First report.

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Alcohol Alert, May 2018: In this edition, we interview Alcohol Policy UK editor James Morris, who speaks about the government’s new innovation fund to support the children of dependent drinkers. James begins by explaining the how much is being set aside and who is targeted to benefit from the initiative.

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Alcohol Alert, April 2018: In this edition, we interview Dr Katerina Lisenkova, head of economic modelling at the Fraser Allander Institute. She is the lead author of a new report looking into the economic impact of potential changes in UK alcohol consumption.

We asked her about the methodology behind the study, the outcomes from various scenarios, and what modelling could tell us about how future alcohol policy might be conducted for the greatest societal benefit.

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