Impact of health warning labels communicating the risk of cancer on alcohol selection: An online experimental study
Posted: 11/06/2020
Excessive consumption of alcohol increases the risk of several diseases, including seven different types of cancers. Evidence from tobacco research suggests that health warning labels (HWLs), especially those that use images showing the health risks of smoking, can change smoking behaviours. The current study aimed to investigate the impact of HWLs – communicating the increased risk of cancers associated with alcohol consumption – on selection of alcoholic drinks in an online setting.
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The impact on selection of non-alcoholic vs alcoholic drink availability: an online experiment
Posted: 06/05/2020
Research suggests that increasing the availability of healthier food options increases their selection and consumption, but alcohol-related availability interventions have not been explored to date. Our study provides initial evidence that increasing the availability of non-alcoholic drinks (soft drinks and alcohol-free beer), relative to alcoholic drinks, increases their selection in an online task.
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Wine bottle size and consumption in homes
Posted: 09/04/2020
People drink less in restaurants when wine is served with smaller glasses. Would people also drink less from smaller bottles of wine? The results of the first study to address this suggests that consuming wine at home from 50cl bottles – compared with the usual 75cl bottles – could reduce consumption by 4.5%.
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Tobacco-style health warning labels on alcohol and food: potential effectiveness and acceptability
Posted: 02/04/2020
Health warning labels (HWLs) using graphic
images that depict the negative health consequences of tobacco consumption can
encourage smokers to quit. But could they be used on other products that harm
our health?
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