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.

Germany: Alcopops Tax Leads to Reduction in Consumption and Substitution Effect

Results indicate a partial substitution of alcopops by spirits and a switch in preference to beverages associated with riskier alcohol ...

Conflict of Interest in the Alcohol Industry

The alcohol industry has been advancing an agenda of corporate social responsibility, claiming that there is no conflict between commercial ...

Impact of Alcohol Promotions on Adolescent Alcohol Use

This review found consistent evidence to link alcohol advertising with the uptake of alcohol use among non-alcohol using young people, and ...

The Global Alcohol Industry: An Overview

This study found that the global alcohol industry is highly concentrated and innovative. Branded alcoholic beverages are approximately 38% ...

Alcohol in Europe

At the time that the European Commission has been preparing its own strategy on alcohol to cover the full range of activity that takes ...

The Beverage Alcohol Industry’s Social Aspects Organizations: A Public Health Warning

Over the last 20 years the beverage alcohol industry has set up and funded social aspects organizations to manage issues that may be ...

South Africa and Road Safety: Communities Launch Petition to Halt Petrol Stations From Selling Alcohol

BP petrol stations in South Africa have launched alcohol sales in selected stations through their Pick n Pay express stores in Gauteng and ...

Turkey and COVID-19: Government Bans Alcohol Sales to Curb Coronavirus But Receives Push-Back

The Turkish government decided on a temporary alcohol sales ban as a lockdown measure to curb the COVID-19 spread in the country. However, ...

Germany and COVID-19: Rising Alcohol Use Among Adults

Initial analysis of data mainly from the first lockdown phase in 2020 show that use of alcohol products increased among adults during ...

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