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Dr. Andy Mohan

@andymohan.bsky.social
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Lecturer & public health researcher at University of Dundee; alcohol researcher; race equality advocate. President of ICARA (International Confederation of Alcohol, tobacco & other drugs Research Associations)

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SHAAP @shaapalcohol.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
How does the alcohol industry embed itself within LGBTQ+ communities? 🏳️‍🌈 Research presented by Beth Meadows and Kat Petrilli at our Alcohol Occasionals series last year examined 464 posts across six major brands, the findings make for uncomfortable reading...
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icara-atod.bsky.social @icara-atod.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Join ICARA and ARSUA at #GAPC2026 for our joint interactive workshop "From Evidence to Action" where we will be spotlighting Global South research and real-world strategies to turn alcohol evidence into impact. 10 April, 11am-12:30pm @globalgapa.bsky.social @icara-atod.bsky.social
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Dr. Andy Mohan @andymohan.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Really exciting opportunities available when you become an ICARA board member. Please consider applying to join this great team. Please share @sarnalcohol.bsky.social
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Dr. Andy Mohan @andymohan.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I'm now a co-chair of the @sarnalcohol.bsky.social alongside the brilliant Carol Emslie and Hannah Carver. Looking forward to continuing working with @shaapalcohol.bsky.social to Scottish colleagues to progress research addressing harms caused by alcohol in Scotland.
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Alcohol Review @alcoholreview.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Event update: Professor Kathryn Backholer of Deakin University will share her insights into the automated detection of alcohol ads on March 26th. Video sessions are expected from leading African and EU NGOs. Please register to join one or both elements. alcohol-review.com/ar2026/
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AR2026: Alcohol harm and artificial intelligence
+ all the latest research, advocacy and innovation. Thursday, March 26th 2026, everywhere. Registrations open
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Institute of Alcohol Studies @ias.org.uk · 27/01/2026
Alcohol causes cancer - yet most people don’t know it. In our latest blog, Professor Simone Pettigrew sets out the evidence and explains why clear cancer warnings on alcohol are a simple, effective way to save lives. www.ias.org.uk/2026/01/27/w... @georgeinstitute.bsky.social
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Why we should have cancer warnings on alcohol - Institute of Alcohol Studies
With the UK Government planning on introducing health warnings on alcohol labels, Professor Simone Pettigrew looks at the evidence around informing people of the link between alcohol and cancer on-lab...
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Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) @sarnalcohol.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
⬇️ SARN Co-chair Prof Carol Emslie (@carolemslie.bsky.social) discusses the SHAAP/ SARN Alcohol Occasionals seminar series. 💡 The call for abstracts is open for the 2026 series. For full details, please see here: bit.ly/49DaEad 📆 Deadline: Friday 30th January @shaapalcohol.bsky.social
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Dr. Andy Mohan @andymohan.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
@alcoholfocus.bsky.social is looking for a new Financial Controller AND Senior Policy Coordinator. This is an amazing organisation doing important work in combatting alcohol-related harms in Scotland - please share and apply if interested! 👇🏽
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Alcohol Review @alcoholreview.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
A unique opportunity to learn and share about the opportunities and challenges artificial intelligence brings to the global effort to reduce alcohol harm, alongside a global showcase of all the latest research, advocacy and innovation. alcohol-review.com/ar2026/
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AR2026: Alcohol harm and artificial intelligence
+ all the latest research, advocacy and innovation. Thursday, March 26th 2026, everywhere. Registrations open
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Alcohol Focus Scotland @alcoholfocus.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
We've just published our eFocus newsletter for November! 📰 Check it out for all the latest news, research and events in alcohol harm prevention! 👀 mailchi.mp/7b5cf7cb9e02...
Image featuring introductin to eFocus newsletter for November with a selection of main headline stories:

IAS publish long-term vision for alcohol harm
A fond farewell to Laura Mahon, AFS Deputy CEO
IMpact of alcohol on Scottish Ambulance Service
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Dr. Andy Mohan @andymohan.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
How Tesco even thought this was ok... Very glad that the item has been removed but it should never have been available in the first place. news.stv.tv/scotland/sco...
