The long term harms of alcohol are being minimised in industry funded education, find Madlen Davies and Hristio Boytchev Universities and schools are being urged to join a growing movement in Ireland and the UK that seeks to drive out the alcohol industry from any influence on public health advice on drinking. A campaign in Ireland has led to educational programmes funded by the alcohol industry being removed from schools.1 But industry backed groups still provide alcohol education in UK schools, including a theatre group funded by drinks giant Diageo. Universities are also targeted: Drinkaware, a charity funded by major alcohol producers and retailers, venues, and restaurant groups, funds freshers’ education materials, including a free cup to measure alcohol units. The public health community is calling for an Ireland-style ban on materials by industry associated charities because they normalise drinking, are poorly evaluated, and take up space that otherwise could be filled by truly independent and more critical initiatives. “It’s extremely problematic because, if I’m a shareholder in a multinational alcohol company, I want to know why money is being spent doing something completely different to the portfolio of the alcohol company, which is production, marketing, and distribution of alcohol. What are they doing in schools? They are protecting those industry profits,” says Katherine Severi, chief executive of the Institute of Alcohol Studies. “They are delaying the implementation of evidence based policies because they are providing a distraction.” Materials by industry associated charities should be banned from public health, says Richard Piper, chief executive officer of Alcohol Change UK, a harm reduction charity, because they “don’t treat alcohol as a problematic, difficult substance.” These resources normalise drinking instead of presenting arguments for not drinking at all, says Piper, and take up space that otherwise could be filled by truly …

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大酒类：敦促大学和学校放弃行业资助的公共卫生建议

马德伦·戴维斯 (Madlen Davies) 和赫里斯蒂奥·博伊切夫 (Hristio Boytchev) 发现，行业资助的教育正在最大限度地减少酒精的长期危害，敦促大学和学校加入爱尔兰和英国日益壮大的运动，该运动旨在消除酒精行业对公共健康的影响关于饮酒的建议。爱尔兰的一项运动导致学校取消了由酒精行业资助的教育项目。1但行业支持的团体仍在英国学校提供酒精教育，其中包括由饮料巨头帝亚吉欧资助的戏剧团体。大学也是目标：Drinkaware 是一家由主要酒类生产商和零售商、场馆和餐馆集团资助的慈善机构，为新生的教育材料提供资金，包括一个免费的测量酒精单位的杯子。公共卫生界呼吁行业相关慈善机构对材料实行爱尔兰式的禁令，因为它们使饮酒正常化，评估不力，并且占用了本来可以由真正独立和更重要的举措填补的空间。 “这是一个非常有问题的问题，因为如果我是一家跨国酒类公司的股东，我想知道为什么要把钱花在与酒类公司的投资组合完全不同的事情上，即酒类的生产、营销和分销。他们在学校做什么？他们正在保护这些行业利润，”酒精研究所首席执行官凯瑟琳·塞维里（Katherine Severi）说道。 “他们正在推迟实施基于证据的政策，因为他们分散了注意力。”减少伤害慈善机构“英国酒精变革”的首席执行官理查德·派珀表示，行业相关慈善机构的材料应该被禁止用于公共卫生，因为他们“不把酒精视为一种有问题的、难以处理的物质”。派珀说，这些资源使饮酒正常化，而不是提出根本不饮酒的论据，并占用了原本可以由真正的……来填补的空间。