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Journal articles
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Journal articles 2024
Kersbergen I, Copeland A, Pryce R, Meier P, Field M (2024) The effect of proportional pricing on alcohol purchasing in two online experiments Addiction https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16723
Jackson SE, Cox S, Holmes J, Angus C, Robson D, Brose L, Brown J (2024) Paying the price: Financial hardship and its association with psychological distress among different population groups in the midst of Great Britain's cost-of-living crisis Social Science and Medicine DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117561
Bright S, Buckley C, Holman D, Leckie G, Bell A, Mulia N, Kilian C, Purshouse R (2024) An analysis of intersectional disparities in alcohol consumption in the US Social Science and Medicine DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117514
Meier PS, Holmes J, Stevely A, Boyd JE, Hernández Alava M, Hardie I, Warde A, Sasso A (2024) Drinking practices: The variation of drinking events across intersections of sex, age and household income Drug & Alcohol Review DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13975
Stevely A, Garnett C, Holmes J, Jones A, Dinu L, Oldham M (2024) Optimizing the Measurement of Information on the Context of Alcohol Consumption Within the Drink Less App Among People Drinking at Increasing and Higher Risk Levels: Mixed-Methods Usability Study JMIR Formative Research DOI: https://doi.org/10.2196/50131
Buykx P, Perkins A, Hughes J, Livingston W, Boyd J, Perman-Howe P, Johnston A, McCarthy T, McLean A, Wright A, Little S, Holmes J (2024) The impact of Scotland's minimum unit pricing for alcohol policy on people accessing services for alcohol dependence: A difference-in-difference structured interview study Drug and Alcohol Review DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13960
Jackson SE, Oldham M, Angus C, Garnett C, Wilson L, Holmes J, Brown J (2024) Trends in alcohol expenditure among risky drinkers: A population study in England, 2014–2023 International Journal of Drug Policy DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104615
Jackson SE, Squires H, Shahab L, Tattan-Birch H, Buckley C, Purshouse RC, Brown J (2024) Associations of close social connections with smoking and vaping: a population study in England Nicotine & Tobacco Research DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntae225
Morris D, Angus C, Gillespie D, Stevely A, Pryce R, Wilson L, Henney M, Meier P, Holmes J, Brennan A (2024) Estimating the Impact of Transitioning to a Strength-Based Alcohol Tax System on Alcohol Consumption and Health Outcomes: A Modelling Study of Tax Reform in England The Lancet Public Health DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00191-9. See accompany commentary.
Oldham M, Okpako T, Leppin C, Garnett C, Dina LM, Stevely A, Jones A, Holmes J (2024) Cutting consumption without diluting the experience: Preferences for different tactics for reducing alcohol consumption among increasing-and-higher-risk drinkers based on drinking context PLOS Digital Health DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000523
Perman-Howe PR, Holmes J, Brown J, Kersbergen I (2024) Characteristics of consumers of alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks in Great Britain: A cross-sectional study Drug and Alcohol Review DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13930
Wilson LB, Bain M, Hernández-Alava M, Holmes J, Pryce R, Sasso A, Stevely AK, Warde A, Meier PS (2024) Solitary drinkers in Great Britain: How do their sociodemographic characteristics, consumption patterns, and drinking occasions differ from those who drink with others? Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs DOI: https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.23-00408
Opazo Breton M, Henney M, Kersbergen I, Brennan A, Holmes J (2024) Expanding our understanding of long-term trends in alcohol abstention and consumption in England (2001-2019) using two age-period-cohort approaches Addiction DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16599
Torney A, Room R, Jiang H, Huckle T, Holmes J, Callinan S (2024) Where do high-risk drinking occasions occur more often? A Cross-Sectional, Cross-Country Study, Drug and Alcohol Review DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13844
Oldham M, Dina LM, Loebenberg G, Perski O, Brown J, Angus C, Beard E, Burton R, Field M, Greaves F, Hickman M, Kaner E, Michie S, Munafò MR, Pizzo E, Garnett C (2024) Evaluating the Acceptability of the Drink Less App and the National Health Service Alcohol Advice Web Page: Qualitative Interview Process Evaluation Journal of Medical Internet Research DOI: https://doi.org/10.2196/42319
