In a sample of 3,390 weekly wine and beer drinkers we assessed the impact of labelling wine and beer with different verbal descriptors denoting lower strength, with and without %ABV, on product appeal and understanding of strength. Products labelled with…
How does the public judge nudging to cut consumption of sugary drinks?
How acceptable do people find nudges such as reducing bottle sizes of sugary drinks to prevent obesity? Does highlighting the non-conscious nature of nudging affect their acceptability? The results of our study, conducted with over 2000 UK and US participants,…
The TIPPME intervention typology for changing environments to change behaviour, including smoking
In this paper, we introduce a new framework we have developed: the Typology of Interventions in Proximal Physical Micro-Environments (TIPPME). This provides a way to classify and describe an important class of interventions to change selection, purchase and consumption of…
Can the size of products, including tobacco, affect their consumption?
Our Cochrane systematic review has produced the most conclusive evidence to date that people consume more food and drink when offered larger-sized portions, packages or tableware, but few eligible studies were identified concerning the size of tobacco products. We identified…
Special Announcement
We are pleased to announce that Professor Theresa Marteau has been made a DBE in the Birthday Honours list 2017 for services to Public Health. Professor Marteau said: “This is a huge honour. It is wonderful to have recognition for the contribution…