tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310493350834667068.post5427534767228113582..comments2023-02-13T01:03:29.674-08:00Comments on Thought for week- public health and wider matters: Alcohol No Ordinary Commodity: Some RamblingsJohn Foster- Personal Opinionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13902523438466894805noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310493350834667068.post-64699674943912347322013-03-13T07:42:04.493-07:002013-03-13T07:42:04.493-07:00Quite right. Alcohol is being brought into daily l...Quite right. Alcohol is being brought into daily living more and more - little wonder over consumption is increasing.<br /><br />I'd love to see alcohol sales simply being banned completely from all points of sale, except off-licences, pubs, and licenced restaurants.<br /><br />Of course, it's unlikely the will of the public would ever rise to overpower the interests of powerful supermarket lobbyists, but simply separating alcohol sales from general sales could greatly restore a wary respect of alcohol that's long lost.<br /><br />Perhaps it might also help to curtail the continuing attempts of marketers to appeal to the young with alco-pops etc.<br /><br />It could also provide a much needed restoration of our old village pubs as pleasant and thriving social watering-holes<br /><br />~S~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310493350834667068.post-68180912362399160222013-03-04T09:14:21.199-08:002013-03-04T09:14:21.199-08:00Interesting stuff. Is a key issue here (which you...Interesting stuff. Is a key issue here (which you I think you allude to in the discussion of supermarkets) that there's still a big emphasis (certainly in the media, maybe in a lot of policy?) on the individual level (awareness, education, responsibility) and much less on the higher level issues (e.g. marketing, availability) and how these interact with individual level factors?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09457784302382259826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310493350834667068.post-68231799602164866112012-11-28T11:10:17.453-08:002012-11-28T11:10:17.453-08:00Thamk you for kind comments and good luck with you...Thamk you for kind comments and good luck with your work. My blog may not have made it clear but I am alcohol researcher. I would like to explore this issue much more as thus far much of what is known is anecdotal. I already had a proposal to explore this designed but it was not funded a year ago. If you can email me on J.H.Foster@gre.ac.uk I would be grateful. You can follow me on twitter @johnfoster12.John Foster- Personal Opinionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13902523438466894805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310493350834667068.post-86007067237651682322012-11-28T10:25:46.845-08:002012-11-28T10:25:46.845-08:00I completely agree with you John. I see in my work...I completely agree with you John. I see in my work middle aged women who have gone from social drinkers, pre child rearing, to hidden, home drinkers who have a problem at best, or drink hazardously at worst. It is this unseen tsunami of problem drinkers, some professional, others stay at home Mums, who need a great deal of support and empathy to tackle their addiction which leads to chaotic lifestyles, family breakdown, and domestic violence. Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07672943358923753927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310493350834667068.post-72223992986495509052012-11-21T02:51:44.707-08:002012-11-21T02:51:44.707-08:00Dear Curmudgeon
The age groups where consumption ...Dear Curmudgeon<br /><br />The age groups where consumption is falling is 16-24 (dramatically). Once individuals reach 30 their consumption tends to plateau and in some cases rise. Most of this group purchase their alcohol from supermarkets. Consumption data needs to be unpacked for trends in different groups.John Foster- Personal Opinionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13902523438466894805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310493350834667068.post-1742610126856638452012-11-19T01:36:16.294-08:002012-11-19T01:36:16.294-08:00But over the past eight years at least, alcohol co...But over the past eight years at least, alcohol consumption in this country has been steadily falling, so you can't really blame the supermarkets for leading us all down the path to perdition.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com