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Scots charity 'sickened' as Tesco pulls 'offensive' diabetes Christmas card
The card sparked backlash on social media after appearing on Tesco's website.
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Alcohol Focus Scotland @alcoholfocus.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Interesting new report from the Equi Think Tank Could wider society learn something from abstinent faith communities on how to normalise #AlcoholFree socialising and reduce harm? Read more 🔽 equi.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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Institute of Alcohol Studies @ias.org.uk · 05/11/2025
Many of the major public health crises we face today are driven by powerful corporations. The extent and impact of harmful commercial influences need to be revealed and addressed. 📽️In this film, experts unmask the influence of harmful corporations🍿 vimeo.com/1131660477
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Unmasking Influence - Full Documentary Film
Unmasking influence is about how commercial actors influence policy and public health. Many of the major public health crises we face today are largely driven by…
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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Regulatory capture & UK alcohol licensing review There is currently a call for evidence from stakeholders on reforming the licensing system www.gov.uk/government/c... I have written a bit on why this matters here gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/r...
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Reforming the licensing system
Seeking views and evidence to develop a modern, proportionate and enabling licensing system under the Licensing Act 2003.
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Alcohol Focus Scotland @alcoholfocus.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Save the Date! 🗓️ Alcohol-Free Childhood Campaign Webinar - 6 November Join our campaign partners for a webinar exploring the findings of Public Health Scotland’s recent evidence review on #AlcoholMarketing and advertising www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alcohol-fr...
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Alcohol-Free Childhood Campaign Webinar
Join us for a webinar exploring alcohol marketing in Scotland and its impact on children and young people!
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SHAAP @shaapalcohol.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
SHAAP Chair Dr @alastairmacg.bsky.social comments on @publichealthscot.bsky.social newly published review into the fall in referrals to specialist alcohol and drug treatment in Scotland. Read his full statement and see the review: www.shaap.org.uk/news/fall-in...
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Dr. Andy Mohan @andymohan.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
@alcoholfocus.bsky.social is an amazing organisation that focuses on reducing alcohol-related harm in Scotland, and looking for a new CEO! If you have the expertise, please consider applying: www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/about-vacanc...
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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
www.adph.org.uk/2025/10/alco... Alcohol licensing reforms From a public health point of view, it's... well a little disappointing... Its almost as if there wasn't some concern about high and rising alcohol harm and it's impact on families, UKPLC and the NHS
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Alcohol licensing reforms - ADPH
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Dr. Andy Mohan @andymohan.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
@dundee.ac.uk Founders Project looks at early benefactors of UoD and the various institutions that have become part of it, uncovering connections to slavery and colonialism. On 7th Oct we present more findings in: Transatlantic Connections. Places still available: www.dundee.ac.uk/events/unive...
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University of Dundee Founders Project – Transatlantic Connections | University of Dundee, UK
A talk on Dundee University’s past with connections to the Caribbean and the Americas
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/10/2025
‘This is strength’: stories of enslaved Africans in Grenada made into searchable archive
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‘This is strength’: stories of enslaved Africans in Grenada made into searchable archive
Depths of Paradise project backed by British family and created by Stephen Lewis, a descendant of survivors
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Dr. Andy Mohan @andymohan.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
So excited for @dundee.ac.uk #BlackHistoryMonth! Lots of events on for staff, students & the public. Please come along where you can and share with others! www.dundee.ac.uk/engage/event... @dundeeculture.bsky.social
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Dr. Andy Mohan @andymohan.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Job alert! @alcoholfocus.bsky.social are looking for a Policy Manger (maternity cover). Interested in leading and developing initiatives to help reduce harm caused by alcohol across Scotland, and want to work with an amazing team, this is for you: www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/about-vacanc...
