alcohol

Associations of common mental disorder with alcohol use in the adult general population

Scientific article

Abstract Background and Aims Research has shown that alcohol use and common mental disorders co-occur; however, little is known about how the global prevalence of alcohol use compares across different common mental disorders. The aim of...

Reducing the harm from alcohol by regulating cross-border alcohol marketing, advertising and promotion

Book

10 May 2022

This comprehensive report details the full extent of the way that alcohol is being marketed across national borders – often by digital means – and often regardless of the social, economic or cultural environment in receiving countries. It...

Alcohol advertising patterns and harm-reduction messaging

Video and audio recordings

This presentation focussed on the strategies used by alcohol marketers to promote their products, impending trends in alcohol distribution, effective approaches for messaging about alcohol-related harms, and public support for a range of...

Simultaneous Alcohol and Marijuana Use Among Young Adults: A Scoping Review of Prevalence, Patterns, Psychosocial Correlates, and Consequences

Scientific article

28 April 2022

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Alcohol and marijuana are commonly used by young adults, and use of both substances, particularly at the same time, is prevalent among this population. Understanding the prevalence, patterns, correlates, and...

Peer to Peer User Guide-Drug and Alcohol Peer to Peer Prevention Program

Book

4 May 2022

This guide is developed to facilitate the work of Peer Counsellors in training Peer Educators in substance abuse prevention. It is based on the experience from the peer to peer drug prevention programs conducted by UYDEL. This peer to peer...

Peer to Peer User Guide-Drug and Alcohol Peer to Peer Prevention Program

World Assembly for Community Action on Alcohol

11 May 2022

Online

Description
Community action is one of ten action areas outlined in the WHO Global Alcohol Strategy, highlighting how important community involvement is for preventing and reducing alcohol harm.

Kenya introduces tax on alcohol advertising

News

A 15% tax on fees charged by television stations, print media, billboards, and radio stations for advertisements of alcohol products, gaming, and gambling has been proposed in the 2022/23 budget. Here you can read the news article...

Self-harm and alcohol use

23 May 2022

Online

About this event

Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) invite you to join us online on Monday 23 May from 12.30-14.00 BST (UK time) for our third SHAAP/SARN Alcohol Occasionals event of 2022.

Association of Habitual Alcohol Intake With Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

Scientific article

25 March 2022

Abstract Importance Observational studies have consistently proposed cardiovascular benefits associated with light alcohol consumption, while recent genetic analyses (ie, mendelian randomization studies) have suggested a possible causal...

The 9th European Alcohol Policy Conference

16 June 2022

Oslo

The 9th European Alcohol Policy Conference will take place in Oslo, 16 – 17 June 2022.

This conference will be a space in which speakers and participants with diverse experiences (researchers, policy makers, civil society organisations and academia) will be able to network, debate, question and place critical issues related to alcohol-related harm policies and progress.