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Does a tipple topple the scales? The science on alcohol and body weight

Mackenzie Fong

Has MUP in Scotland reduced alcohol-related crime in the first 21 months? Reflections on an evaluation

Dr Carly Lightowlers and Lucy Bryant

Is it time to help alcohol retailers make more money by selling less alcohol?

Dr Tim Stockwell and Kate Vallance

Higher alcohol taxes could save thousands of lives lost due to cancer in WHO European Region

Carolin Kilian

What COVID-19 restrictions tell us about violence and how alcohol availability affects this

Professor Jonathan Shepherd CBE

Preventing harmful alcohol consumption is an excellent investment for countries

Marion Devaux and Michele Cecchini

How can we use what we already know about health inequality to understand inequalities in alcohol harm?

Jennifer Boyd

Alcohol, pregnancy and Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): NICE, PHE, DHSC and other bodies are finally getting serious

Sandra Butcher

Alcohol-related violence: a summary of research presented at the 2021 British Society of Criminology conference

Olivia Horsefield

None for the road: Why lowering drink drive limits didn’t lower road traffic collisions

Dr Jonathan James and Professor Marco Francesconi

The transition to fatherhood and men’s health: How can we better support fathers?

Dr Elena D Dimova and Dr Rachel O’Donnell

How do stakeholders in global alcohol policymaking talk about alcohol harms and control measures?

Chiara Rinaldi

Is the alcohol industry placing profits before teens’ future prospects?

Dr Pamela Trangenstein and Dr Raimee Eck

Minimum Unit Pricing in Scotland and Wales: what is the impact so far?

Professor Eileen Kaner

More accurate estimates for the burden of Alcohol on the Ambulance Service: around 1 in 6 callouts in Scotland are alcohol related

Francesco Manca, Professor Jim Lewsey and Professor Niamh Fitzgerald

Alcohol marketing versus public health: David and Goliath?

Dr Mary Madden and Professor Jim McCambridge

Medicines to support recovery from alcohol: are they being used?

Dr Kim Donoghue

Advertising ‘Greatness’? Guinness marketing and exposure in the 2019 Guinness Six Nations

Dr Alex Barker

Why are the disadvantaged at greater risk of alcohol harm despite often drinking less than the advantaged?

Jennifer Boyd

What has psychology taught us about alcohol so far and what should we do next? – Part 1 of our series on the Palgrave Handbook

Dr Richard Cooke and Dr Emma Davies