How acceptable people find different interventions to reduce alcohol consumption varies depending on the type of intervention and its effectiveness. While our study found differences in acceptability depending on intervention type (affecting price, availability or advertising), acceptability increased when information…
Theresa Marteau featured in BMJ confidential, 21 May 2014
“Theresa Marteau wants to change our minds about changing behaviour. She is director of the Department of Health’s policy research unit on behaviour and health at Cambridge University and specialises in identifying the most effective ways of helping people to change bad health habits…”
BHRU Health Inequalities Lecture – Professor Johan Mackenbach
The Behaviour and Health Research Unit’s Annual Lecture was held on Thursday 24th April at Downing College, Cambridge. The event was supported by Cambridge Public Policy. The title of the talk given by Professor Mackenbach was “The persistence of health inequalities”.
Did the Scottish ban on multi-buy promotions reduce sales of alcohol?
A ban on selling alcoholic products on multi-buy promotional offers, i.e. “buy one get one free” (BOGOF) or “2 bottles for £8”, was introduced in Scotland in 2010. Our study suggested that the multi-buy ban had no effect on the…
Are children being exposed to alcohol advertising?
UK rules state that alcohol cannot be advertised in places where more than 25% of the audience is under 18 years of age. However, social media sites such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are heavily used by children and young…