Case library
Cases of alcohol industry misconduct from around the world exposing the predatory practices.
A library of all the unethical methods of Big Alcohol – aggressive lobbying, unethical marketing, sabotaging of rules and institutions and much more, all in one place.
Exposing the Political Activities of Big Alcohol Front Group Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS)
This paper offers thick description and analysis of DISCUS and its main political activities. It aims to provide a preliminary case study ...
AB InBev Canada Will Improve the Alcohol Duty Escalator As More Ambitious Action Is Needed to Address Alcohol Burden
The planned escalator of the alcohol excise tax in April 2023 upgrades the existing Canadian alcohol tax policy’s effectiveness. The ...
How Major Alcohol Companies Collaborated With Big Tobacco Front Group to Shape Science and Policy
This study shows that at a key formative moment the major alcohol companies took advantage of the intellectual inheritance provided by ...
AB InBev AB InBev Marketing Spending Drives Sales Growth
The world’s largest beer producer, AB InBev credits marketing with driving ‘highest-ever’ volume sales. Anheuser-Busch InBev CEO ...
Exposed: Amazon’s Secret Lobby Campaign to Sabotage the U.S. Alcohol Policy System and Open the Alcohol Market
Amazon planned a lobby campaign to ‘unlock’ the alcohol market in the United States, leaked internal document reveals. The online ...
Bacardi Exposed: Alcohol Companies Among Instagram’s Fastest Growing Brands
Social media has become one of the most popular platforms in alcohol marketing, reaching a large group of people, often minors and young ...
AB InBev Study Reveals Shocking Details About Leading Alcohol Research Funder’s Relationship with the Alcohol Industry
In 2018, a $100 million clinical trial on how ‘moderate’ alcohol use affects health was cancelled in the US. This was because it was ...
UICC: Commercial Interests Drive Millions of Cancer Deaths
Marking World Cancer Day, UICC calls on governments around the world to prioritise four policy actions to reduce preventable cancers caused ...
Denormalising Alcohol Industry Activities in Schools
Children’s education and lives should be protected from the harmful influence of commercial interests. Yet the global alcohol ...