Alcohol Use

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A Shift in U.S. Drinking Culture: A greater share of Americans now believe alcohol is harmful to health rather than beneficial

Alcohol Industry Panics as Healthier Habits Cut Sales

by Ted Alcorn

Industry reps cite a "war on alcohol," but consumer attitudes suggest a cultural shift toward less drinking

Gender
A participant drinks beer during a Pride Parade.

Confronting Big Alcohol's Sponsorship of Pride Parades

by Patricio López Turconi

This Pride season, it is essential to begin considering the health impacts of Big Alcohol's sponsorship of parades

Man selling alcohol from a window.
Food

Sri Lanka’s Alcohol Tax Reform Spurs Economic and Health Recovery

by Sampath De Seram, Kristina Sperkova

Amidst economic turmoil, the opportunity emerges for transformative fiscal policies to tackle public health challenges

A worker arranges crates of beer before loading them onto a truck inside a San Miguel beer warehouse in Manila, November 14, 2012.
Food

The Philippines’ Blind Spot for Alcohol

by Gianna Gayle Amul

Why the alcohol problem in the Philippines is complicated

A man picks a green bottle at an assembly line inside the Taiwan Beer factory in Jhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan, February 13, 2008.
Food

A Successful Battle Against the Bottle

by Roy Rillera Marzo

How the government, health-care professionals, and the community improved alcohol policies in Taiwan

A life-size cutot of Professor Aurejus Veryga is used to block the path to buying alcohol in a supermarket during hours when alcohol sales are prohibited, in Lithuania, on January 7, 2019..​
Food

Reducing Alcohol-Related Deaths in Lithuania

How the country is cutting down on deaths related to excess drinking

Bar Manager Nicolas de Soto mixes a Calvados-based cocktail at ECC in Chinatown, London December 3, 2010.
Governance

Alcohol: A Public Health Blind Spot

Richard Yoast on alcohol consumption and how philanthropies could help curb excess drinking   

A woman pours alcohol from the bottle into her mouth at the Far Hills Race Day at Moorland Farms in Far Hills, New Jersey, on October 17, 2015.
Food

Alcohol in Excess

How the World Health Organization plans to curb excess drinking across countries

Kimono-clad women wearing protective face masks walk in front of white Japanese Sake barrels stacked in a grid decorated with colorful designs for the year-end and New-Year at Meiji Shrine
Aging

The Curious Case of Japan's Alcohol Contest

by Annie Chan

Japan's young people are turning away from alcohol, but its tax agency wants to reverse the trend

Two men are photographed from the waist up drinking beers out of the bottles at a a casual bar in the Manila metro area, in the Philippines
Gender

For Young Men, Alcohol Does Not Have to Be a Death Sentence

by Max Griswold, Dana Bryazka, Katherine Leach-Kemon, Erin Mullany, Emmanuela Gakidou

For males ages 15 to 49, drinking alcohol causes nearly 10 percent of all years lost to death and disability

A group of young men cluster around a large outdoor table cheering, smiling, and drinking large glasses of beer as COVID-19 restrictions ease in Galway, Ireland, on June 7, 2021.
Governance

On St. Patrick's Day, Ireland's Alternative to Drowning the Shamrock

by Sheila Gilheany, Eunan McKinney, Zubair Kabir

Giving a green light to measures that reduce alcohol use would cut Ireland's high rate of alcohol-related injury, death