Garnett C, Dinu L-M, Oldham M, Perski O, Loebenberg G, Beard E, Angus C, Burton R, Field M, Greaves F, Hickman M, Kaner E, Michie S, Munafo M, Pizzo E, Brown J (2024) Do engagement and behavioural mechanisms underpin the effectiveness of the Drink Less app? npj Digital Medicine DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-024-01169-7
Stevely AK, Gray LA, Fairbrother H, Fenton L, Henney M, Kersbergen I, Holmes J (2024) A latent class analysis of international change and continuity in adolescent health and wellbeing: A repeat cross-sectional study PLoS ONE DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0305124
Fitzgerald N, O'Donnell R, Uny R, Martin JG, Cook M, Graham K, Stockwell T, Hughes K, Wilkinson C, McGill E, Miller PG, Reynolds J, Quigg Z & Angus C (2024) Reducing alcohol harms whilst minimising impact on hospitality businesses: 'Sweetspot' policy options International Journal of Drug Policy DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104465
East K, Vu G, Sun T, D'Mello K, Perman-Howe PR, Taylor E, et al (2024) Harm perceptions across vaping product features: An on-line cross-sectional survey of adults who smoke and/or vape in the United Kingdom Addiction DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16572
Boyd J, Holmes J, Gibbs N, Buckley C, Purshouse R, Meier P (2024) How can agent-based modelling provide new insights into the impact of minimum unit pricing in Scotland? Drug and Alcohol Review DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13880
Dunphy J, Vieira E, Stevely AK, Livingston M, Vashishtha R, Rivelin K, & Holmes J (2024) Have declines in the prevalence of young adult drinking in English-speaking high-income countries followed declines in youth drinking? A systematic review Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2024.2335989
McGrane E, Pryce R, Wilson L, Field M, Goyder E (2024) How did the 'whistle-to-whistle' ban affect gambling advertising on TV? A live football matching study Addiction Research & Theory DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2024.2355183
Squires H, Kelly MP, Gilbert N, Sniehotta F, Purshouse RC, Garcia L, Breeze P, Brennan A, Gardner B, Bright S, Fischer A, Heppenstall A, Wetton JD, Hernandez-Alava M, Boyd J, Buckley C, Vlaev I, Smith R, Abbas A, Gibb R, Henney M, Moore E, Chater AM (2024) The PHEM-B toolbox of methods for incorporating the influences on Behaviour into Public Health Economic Models BMC Public Health DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20225-1
GBD 2021 Risk Factors Collaborators including Angus C (2024) Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 The Lancet DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00933-4
GBD 2021 Causes of Death Collaborators including Angus C (2024) Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1911-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 The Lancet DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00367-2
Critchlow N, Holmes J, Fitzgerald F (2024) Alibi marketing? Surrogate marketing? Brand sharing? What is the correct terminology to discuss marketing for alcohol-free and low-alcohol products which share branding with regular strength alcohol products? Addiction DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16504
Holmes J, Sasso A, Hernández Alava M, Borges Neves R, Stevely AK, Warde A, Meier PS (2024) How is alcohol consumption and heavy episodic drinking spread across different types of drinking occasion in Great Britain: An event-level latent class analysis International Journal of Drug Policy DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104414
Oldham M, Beard E, Loebenberg G, Dinu L, Angus C, Burton R, Field M, Greaves F, Hickman M, Kaner E, Michie S, Munafò M, Pizzo E, Brown J, Garnett C (2024) Effectiveness of a smartphone app (Drink Less) versus usual digital care for reducing alcohol consumption among increasing-and-higher-risk adult drinkers in the UK: a two-arm, parallel-group, double-blind, randomised controlled trial eClinicalMedicine DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102534
Morris D, Gillespie D, Dockrell MJ, et al (2024) Potential smoke-free dividend across local areas in England: a cross-sectional analysis Tobacco Control DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2023-058264
Jackson SE, Oldham M, Angus C, Holmes J, Brown J (2024) Trends in purchasing cross-border, illicit and home-brewed alcohol: A population study in Great Britain, 2020–2023 Drug and Alcohol Review DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13838
Woodrow N, Gillespie D, Kitchin L et al. (2024) Reintroducing face-to-face support alongside remote support to form a hybrid stop smoking service in England: a formative mixed methods evaluation BMC Public Health DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18235-0
