Public health

There is extensive research highlighting the negative short term and long term impact of alcohol use. Although there is a vast amount of research investigating alcohol use among youth in high-income countries; there is a lack of research on...

On the 12th of July, in a bid to reduce the volume of trauma patients so hospitals have more beds open to treat COVID-19 patients, President Cyril Ramaphosa reintroduced the alcohol ban. South Africa originally introduced a ban on all...

According to the WHO, harmful alcohol use is one of the leading risk factors for the global burden of disease. In response to concerning trends, governments around the world have intervened in the market for alcohol by levying specific...

Below are two-page summaries of research carried out by the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction group. Combined pharmacotherapy and behavioural interventions for smoking cessation Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation Reduction versus abrupt...

The CWIP App brings together around 16 different datasets at the local authority and neighbourhood level, with a range of features including being able to adjust for deprivation effects using the results from linear models calculated ‘on...