Do you regularly drink alcohol at home and are between the legal drinking age and 64 years old? Join the Alcohol Labelling Study! Participation is require from February 1 to 29. Apply by Jan 23 at: surveys.publichealthontario.ca/SE/245/Alcohol…

The Impacts of Selling Alcohol in Grocery Stores in Ontario, Canada: A Before–After Study (new in Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs) @SmithBrendanT @DanielMyran @eriklfriesen Erin Hobin @UVic_CISUR U of T Public Health uOttawa - Médecine familiale, Family Medicine Department of Medicine University of Toronto Public Health ON Naomi Schwartz jsad.com/doi/10.15288/j…

Maintaining the alcohol industry’s contribution to our economy through inflation indexation only partially offsets social costs & harms caused by their products. It’s vital that our government stand alongside the health sector in support of a healthier and wealthier Canada.

Latest paper from our ESRC study discussing women’s views and attitudes to calorie based marketing and alcohol calorie labelling, including critiques through a feminist discourse @profhrs Beth Meadows Erin Hobin Lana Vanderlee, PhD

New paper out ❗️ are socioeconomic inequities associated with both chronic AND acute alcohol-attributable ED visits? Evidence suggests “yes” onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/da… Erin Hobin Alessandra Andreacchi Naomi Schwartz @SmithBrendanT

New study with Erin Hobin about nutrient content claims and cancer warning labels on alcohol. We found that nutrient content claims make people think alcohol is healthier, and cancer warnings counteract claims to reduce appeal. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ad… Why does this matter?👇

Can a cancer warning label diminish the persuasive effects of health-oriented nutrition advertising on #alcohol product packaging? Find out in our new paper published in Addiction: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ad…

Is alcohol 'good for the economy'? 1⃣ Ill health and death from alcohol have a profound negative effect on the UK economy 2⃣ A reduction in consumption would lead to spending on other goods and services Watch our Big Alcohol film: youtube.com/watch?v=Hfij4r…

Our Canadian Cancer Society funded experiment shows conditions with a cancer warning label were associated with lower product appeal, higher risk perceptions and reduced intentions to try, buy and binge the alcohol product, even when nutrient content claims present onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ad…

Ontario’s CMOH Dr. Moore recommends exploring the value of increasing the legal minimum drinking age from 19 to 21 and working with the federal government to require that all #alcohol products have warning #labels Public Health ON cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

Should Alcoholic Beverages have #Cancer warning labels? NYT discusses state of #alcohol warning labels globally and Ireland's new mandatory cancer warning on all alcohol containers starting 2026. nytimes.com/2024/04/09/hea…

Thrilled to share Claire Benny was awarded a CIHR postdoc fellowship today to continue her innovative alcohol research in our lab @SmithBrendanT at Public Health ON

Article Alert‼️‼️ Sam Forbes in our lab published a study showing alcohol outlet density had larger impacts on alcohol-attributable ED visits in low vs high SES neighbourhoods in Ontario ⁦@SmithBrendanT⁩ ⁦Public Health ON⁩ ⁦U of T Public Health⁩ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Article ‼️ Do alcohol warning labels reduce alcohol consumption? Find out in our comprehensive systematic review in The Lancet Public Health thelancet.com/journals/lanpu… Public Health ON @UVic_CISUR

New systematic review: The effects of #alcohol container labels on consumption behaviour, knowledge, and support for labelling thelancet.com/journals/lanpu…

This is my Sober Second Thought for the month of August: No one chooses to become an alcoholic - just like no one chooses to be stricken with cancer. But we can choose to become more educated. ⬇️ #mentalhealth #suicideprevention #FirstNations #alcohol #cancer #EnableTheLabel

‼️Now Live - Synopsis (link below) and infographic summarizing results from our Lancet-published review of the effects of alcohol labels on alcohol consumption behaviours publichealthontario.ca/-/media/Docume…

⚠️New infographic summarizing the results of our Lancet-published review of the impacts of alcohol warning labels on consumption behaviours Infographic created by Varsha Gupta

Alcohol at corner stores is coming, is Ontario prepared for the health cost of convenience? trib.al/MActfi1

In Canada, the sex/gender gap in heavy episodic drinking appears to be converging. Read the open access research by Alessandra Andreacchi @SmithBrendanT Erin Hobin buff.ly/3TivbrO