Professor of Alcohol Policy at University of Sheffield. All things alcohol epidemiology and policy. Follow our alcohol, tobacco and gambling work @sarg_scharr.
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Really cool to see this published.
Some considerations for the patients in your liver/gastro clinic who inevitably ask - what about 0% alcohol drinks?
#ALD #AUD
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Gen Z seem to be drinking less alcohol than older generations. Why is this—and could it be a public health opportunity?
@UK_AHA @JHolmesSheff @OECD @bmj_latest
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Important article explaining why the NAS report on alcohol consumption and health uses a flawed approach to understand the risks of low level alcohol consumption. Claims that low levels of drinking are associated with reduced health risks are not robust. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
***New SARG report*** Our review of Northern Ireland's alcohol licensing system led by colleagues at ISMH at University of Stirling is now out. You can read the full report here: communities-ni.gov.uk/public…
And there's a nice write-up on the BBC here: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70e…
Northern Ireland has a very different licensing system to the rest of the UK, built around the idea of the 'surrender' principle. This means you cannot open a new licensed outlet until an existing outlet 'surrenders' its license.
People sometimes claim alcohol mostly causes 'rare' cancers. This simply isn't true. Alcohol causes both breast and bowel cancer, two of the most common forms. These also aren't rare alcohol-related cancers; they account for a third of all cases. doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(2…
Strongly recommend this piece on taking pleasure seriously in public health work around alcohol. Lots to discuss - what works in alcohol policy debate, whether/how we can incorporate pleasure into public health research, and why previous work on pleasure hasn't gained traction.
New ‘For debate’ paper in Addiction, in which we ask whether alcohol research should take pleasure more seriously.
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We wrote a book! Everything we learned over six years of work on the decline in youth drinking in the UK, Australia, Sweden and Finland.
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If you’re at @LxAddictions check out room 1.05 on Wednesday after lunch for a brief overview of alcohol availability in Ireland
Alcohol consumption among 11-15 year-olds continues to decline in England.
New data from England's main survey of school-children's smoking, alcohol and drug use finds alcohol use is still declining on most measures. digital.nhs.uk/data-and-info…
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New paper documents changes in the amount adult risky drinkers spend on alcohol.
⬇️ around the start of the pandemic
⬆️ since restrictions were lifted and cost-of-living crisis led to high rates of inflation
Pattern appears largely driven by changes in price paid per unit rather than changes in consumption.
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It is with great sadness to share that our beloved colleague Dr Antonia Keung passed away @UoY_SBS @UniOfYork Antonia will be remembered for her smile, kindness and unwavering commitment in tackling child poverty. An untimely and unfair loss. york.ac.uk/business-society/…
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The PhD Symposium is a free annual event for people in the field of #addiction who are doing a #PhD or have recently submitted their thesis. Apply now for your chance to attend. tinyurl.com/278nc8nb
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We've got a cool new paper out today in @TheLancetPH modelling the impact of the reforms to alcohol taxes that happened in the UK last summer. We find that broadly the reforms are a step in the right direction, but only a small step...
doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(2…
**New SARG paper*** Estimating the effect of transitioning to a strength-based alcohol tax system on alcohol consumption and health outcomes: a modelling study of tax reform in England
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A review of 500 best-selling alcohol products by @PortmanGroup finds one in seven still do not carry the CMOs' drinking guidelines, more than eight years since they were announced. Half carry no information on calorie content.
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Come and work with us!
Grade 7 Research Fellow position to work on a project investigating use of non-cigarette tobacco products in England.
Details here: jobs.ac.uk/job/DJP164/resear…