NHS Health Scotland have published a report that evaluates the impact of the Alcohol etc (Scotland) Act on off-trade alcohol sales in Scotland. The report found the introduction of the Act, which included a ban on multi-buy promotions, was associated with an overall 2.6% decrease in off-trade alcohol sales, largely driven by a 4% decline in off-trade wine sales. The Act was also associated with an 8.5% decline in pre-mixed alcohol beverages, although these account for a very small proportion of the overall off-trade market.
A Brazilian investigative team, collaborating with a Simon Fraser University researcher, is citing an urgent need for targeted interventions among young crack users in cities throughout Brazil, identified as the world’s biggest crack market, and further research to better address the problem…
Recent bulletins from the drug and alcohol bank : TEENAGE PEER INFLUENCE ON DRINKING IS NO ILLUSION Is the peer influence on which many prevention programmes are based an illusion due to other factors like pupils sharing similar environments or choosing like-minded friends?
Recent bulletins from the drug and alcohol bank : Public health objectives for England including drugs and alcohol Sets out the structure and objectives of the public health system for England effective from April 2013 and how progress against these objectives will be measured, including addiction treatment completions, alcohol-related hospital admissions, and prisoners identified as needing treatment for alcohol/drug problems. Seminal studies of the impact of alcohol counsellor skills and support In the alcohol treatment world, arguably studies don’t get more important than these landmarks in the relatively scarce literature about what makes some alcohol counsellors, therapists and treatment services more effective than others 'Treatment-resistant' skid-row alcoholics react to organised empathy Later to become founding director of the US National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, in the late 1950s Dr Morris Chafetz of Massachusetts General Hospital conducted a remarkable series of studies which proved that an alcohol clinic's intake and performance can be transformed by the simple application of empathy and organisation. Post-emergency visit text message advice moderates drinking For the first time this US study tried mobile phone text messaging as a way to monitor and moderate the hazardous drinking of young adults screened at emergency departments.
A new national public opinion poll commissioned by Research!America shows only 18% of respondents believe chronic pain is a major health problem, even though a majority of Americans (63%) say they know someone who experienced pain so severe that they sought prescription medicines to treat it. Chronic pain conditions affect about 100 million U.S…
The Alcohol Research UK annual conference recently took place at the Wellcome Conference Centre in London on 12th March, exploring Alcohol and British Society. Some of the key talks and presentations are available and highlighted below. Professor Mark Bellis: Health and Inequalities Professor Bellis from Liverpool John Moores University, examined some of the possible reasons behind the “alcohol harm paradox” – how the poorest 20% of people in Britain suffered twice the levels of alcohol related harm as the most affluent 20% – despite reporting similar levels of alcohol consumption.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Scientists from the research-and-development branch of British American Tobacco (BAT), which oversees more than 200 smoking brands, for example, have created prototypes of cigarettes that reduce exposure to some — but not all — toxicants in smoke. The res
Commissioners in England are being asked to partake in a survey of alcohol services in hospital settings in England by the National Treatment Agency (NTA). The NTA are to be part of Public Health England (PHE) as of 1st April. Investment in a variety of models of hospital based alcohol services has increased in recent years, particularly since 2009 Department of Health alcohol guidance identified 'Appoint an Alcohol Health Worker' as a 'High Impact Change'.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
After being honored as an academician, disputes around Xie Jianping have never stopped. Some claim his research is pseudo-science, while others say any research supporting the consumption of tobacco is immoral.
Filed in Harm Reduction, tobacco
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Also tagged being-honored, business (tobacco), china, consumption, ethics, harm-reduction, health/science, jianping, labels/lights, research-supporting, the-consumption, tobacco
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Sadie Boniface, who is currently writing up her PhD in UCL’s Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, has contributed the following guest post.