Protect public health

We call on the Government to protect public health through policies such as a comprehensive review of alcohol duties, tighter restrictions on alcohol marketing and improved licensing.

Alcohol is a causal factor in more than 60 medical conditions, including cancer, cardiovascular disease and liver disease, and can also exacerbate mental health problems. With the increased affordability of alcohol, people can now buy very cheap, high-strength alcohol for small sums of money. At the same time, public awareness of the health harms of alcohol is very low.

All references can be found in the full Alcohol Charter, which you can download at the bottom of this page.

The Alcohol Charter is supported by over 30 organisations across the drugs and alcohol sector, and has received increasing cross-party parliamentary support.

To protect public health, we call on the Government to:

We also call on the Government to:

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Improve support for those in need

We call on the Government to use the upcoming Alcohol Strategy to improve support for those in need, through policies such as a ‘treatment levy’, enforcing action against age inequalities and improving training for health and social care professionals.
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Focus on alcohol-related crime and disorder

We call on the Government to reduce alcohol-related crime and disorder through policies such as reducing the drink-driving BAC limit, investing in family drug and alcohol courts, and expanding the delivery of brief interventions in criminal justice settings.

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