Consumption

COVID-19 and alcohol – consumption data strengthens case for ambitious alcohol policy

COVID-19 has put health resilience and preparedness at the forefront of every political debate – How ready were we and our health systems to deal...

Increasing choice to encourage the selection of non-alcoholic, rather than alcoholic, drinks

Originally published on the BMC blog

The label appeal: A look at industry interference in the little warning labelling study that could

Part 2 of a blogpost on the history of a groundbreaking labelling study illustrates the level of industry opposition faced by the researchers involved

Time to downsize wine bottles?

New study assessing the impact of wine bottle size on home drinking finds smaller bottles can have a positive effect

Are there associations between drinking contexts and harms that are not explained by the level of alcohol consumption?

Abigail Stevely explains the findings of her research

Does the size of a wine glass affect how much we drink?

Natasha Clarke and Gareth Hollands on an interesting experiment into a curious phenomenon

Are young people in England still drinking less?

Dr Melissa Oldham summarises the latest NHS England stats on underage drinking

Alcohol-free alcohol: A 0.0-sum endgame?

Habib Kadiri wonders if non-alcoholic drinks normalise alcohol branding in areas where they shouldn't?

Newly defined at-risk drinkers following the change to the UK low risk drinking guidelines: who and what to do?

Researcher Philippa Case explores findings from a new study on ‘newly defined at-risk drinkers’ following a change to the UK’s low risk drinking guidelines. Crossposted from Alcohol...

Generational divide in trends in abstention from alcohol; more young people abstaining than older people

Older people might have something to learn from their younger counterparts when it comes to drinking patterns, says Dr Linda Ng Fat

The economic impact of changes in alcohol consumption in the UK

The Fraser of Allander Institute summarises the results from a recent research project on the potential macroeconomic impact of changes in UK alcohol consumption

By tackling cheap off-trade alcohol, we can support pubs AND reduce harmful consumption

New report shows that there is a common ground between the pub trade and public health advocates

Club Soda hosts the first-ever Mindful Drinking Festival

Inaugural event held as part of a movement to get people to be comfortable with not drinking alcohol

Alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease – the deeper you go, the more you know

A blogpost based on BMJ paper “Association between clinically recorded alcohol consumption and initial presentation of 12 cardiovascular diseases: population based cohort study using linked...

Unitary transparency – monitoring drinking habits by the glass

Dr Richard De Visser explains the results of his latest study looking into the effects of unit-marked drinking glasses on people's alcohol consumption, and what...

Measuring alcohol in populations

Better monitoring of alcohol consumption is needed; technological advances may soon provide extremely valuable information about context of drinking, says Dr Annie Britton

Bang per buck – a recent history of white cider

As the Alcohol Health Alliance releases a report showing that 7.5 litres of high-strength white cider can be bought for the price of a cinema ticket, Dr Peter Rice...

The paradox of waning alcohol consumption? It’s the culture, stupid!

Levels of global alcohol consumption have flatlined. Cultural changes may be one major reason why, says Dr Joan Costa-i-Font