Hey here's an extract from my brother's book about birdsong during the pandemic. The book's out on Thursday and I can tell you it's very good. theguardian.com/books/2021/feb…

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Great to see our report modelling the effects of Minimum Unit Price for alcohol for Local Authorities in the north of England is now available - see this thread

A really important new paper here, led by my fab colleague Suzie Roscoe published in Drug&AlcoholReview. The study quantifies cuts in funding for alcohol and drug treatment services in England since 2013 and looks at the impact on service delivery onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

NEW publication: our new special section in Drug and Alcohol Review evaluating the three year impact of trading hours restrictions and ID scanners in Queensland with Jason Ferris (he/him) Kerri Coomber Michael Livingston Nic Taylor Cheneal Puljevic Associate Professor Debbie Scott onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/1…

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Very pleased to have this report out

Very pleased to share our new paper, led by recent PhD graduate Serena Vicario, exploring accounts of #alcohol consumption among #workingmothers in the early parenting period - also with Petra Meier 🇩🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Paul Bissell & Marian Peacock. @SARG_ScHARR onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

LONG THREAD on masks. Mute if not interested. Do masks work? Why do some people claim they don’t work? Do they cause harm? What kinds of masks should we wear? How does masking need to change now we know that Covid is airborne? When can we stop wearing them? Get your popcorn. 1/

Interested in designing #DigitalHealth interventions for #olderadults? Our open access review led by Jessica Wilson examines facilitators and barriers to #ehealth use by older adults bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… Prof. Frances Kay-Lambkin David Betts

Our new paper in Soc Sci & Medicine on women's regulation of male partners' drinking in the early parenting period is available #openaccess until mid December authors.elsevier.com/c/1dyoD-CmUs1~x Led by Serena Vicario, along with Petra Meier 🇩🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Paul Bissell & Marian Peacock. @SARG_ScHARR Uni Newcastle Research

New open-access publication in BMC from @SARG_ScHARR led by Suzie Roscoe - "The impact of disinvestment on alcohol and drug treatment delivery and outcomes: a systematic review". bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Published today in PHRP with coauthors Anita Dessaix Natalie Stapleton Clare Hughes Penny Buykx : Alcohol causes cancer, yet only half of people in NSW know about it cancercouncil.com.au/news/alcohol-c…

Glad to have been part of this new paper with the fabulous CCNSW team Cancer Council NSW Uni Newcastle Research

Ireland Puts Minimum Price on Alcohol to Curb Binge Drinking: The new rule sets a minimum price of 1 euro per standard drink (by Isabella Kwai) Stephen Donnelly AlcoholActionIreland Matt Simon Lesch Public Health Scotland John Holmes Penny Buykx Royal College of Physicians of Ireland AHA Ireland nytimes.com/2022/01/04/wor…

Very pleased that our paper on print news media coverage of the UK drinking guidelines is now online Drug&AlcoholReview onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Penny Buykx Alan Brennan Jamie Brown Professor Susan Michie John Holmes

Very happy to share our mixed methods paper led by Melissa Jackson highlighting the importance of supportive, non-judgmental tobacco treatment approaches for pregnant women ascpjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

New paper - why it is important to think about the combined effects of alcohol and tobacco tax policy Jenny Hatchard Penny Buykx Alan Brennan

Quitting alcohol — or even drinking less — reduces risk of oral cavity and esophageal cancer, per new analysis (by Angus Rohan Chen) David Conway Farhad Islami, MD PhD Penny Buykx Suzanne Tanya Nethan Dirk Lachenmeier Mary Beth Terry IARC American Cancer Society statnews.com/2023/12/27/red…