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Dr. Andy Mohan @andymohan.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Association does not equal causation. #Fact
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Dr. Andy Mohan @andymohan.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
ICARA's AGM is 21st October. 2 fantastic speakers will focus on putting prevention regarding alcohol, tobacco and other substances back on the policy and practice agenda. Please share! @alcoholfocus.bsky.social @shaapalcohol.bsky.social @healthpromint.bsky.social
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Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
And @gabrielcaluzzi.bsky.social discusses #HarmReduction as an addition to structural reforms (pricing, marketing...) and the Q&A highlights the community aspect they may bring into #PublicMentalHealth strategies. One example vancouver.ca/people-progr... #SARN #SubstanceUse #Scotland #Vancouver
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Four Pillars drug strategy
Vancouver's Four Pillars Drug Strategy is a coordinated, comprehensive approach that balances public order and public health in order to create a safer, healthier community.
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Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
John Dillon focuses on how to identify alcohol-related liver disease earlier (at the moment: 25% mortality at 60 days). He presents work on the #iLFT and asks what to do now pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31226388/ Research summary www.dundee.ac.uk/stories/inte... #SARN #SubstanceUse #Scotland #Diagnosis
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Intelligent liver function testing (iLFT): A trial of automated diagnosis and staging of liver disease in primary care - PubMed
There is a growing epidemic of advanced liver disease, this could be offset by early detection and management. Checking liver blood tests (LFTs) should be an opportunity to diagnose liver problems, but abnormal results are often incompletely investigated. In this study we were able to substantially …
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Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Amy Malaguti presents on developing a screening pathway for early diagnosis of chronic liver disease. The ongoing project explores implementing Fibrosis-4 index & Fibroscan in a community detox setting and whether it is worth it. #SARN #SubstanceUse #Scotland #Dundee #DDARS #ImplementationScience
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Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Next, Briege Nugent and Ryan Anderson present on #CoProduction with people who identify as having alcohol-related issues, aiming to understand trajectories and what works (e.g., #PeerSupport #Rehabilitation). Big problems: housing and access to services. #SARN #SubstanceUse #Scotland #Edinburgh
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Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
First up, @ptoner.bsky.social presents on developing screening & assessment instruments for young people. Currently available from this work #SysReview -s on www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... and work on #HRQoL assessment onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #SARN #SubstanceUse #Scotland
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Alcohol screening and assessment measures for young people: A systematic review and meta-analysis of validation studies
There is a strong rationale for clinicians to identify risky drinking among young people given the harms caused by alcohol. This systematic review eva…
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Dr. Andy Mohan @andymohan.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Huge thanks to colleagues from @shaapalcohol.bsky.social for attending as well.
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Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Very nice morning and big thanks to the organisers @andymohan.bsky.social (and many of them not being here)! If interested in the Scottish Alcohol Research Network #SARN, you find them here: www.sarnalcohol.org #AlcoholRelatedHarm #Scotland
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SARN - The Scottish Alcohol Research Network
SARN brings together those with the vision, passion, and commitment to drive forward alcohol research in Scotland.
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Dr. Andy Mohan @andymohan.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
A pleasure hosting the @sarnalcohol.bsky.social mtg yesterday @dundee.ac.uk. Well-attended by researchers & practitioners from across Dundee & Scotland. Great presentations including from visitor @gabrielcaluzzi.bsky.social and our own @ptoner.bsky.social.
