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.
Out of Africa: Three Threads Tying the Alcohol Industry to an Emerging Alcohol Epidemic
The March 2018 issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs contains three threads that highlight an emerging issue not readily ...
On the Bottle: Health Labelling and the WTO Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement
This article reviews the minutes of the meetings of the World Trade Organization’s Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) (from ...
The Role of the Alcohol Industry in Policy Interventions for Alcohol-Impaired Driving
Three general conclusions are derived from the evidence presented in this paper. First, some of the industry’s promotional activities, ...
Vested Interests, Corporate Social Responsibility and Public Health Advocacy
This paper explores the tensions between UN calls for private sector engagement in the post‐2015 landscape and public health opposition ...
Evaluation of Alcohol Industry’s Actions to Reduce Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol Globally
This study found that the vast majority of the alcohol industry’s actions to reduce driving under the influence of alcohol does not ...
Contradictions and Dangers in Marketing Alcohol To Prevent Cancer
There is strong and growing evidence of alcohol as a contributing cause of several types of cancer, including breast cancer. Despite this ...
Gambling Advocacy: Lessons From Tobacco, Alcohol and Junk Food
Industry funding of, and influence over, academic research was considered to be one of the most effective industry tactics to resist ...
The Alcohol Industry and the World Cup in Brazil
The author explores how the alcohol industry seeks to determine alcohol policies through the case study of the ban on alcohol selling and ...
The Illusion of Righteousness: Corporate Social Responsibility Practices of the Alcohol Industry
This study identified three CSR tactics employed by the alcohol companies which are closely tied in with the industry’s underlying ...