Local authorities are to be given the power to ban happy hours, all you can drink offers and other price promotions in troublesome pubs and bars, as part of a drive to tackle Britain's binge drinking culture.
The package to be unveiled next week is also expected to include cigarette-style health warnings on television advertising for drinks, and labels on cans and bottles spelling out their alcohol-unit content.
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Bottles of wine and beer could soon carry labels warning of their calorie content.
Experts believe binge drinkers, not deterred by information about how much alcohol a drink contains, might think again if they knew how fattening it was.
The message would be most likely to hit home with image-conscious young drinkers and women.
The harm done by tobacco and alcohol should be rated on the same system as illegal drugs, a leading scientist said today.
Professor Sir Gabriel Horn who chaired a special committee on drug use, warned that dependency on drink and cigarettes was spiralling out of control and urgent measures were needed to curb their misuse.
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has apologised for remarks he made saying a recession could be “good for us” in many ways.
The comments, published on Mr Lansley’s blog, were made in the context of the likely impact of a recession on health issues such as drinking and smoking.
Happy hours, drinking games and all-you-can-drink deals in pubs and bars will be banned, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
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Excessive drinking by children and teenagers is storing up a time bomb of health problems, a charity has warned.
The British Liver Trust says it fears the amount children are drinking is rising despite a slight dip in the numbers who are actually drinking.
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