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SHAAP @shaapalcohol.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
🧠Today is #WorldBrainDay2025 Dr David McCartney explores the science behind alcohol use disorder. He discusses the impact of trauma, genetics, and stress on compulsive drinking, and why treatment, mutual aid, and psychosocial support offer hope for recovery youtu.be/3s5WZ59u49s
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Alcohol, the brain and associated behaviours by Dr David McCartney
YouTube video by SHAAP
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Prof Samantha Thomas @docsamantha.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Health literacy as a public health goal: 25 years on. Our latest Editorial in @healthpromint.bsky.social by Emeritus Professor Don Nutbeam academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
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Health literacy as a public health goal: 25 years on
Twenty-five years ago, Health Promotion International published a paper on Health literacy as a public health goal: a challenge for contemporary health edu
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Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
The @britishacademy.bsky.social #ECR Network organises writing retreats to provide an environment where #ECRs can work on writing projects alongside peers. Scotland Writing Extravaganza at #DundeeUni 🔥14.08. Tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/early... #Scotland #Saidheans #AcademicWriting
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Book Tickets – Scotland Writing Extravaganza, University of Dundee, 14 August, Scotland ECRs only – Tower River Room 2, Tower Building, University of Dundee
The British Academy Early Career Researcher Network brings together ECRs across the humanities and social sciences disciplines,...
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Alcohol Review @alcoholreview.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
"We’re seeing a flurry of think pieces positing that teetotallers are [freeloaders]..., and the rising abstinence trend poses a fiscal and existential threat. It’s a dangerous message that flies in the face of evidence." @DrNicoleLee womensagenda.com.au/latest/think...
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Think teetotallers are killjoys dragging down the economy? The evidence suggests the opposite
More young Aussies are choosing to drink less or not at all, leading to a healthier, safer, and more connected society.
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Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Interesting presentation by Guntars Ermansons (KCL), Neil Carrier (Bristol), and Laura Roe ( #DundeeUni ) in our lunchtime webinar on the special section "Psychoactive Agents​: Drugs, Morality, and Responsibility" from #MedicineAnthropologyTheory last year: www.medanthrotheory.org/mat/issue/vi...
A quote from the special issue's editorial:
This Special Section explores concepts of morality, responsibility, and agency in relation  to  psychoactive  substances.  Such substances  have  long  been  seen  as especially potent things, ones thought to have the capacity to modify or overcome our  own  agency,  especially  in  relation  to  ideas  of  addiction  and  intoxication  but also  ritual  and  healing.  At  times  such  substances  even  become  personified, sometimes as trickster – like characters like John Barleycorn that can trick us into doing  things  we  otherwise  would  not.  Contrastingly,  so-called  ‘smart  drugs’  like modafinil promise to make us ‘more-than-human’ through increasing our stamina and ability to focus, and have been taken up avidly by students seeking advantage in   exams   and   coursework.   Furthermore,   practices   such   as   microdosing psychedelics offer to broaden our horizons of perception and enhance our human capacities for creativity. These ideas of chemically altered agency and personhood pose questions about the   nature   of   such   substances   and   their   markets,   including   the   moral responsibilities of  their  producers,  traders,  regulators  and  consumers.
Carrier & Ermansons (2024). Medicine Anthropology Theory, 11, 1-8.
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National Education Union @neunion.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Today is #WindrushDay & marks 77yrs since the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush to Britain from the Caribbean. It offers a chance to learn from the past, celebrate multi-cultural Britain & seek justice for the injustices faced by the Windrush generation & their families.
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The Windrush Scandal
Watch this video on the contributions that the Windrush generation have made to Britain.All rights reserved © Matt O'Brien 2024. Do not alter, copy or edit i...
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Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) @adphuk.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
The fact that so many of our children are eating a diet high in fat, salt and sugar is not down to individual choice. Instead, it is a result of clever marketing techniques being used by an industry that is seeking to make a profit from selling food that we know causes harm.
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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Dark PR @grantennis.bsky.social still out on tour open.spotify.com/episode/6fhI... Each time I listen or read I get a new thought This time: Aggregate action v collective action "You just need to lean in more" vs equal pay law. Girls should just concentrate harder and study harder at school
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Grant Ennis on Dark PR and Corporate Disinformation
Hunter's War · Episode
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Mark Petticrew @markpetticrew.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
BMJ: "Will banning disposable vapes result in 200 000 more smokers?" (Spoiler: no. Conflicted unreliable data: "The report was commissioned by the global consumer healthcare company Kenvue, which owns the nicotine replacement brand Nicorette." See: www.bmj.com/content/389/...
