#SONA2026: South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, links alcohol to child stunting, violence & crashes; backs outlet limits, shorter hours, smaller containers, ad curbs, excise/MUP & illicit trade action
Political (business) interference is science is not acceptable and will cost lives! www.reuters.com/business/hea...
UCT and SAMRC have launched CHASE-SA, a major research initiative tackling harmful alcohol use in South Africa and Botswana. Mapping the full alcohol environment and co-creating solutions with communities, the project aims to ↓ alcohol-related harm & strengthen public health #AlcoholHarm #CHASE-SA
An ex-insider's perspective on alcohol advertising: themediaonline.co.za/2025/11/what...
Mind the gap: rethinking global alcohol metrics in
high-abstention low-income and middle-income countries. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
Let's just be honest, this is alcohol advertising & these busses should not be on our streets normalising alcohol use for children. It is time there were substantially more restrictions on alcohol advertising in SA, ideally limiting advertising to points of sale only as per 2013 draft legislation
Given increasing evidence that any alcohol consumption (with a few minor exceptions) is harmful to the health of consumers, one has to ask: "Is this really a benefit, & is the alcohol industry funding this in any way?" @WHO @HealthCanada3 @AirCanada www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Global Alcohol Policy Conference (#GAPC2026) is in Rio next year. Hope to see you there!
Alcohol industry continues longstanding tradition of "promoting profits over people". Pro-health researchers, lobby groups and governments need to expose such behaviour and take action against industry push back against alcohol policy reforms. @globalgapa.bsky.social. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Excited to be attending @mepsy.bsky.social #MePsy25 for the first time, this week!
I’ll be sharing work in progress & findings from 3 projects on:
(1) online risks and digital literacy (interviews)
(2) digital disconnection discourses (NLP)
(3) digital trace data methods (position)
⬇️ for details:
A gigantic step back for global efforts to counter harms associated with alcohol use. Do efforts need now to intensify at national and regional levels - especially in Africa, Asia & Latin America? @globalgapa.bsky.social @iogt-movendi.bsky.social movendi.ngo/policy-updat...
Maybe we needs to take a leaf out of Thai culture where giving gifts of alcohol can be viewed as insulting. It can take more thought/effort to find other gifts, but do we (I include myself) really want to give a gift to someone that increases risk for cancer, heart disease etc.?
If all this gifted alcohol is consumed by Ministers themselves, unless they share widely, how often do they work under influence of alcohol? Do they have any worries about increased risk for liver cirrhosis, cancer & heart disease? At least they have drivers! www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Alcohol-related cancer deaths in the U.S. have surged, hitting men and those 55+ hardest—urgent action and awareness needed. ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/...
Time to call out gaslighting by the liquor industry! Legal beer consumption is on an upward trajectory despite the modest excise tax hikes that have occurred in South Africa, undermining the industry claims of growing illicit trade. www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Peer reviewed paper shows corporate influence on alcohol policy in South Africa & how this is likely to be primary reason why 2016 Liquor Amendment Bill has gone no-where over past 9 years. Time for limiting alcohol industry influence on alcohol policy? 🤔 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
