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Health information, messaging and warnings on alcohol packaging: A focus group study with young adult drinkers in Scotland. Key Findings Report for Alcohol Focus Scotland

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Jones D, Moodie C, Purves R, Fitzgerald N & Crockett R (2021) Health information, messaging and warnings on alcohol packaging: A focus group study with young adult drinkers in Scotland. Key Findings Report for Alcohol Focus Scotland. Alcohol Focus Scotland. Stirling. https://www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/resources/jones-et-al-2021-focus-group-labelling-research-report.pdf

Abstract
First paragraph: Globally, alcohol use is associated with substantial health, economic, and social burdens (Cukier et al., 2018; GBD 2016 Alcohol Collaborators, 2018; Ranaweera et al., 2018). Alcohol is a major contributor to disability-adjusted-life-years (Peacock et al., 2018), injuries, and mortality (Rehm et al., 2017). Alcohol misuse is a significant public health issue in the United Kingdom (UK) (Balakrishnan, Allender, Scarborough, Webster, & Rayner, 2009), placing considerable strain on both financial and medical resources (Williams et al., 2018). Scotland registered the highest rate of alcohol-specific deaths in the UK in 2018, with 20.8 deaths per 100,000 people (Office for National Statistics, 2019). Alcohol consumption accounted for 8% of the burden of disease and an estimated 3,705 deaths in Scotland in 2015, with cancer and liver disease the top causes of alcohol-related deaths (Tod et al., 2018)

StatusPublished
FundersAlcohol Focus Scotland
Publication date01/02/2021
Publication date online01/02/2021
Publisher URLhttps://www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/…earch-report.pdf
Place of publicationStirling

People (5)

Dr Rachel Crockett

Dr Rachel Crockett

Lecturer, Psychology

Professor Niamh Fitzgerald

Professor Niamh Fitzgerald

Professor, Institute for Social Marketing

Dr Daniel Jones

Dr Daniel Jones

Research Fellow, Institute for Social Marketing

Professor Crawford Moodie

Professor Crawford Moodie

Professor, Institute for Social Marketing

Dr Richard Purves

Dr Richard Purves

Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Social Marketing

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