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Will banning disposable vapes result in 200 000 more smokers?
On 1 June it became illegal in the UK to sell or supply single use vapes. The ban was marked by press reports warning that denying people access to disposable vapes would lead to 200 000 taking up smo...
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Dr. Andy Mohan @andymohan.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
It was an honour to deliver our @icara-atod.bsky.social workshop @kettilbruunsociety.bsky.social conference today. We've been planning it for a while & it was great to have folks chatting about potential ideas for interdisciplinary, collaborative research. Stay tuned to our socials for more news!
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Nason Maani @spidermaani.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
New episode of Money Power Health is now out! Thanks so much to @vickycann.bsky.social from @corporateeurope.bsky.social who joined me to discuss lobbying by forever chemicals or PFAS manufacturers at the EU level: t.co/DjCGXKyO7A @eupha.bsky.social @lhgp.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social CDoH
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Dr. Andy Mohan @andymohan.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Double duty today @kettilbruunsociety.bsky.social conference. Chaired my 1st ever plenary session with 4 fantastic presentations on industry framing & power, followed by delivering my presentation on ABIs in dental practice settings #KBS2025
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SARG - SCHARR @sarg-scharr.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Three SARG colleagues will be speaking about alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks this afternoon at #KBS2025 - @jholmessheff.bsky.social @zoelclarke.bsky.social and Oscar Rousham. You can find out more about our research into no/lo drinks on our website 👇
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No/Lo Project - Sheffield Addictions Research Group
The No/Lo Project investigates whether non-alcoholic or low-alcohol drinks can improve people’s health. These drinks are beers, ciders, wines, spirits that are alcohol-free or contain a little alcohol...
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Dr. Andy Mohan @andymohan.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Looking forward to learning about all the incredible research being done to advance our understanding of preventing and reducing alcohol-related harms this week @kettilbruunsociety.bsky.social conference #KBS2025
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Alcohol Review @alcoholreview.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
"Ministers must ensure that accurate information about risks is out there... and that government decisions are guided by health, not lobbying," says the Guardian editorial board of next month's ten-year health plan. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on alcohol and public health: the drinks industry must not control the narrative | Editorial
Editorial: Politicians who are serious about public health can’t ignore the rising toll of illness and death linked to drinking
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Institute of Alcohol Studies @ias.org.uk · 03/06/2025
In our latest blog, Barney Dowling unpacks a new @smfthinktank.bsky.social report on how to stop retailers pocketing windfall profits if MUP is introduced in England - by making sure the extra money goes to the state, not those fuelling the harm. 👉 www.ias.org.uk/2025/06/03/w...
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We know MUP works – but we can make it even better - Institute of Alcohol Studies
In a recent report, the Social Market Foundation recommended introducing a Minimum Unit Tax (MUT) if Minimum Unit Pricing is introduced in England. Barney Dowling, a report author, explains the findin...
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Nicola Low @nicolamlow.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
More shameless paid lobbying by Philipp Morris Int. „…repeating the tobacco industry’s playbook by suggesting that heated tobacco should be compared with cigarettes “rather than with the more appropriate comparator of not smoking.““ says @martinmckee.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Tory peer proposed delay on heated tobacco ban after Philip Morris visit
Industry giant paid for Lord Vaizey’s trip to Switzerland before he tabled amendment to tobacco and vapes bill
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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
www.desmog.com/2025/05/20/r... Fossil Fuel Industry Uses Cultural Sponsorships to Block Climate Action BP, Chevron, Shell, and other oil majors back arts and community groups to protect their business models, subpoenaed documents show
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REVEALED: Now There’s Proof That the Fossil Fuel Industry Uses Cultural Sponsorships to Block Climate Action
BP, Chevron, Shell, and other oil majors back arts and community groups to protect their business models, subpoenaed documents show.
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