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Alcohol-attributable mortality and alcohol control policy in the Baltic Countries and Poland in 2001–2020: an interrupted time-series analysis
BackgroundThe Baltic countries–Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia–are characterized by a high rate of fully alcohol-attributable mortality, compared with...
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An assessment of federal alcohol policies in Canada and priority recommendations: Results from the 3rd Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation Project
ObjectiveTo systematically assess the Canadian federal government’s current alcohol policies in relation to public health best practices.
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Continuities and change in alcohol policy at the global level: a documentary analysis of the 2010 Global Strategy for Reducing the Harmful Use of Alcohol and the Global Alcohol Action Plan 2022–2030
BackgroundThere are only two major statements which define alcohol policy development at the global level. There has not been any comparative...
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Brief interventions 2.0: a new agenda for alcohol policy, practice and research
BackgroundAlcohol problems are increasing across the world and becoming more complex. Limitations to international evidence and practice mean that...
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Using the International Alcohol Control (IAC) policy index to assess effects of legislative change in Aotearoa New Zealand
BackgroundThe IAC Policy Index was developed to allow comparison in alcohol policy between countries and within countries over time including in low...
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Corporate social responsibility, policy framing and strategic marketing: understanding the alcohol industry’s use of social media in Uganda
BackgroundSub-Saharan Africa is important to the future of alcohol and global health because the alcohol market there is expanding rapidly in a...
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Alcohol and Alcohol-related Diseases
Alcohol is one of the major risk factors for negative health outcomes worldwide. It accounts for more than 60 alcohol-related diseases, ranging from...
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Alcohol policy framing in South Africa during the early stages of COVID-19: using extraordinary times to make an argument for a new normal
IntroductionPublic health and alcohol industry actors compete to frame alcohol policy problems and solutions. Little is known about how sudden shifts...
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Trends of alcohol-attributable deaths in Lithuania 2001–2021: epidemiology and policy conclusions
BackgroundLithuania, a Baltic country in the European Union, can be characterized by high alcohol consumption and attributable burden. The aim of...
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First Nations Australians’ experiences of current alcohol policy in Central Australia: evidence of self-determination?
Alcohol is the leading cause of healthy years lost. There is significant variation in alcohol consumption patterns and harms in Australia, with those...
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Evolution of the major alcohol companies key global policy vehicle through the prism of tax records 2011–19
BackgroundImportant insights have been generated into the nature of the activities of the International Center for Alcohol Policies (ICAP). Its...
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Vancouver’s Alcohol Knowledge Exchange: lessons learned from creating a peer-involved alcohol harm reduction strategy in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Despite high rates of harm attributable to alcohol use itself and the associated marginalization of illicit drinkers in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside...
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The International Center for Alcohol Policies (ICAP) book series: a key resource globally for alcohol industry political strategies
This study examines the functions and purposes of the International Center for Alcohol Policies (ICAP) book series, published by Routledge between...
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Improving alcohol health literacy and reducing alcohol consumption: recommendations for Germany
BackgroundAlthough the detrimental health effects of alcohol are well established, consumption levels are high in many high-income countries such as...
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders A Multidisciplinary Approach
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) represent a range of physical, mental, and behavioral disabilities caused by alcohol use during pregnancy, or...
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Effects of a multi-component alcohol prevention program in the workplace on hazardous alcohol use among employees
BackgroundThe workplace can be affected negatively by hazardous alcohol use, and intervening at an early stage remains a challenge. Recently, a...
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Not Everyone Benefits Equally from Sunday Alcohol Sales Bans: Socioeconomic Differences in Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol-Attributable Mortality
We examined socioeconomic variations in the association of off-premises Sunday alcohol sales bans and alcohol consumption and alcohol-attributable...
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Can counter-advertising exposing alcohol sponsorship and harms influence sport spectators’ support for alcohol policies? An experimental study
BackgroundExposure to alcohol advertising and sponsorship through elite sport is associated with harmful use of alcohol. Owing to strong financial...
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First Nations Australians’ self-determination in health and alcohol policy development: a Delphi study
BackgroundRecognition of the role of structural, cultural, political and social determinants of health is increasing. A key principle of each of...
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Cardiovascular diseases mortality and alcohol control policy in Lithuania: exploring a possible link
BackgroundLithuania possesses one of the highest alcohol per capita consumption and has previously implemented alcohol control policies to reduce the...
