discrete choice experiment provides a novel investigation of the acceptability of different interventions to reduce alcohol … consumption and the effect of information on expected effectiveness, using a UK general population sample of 1202 adults. Policy … options included high, medium and low intensity versions of: Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) for alcohol; reducing numbers of …

Alcohol industry is a massive and growing US$150 billion global business—have not yet received adequate prominence in … medical journals. Indeed, attention to and scientific research on the alcohol industry have not kept pace with the industryâ …

adopt new negative health behaviors, specifically cigarette smoking, harmful and hazardous alcohol consumption, or marijuana … consumption. We find that, net of controls and the other two recessionary hardships, unemployment experience was associated with …

addictive goods such as pan and alcohol respond to changes in prices. [IGIDR WP 2005-003]. …

indicated that, consistent with previous research, moderate alcohol consumption (two drinks or fewer per day on average) was … related with lower mortality compared with both total abstention from alcohol and heavy consumption (more than two drinks per …The purpose of this study was to examine whether belonging to a religious group that proscribes alcohol use moderated …

that raises the price of the cheapest alcohol to reduce alcohol consumption and related harms. There is a growing …On May 24th 2012, Scotland passed the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) Bill. Minimum unit pricing (MUP) is an intervention … databases. Advocates' and critics' constructions of the alcohol problem and MUP were examined. Advocates depicted the problem as …

Excessive alcohol consumption among young people in England regularly features in national media and has been a focus … to be largely similar; moreover, the collectivised and social nature of alcohol consumption suggests sources of influence …. Alcohol-related health problems in young people are not spread consistently across England, however, and while there are …

alcohol and smoking. To date, the two contagion mechanisms have been considered observationally inseparable, but this study … friends of friends) using a network exposure model. Peer influence was tested using a logistic regression model of alcohol …

physical activity, and amount of cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption. Depression significantly mediated the association … depression. Health damaging behaviors like unhealthy eating, smoking, and alcohol use may be used to cope, contributing to …