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alextorney.bsky.social

@alextorney.bsky.social
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PhD researcher at the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research. Interested in alcohol price, taxation, and related public health policy.

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Centre for Alcohol Policy Research @capraustralia.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Day 2 at #KBS2026 finalised with an open meeting focused on Alcohol, Autism and ADHD, run by @sarahcallinan.bsky.social from #CAPR @latrobe.edu.au It is important to consider how standard substance use treatment can meet the needs of neurodivergent people. @kettilbruunsociety.bsky.social
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International Journal of Drug Policy @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
“Whose wine is it anyway? Examining private label cask wine ownership among Australian alcohol retailers” by Alexandra Torney and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…how much power do supermarkets hold over Australia’s wine industry? Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Nic Taylor @nic-alcohol.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
New report examining whether differences in parent cohort explain the decline in adolescent drinking. Spoilers, they don't! doi.org/10.1111/dar.... Many thanks to my co-authors @sarahcallinan.bsky.social @amypennay.bsky.social @alextorney.bsky.social @birdmichael.bsky.social
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Does parental cohort increase the likelihood of underage alcohol consumption in Australia?
Introduction Adolescent alcohol consumption has declined in many high-income countries, with some evidence pointing toward shifts in parenting practices as a key driver. Parenting styles related to ...
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Alcohol, media, and emerging technology research (CAPR) @alcoholandmedia.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Congratulations @meganpcook.bsky.social and team for the massive systematic review of 1,267 studies that focused on single gender alcohol studies. They found that the majority of single gender studies focused on women's alcohol use. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Examining gender in alcohol research: A systematic review of gender differences in how men and women are studied in alcohol research
This systematic review examined differences in the way women and men have been studied in alcohol research over the past decade. In particular, it exp…
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Megan Cook @meganpcook.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Really looking forward to sharing findings from our systematic review of over 1,200 studies and to discuss differences in how men and women have been studied in alcohol research over the past decade.
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Prof Harry Sumnall @profhrs.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
In our new study (£0) we find that the use of dehumanising ‘zombie’ framing, frequently used in news reporting on drugs, leads to higher public stigma towards people who use drugs www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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'Zombie drugs': Dehumanising news frames and public stigma towards people who use drugs
News media is an important determinant of public understanding of drug policy topics. Recent media reporting around the use of synthetic drugs such as…
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