Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems. Based at @RCPEdin, guided by the Medical Royal Colleges + Faculties in Scotland. Retweets do not imply endorsement.
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From the @Glasgow_2026 #CommonwealthGames to the @FIFAWorldCup to the @spfl - sport just seems to be drenched in #Alcohol or efforts to associate sport with drinking
This @SHAAPAlcohol event could hardly be more timely
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We're disappointed the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this summer will be sponsored by a beer brand and a fizzy drinks brand. This, in a city that deals with extreme health inequalities.
We were proud to co-sign a joint letter from the @NCDAllianceScot criticisng the decision of @Glasgow_2026 to sign sponsorship deals with health harming industries
These deals risk tarnishing any potential health legacy of the #CommonwealthGames
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Taught herself Spanish 📖
Started a craft business 🎨
Performed on stage 🎭️
A powerful story on how sobriety and the right support opened up a life Chloe ever thought possible.
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When people think of alcohol problems, they picture extremes. But dependency often starts quietly.
A daily glass?
No alcohol-free days?
Needing more to feel the same?
@DrAmirKhanGP explains what to look out for: buff.ly/ysUJmbR
SHAAP's Dr Peter Rice joins leading experts in a new roundtable from @SSA_Addiction discussing what a UK alcohol strategy should include?
Spoiler (and no surprises) - MUP, health warnings, no industry influence...
Watch here: buff.ly/lZ0zsyD
SHAAP retweeted
Rapid online delivery of alcohol is a very worrying & growing concern.
The opaque nature of online deliveries & little regulation to prevent dependent drinkers from ordering huge amounts of alcohol while intoxicated has only worsened since the pandemic.
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SHAAP statement on article on charity funding in today's Sunday Times.
How the SNP spends billions ‘to buy loyalty from charities’
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Ahead of Scotland v Japan at Hampden later today ⚽️
A reminder that alcohol branding at major sporting events isn't just background noise - it's shaping young people's attitudes from an early age.
@RickPurves explains more 💡
You can find out more about our research with University of Stirling in to No/Lo alcohol marketing at sports events and how it affects our young people here: buff.ly/o9FFUuQ
ICYMI 🎧
Listen to the latest Conversations about Alcohol episode, a joint project with RCGP Scotland 👇
Katriona Paterson, clinical nurse manager, joins Dr Rachel Phillips to discuss consultation styles for helping patients with alcohol problems.
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When Big Alcohol expands, communities are sold a promise.
When demand falls, they pay the price.
The Ayrshire U-turn is a reminder that this industry's reach goes far beyond the bottle -affecting health, employment and communities.
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SHAAP retweeted
"The commitment to a national needs assessment for alcohol treatment and care services is especially welcome, and something which AFS has been calling for over many years...we cannot effectively design and resource services in the dark."
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SHAAP retweeted
We’ve added a new page to our website providing information about the upcoming #ScottishElections
Featuring all you need to help us campaign for the next Parilament to end the half measures and get serious about tackling alcohol harm.
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SHAAP retweeted
Alcohol causes cancer, liver disease, and widespread harm - yet effective policy remains elusive.
🎬 @SSA_Addiction filmed an expert roundtable on what a national alcohol strategy should include, e.g. MUP, health warnings, no industry influence.
Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=QwScYlck…
SHAAP joins @UK_AHA in calling the decision not to implement MUP in Northern Ireland a 'public health failure'. Scotland's evidence shows MUP saves lives while NI has just recorded its highest ever alcohol deaths.
Full statement from AHA: buff.ly/jnE5OpP
Interesting research from UNSW suggesting parents can minimise alcohol harm to children by shaping household norms - making alcohol less central, less available and less emotionally loaded.
Practical steps that could make a real difference.
Parents should aim to shape household norms so that "alcohol is less central, less emotionally loaded and less available" to minimise harm to their children, according to Sergey Alexeev of UNSW.
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SHAAP has written to the First Minister after his "stupid decisions on alcohol taxation" comments. Pricing measures are among the most effective tools to reduce alcohol harm - at odds with the Scottish Government's own MUP policy.
Read the letter here 👇
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SHAAP retweeted
Scotland's First Minister @JohnSwinney has been urged to reconsider his language on alcohol tax, after accusing Westminster of making life harder for the spirits & beer industry with their "stupid decisions on alcohol taxation."
@SHAAPAlcohol wrote to...
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New week, new podcast episode!
What does the evidence say about consultation styles for patients with alcohol misuse? Katriona Paterson joins Dr Rachel Phillips to discuss.
🤝 A joint project with @RCGPScotland.
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SHAAP-funded research discussed on @bbc5live this week with @RickPurves. The study found young people aged 11–17 recognised alcohol branding in NoLo ads and interpreted them as marketing for full-strength drinks
🎧 Listen from 1:47:25
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