Sentence examples for tackling misuse from inspiring English sources
Simon Litherland, managing director of Diageo GB, which makes beers, wines and spirits, said: "While alcohol misuse is a serious issue in Britain, these figures not only show that overall alcohol consumption continues to fall, but that there is clear progress in raising awareness and tackling misuse.
The new HMRC unit will tackle misuse by companies of agency workers to avoid tax and other employment obligations.
It will be ineffective in tackling alcohol misuse.
They also said it will be ineffective in tackling alcohol misuse, will penalise responsible drinkers and damage the industry.
It aims to stop bullying before it happens by educating all young people about differences in sexuality and gender identity, by challenging stereotypes and tackling the misuse of language.
He said the government's claims to be a world leader on tackling antibiotic misuse were at odds with allowing "kind of irresponsible use" of the drugs in countries who could sign a post-Brexit trade deal with the UK.
It is also clear that more needs to be done to address the social factors that lead to binge drinking – unless approaches to understanding and tackling alcohol misuse are comprehensive, economic policies designed to mitigate the cost of binge drinking can have only limited success, and may well have a disproportionate punitive effect on responsible drinkers.
Describing the vote as a "historic moment", she told parliament: "Tackling alcohol misuse is one of the most important public health challenges that we face in Scotland".
Miles Beale, chief executive of the Wine and Spirit Trade Association, agreed, saying there was "no evidence" minimum alcohol pricing would be effective in tackling alcohol misuse.
Frank Hewitt, the Big Lottery Fund's NI chair, said: "We are supporting grass roots or community-based projects that will play a key role in tackling alcohol misuse in Northern Ireland.
"We also believe minimum unit pricing would be ineffective in tackling alcohol misuse and would damage the Scotch Whisky industry in the UK and overseas".
