End-of-aisle displays are often used by supermarkets to promote sales. We found from our study that: Putting drinks on end-of-aisle displays increases sales of both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. For alcohol, this sales increase was similar to 4–9% decrease in…
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”.
Scottish alcohol multi-buy ban did not work
Ryota Nakamura et al., conducted a study which assessed the effect of Scotland’s multi-buy ban implemented in October 2011. Their findings showed that the ban failed to reduce the amount of alcohol purchased. The research is published in the leading…