A new study published in the American Journal of Public Health found that exclusive consumption of alcopops, a sweetened beverage marketed to young drinkers, was associated with episodic heavy drinking and alcohol-related injuries.

Flaws in the United Kingdom’s Department of Health’s interim evaluation of an alcohol industry pledge to remove one billion alcohol units from the market raise questions about the claimed success argues a new report in the British Medical Journal. The authors say that the report should be withdrawn and revised targets set.

Two new reports released by Alcohol Research UK examine alcohol problems and policy in the United Kingdom. The first, Understanding the Alcohol Harm Paradox , why people with low individual or neighborhood socioeconomic status show a greater susceptibility to the harmful effects of alcohol. The second, A Measure of Change, finds that the devolution of public health responsibilities to local authorities had led to significant cuts in spending on alcohol services.

A group of United Kingdom health charities surveyed more than 800 pupils at primary schools in England and Scotland, reports the BBC, and found many children recognized beer brands, particularly if they were associated with major sporting events. A survey of 800 primary school pupils showed many were more familiar with brands of beer than with leading brands of biscuits, crisps and ice-cream.

A new study posted online in JAMA Pediatrics found that adolescents’ receptivity to television alcohol advertising predicted the transition to onset of binge or hazardous drinking. The authors concluded that alcohol “marketing self-regulation has failed to keep television alcohol advertising from reaching large numbers of underage persons and affecting their drinking patterns.”