News archive: Policy

Sinclair J M A, King M, Masson S, Gilmore I. UK needs national strategy to tackle alcohol related harms BMJ 2025; 388 :r38 doi:10.1136/bmj.r38

Laycock, P., & Ryan, A. (2024). Women in transgression: why we still need to move beyond traditional gender roles in policy surrounding women who undertake substance use and sex work. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2024.2422313

Robinson, M., & Ananthapavan, J. (2024). The Sheffield model’s influence in informing alcohol control policy. The Lancet Public Health.

Young, C., & Hawkins, B. (2024). Alcohol free? An analysis of UK and Scottish Government obesity policies’ engagement with alcohol 1999–2023. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 2414.

Dimova, E. D., Shortt, N. K., Mitchell, R. J., Lekkas, P., Pearce, J. R., Clemens, T. L., & Emslie, C. (2023). “Availability is the poor cousin of marketing and pricing”: qualitative study of stakeholders’ views on policy priorities around tobacco and alcohol availability. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 1-12.

McCambridge J, Lesch M, Madden M. Alcohol harms: the UK government is missing in action BMJ 2023; 383 :e078472 doi:10.1136/bmj-2023-078472