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.

How Industry-Funded Alcohol Conferences Frame the Issues

This study found industry-favorable framings of harms and solutions within the alcohol and gambling conferences included in our sample. ...

Diageo Exposed: How Diageo Uses (Growing) Marketing (Spending) to Drive (Rising) Sales

Diageo has increased its marketing spending by 51% since 2017. The Big Alcohol giant is using new data and technology tools to target ...

AB InBev, Heineken

Big Alcohol Grows in Nigeria. So Do Concerns About Alcohol Harm

Big Alcohol has increased its sales revenue and profits in the first half of 2022 in Nigeria. The rising profits of the alcohol industry ...

Outdated Alcohol Labels: Researchers Call for Better Warning Labels to Flag Cancer Risks

In a research perspective article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors Grumman and Hall point out that the current ...

How Big Alcohol Fought Pregnancy Warning Labels in France

This study fills a gap in the Anglosphere research on lobbying against alcohol warnings by analyzing lobbyists’ arguments over a ...

Asahi, Kirin

Australia Raises Alcohol Excise Taxes

Australia has raised its alcohol excise taxes by 4% bringing the price of a pint of beer to $15. Currently, Australia increases excise ...

Kirin

Japanese Alcohol Industry Plans to Change Alcohol Content Labeling

Japanese alcohol companies have agreed with the government to implement new voluntary alcohol labeling measures, including net alcohol ...

Three Reasons Why Big Alcohol Eyes Big Marijuana As Opportunity

Big Alcohol is eyeing the rise of Big Marijuana as an opportunity to maximize profits. There are three reasons why the alcohol industry ...

Alcohol Industry Confuses Australians With Misleading Alcohol Labels

Health-oriented marketing on alcohol product labels such as ‘‘low carb’’ and ‘‘no added sugar’’ are misleading people in ...

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