Fitzgerald N, Egan M, O'Donnell R, Nicholls J, Mahon L, de Vocht F, et al. (2024) Public health engagement in alcohol licensing in England and Scotland: the ExILEnS mixed-method, natural experiment evaluation Public Health Research DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/FSRT4135 [Related project: ExILEnS]
Suhag A, Webb TL, Holmes J (2024) Longitudinal clustering of health behaviours and their association with multimorbidity in older adults in England: A latent class analysis PLoS ONE https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297422
Moore EC, Pryce R, Squires H, Goyder E (2024) The association between health-related quality of life and problem gambling severity: a cross-sectional analysis of the Health Survey for England, BMC Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-17816-3
Valiente R, Tunstall H, Kong AY, Wilson B, Gillespie D, Angus C, Brennan A, Shortt NK, Pearce J (2024) Geographical differences in the financial impacts of different forms of tobacco licence fees on small retailers in Scotland, Tobacco Control, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2023-058342
Angus C, Henney M, Pryce R (2024). Modelling the longer-term health and health inequality impacts of changes in alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, Journal of Public Health, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdae010
Kock L, Shahab L, Garnett C, Oldham M, Tattan-Birch H, Angus C, Brose L, Brown J (2024) Brief interventions for smoking and alcohol associated with the COVID-19 pandemic: a population survey in England, BMC Public Health, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17559-7
Manca F, Lewsey J, Mackay D, Angus C, Fitzpatrick D, Fitzgerald N (2024). The effect of a minimum price per unit of alcohol in Scotland on alcohol-related ambulance call-outs: a controlled interrupted time-series analysis, Addiction, DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/add.16436
Journal articles 2023
Green CP, Wilson LB, Zhang A (2023) Beauty, underage drinking, and adolescent risky behavioursJournal of Economic Behavior & Organization DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2023.09.011
Wilson LB, Pryce R, Moore EC, Burke L, Breeze P (2023) Does cutting down on your food consumption lead to a net improvement in nutritional intake? A panel data approach using data from the UK Biobank, BMC Public Health, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17217-y
Pryce R, Wilson LB, Gillespie D, Angus C, Morris D, Brennan A (2023) Estimation of integrated price elasticities for alcohol and tobacco in the United Kingdom using the living costs and food survey 2006–2017, Drug and Alcohol Review, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13773
Hatchard J, Buykx P, Wilson L, Brennan A, Gillespie D (2023) Mapping alcohol and tobacco tax policy interventions to inform health and economic impact analyses: A United Kingdom based qualitative framework analysis, International Journal of Drug Policy, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104247
Holmes J, Sasso A, Hernández Alava M, Stevely AK, Warde A, Angus C, Meier PS (2023) Change and stability in British drinking practices and culture between 2009 and 2019: A longitudinal latent class analysis of drinking occasions, SSM – Population Health, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101548
Llamosas-Falcón L, Rehm J, Bright S, Buckley C, Carr T, Kilian C, Lasserre AM, Lemp JM, Zhu Y, Probst C (2023) The Relationship Between Alcohol Consumption, BMI, and Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-analysis, Diabetes Care 46 (11), DOI: https://doi.org/10.2337/dc23-1015
Buss VH, Cox S, Moore G, Angus A, Shahab L, Bauld L, Brown J (2023) Alcohol and smoking brief interventions by socioeconomic position: British population-based survey, BJGP Open, DOI: 10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0087
Stevely AK, Gray LA, Fairbrother H, Fenton L, Henney M, Holmes J (2023) A latent class analysis of change and continuity in adolescent health and wellbeing in England during the decline in youth alcohol consumption: a repeat cross-sectional study, Preventive Medicine Reports, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2023.102481
Dowd JB, Angus C, Zajacova A, Tilstra AM (2023), Comparing trends in mid-life 'deaths of despair' in the USA, Canada and UK, 2001-2019: is the USA an anomaly?, BMJ Open, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069905
Livingston W, Holmes J, Hughes J, Buykx P, Perkins A, Wright A, Gardiner K, Yannoulis Y, Johnston A, Maclean A (2023) Expected and actual responses to minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol of people drinking at harmful levels in Scotland, Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, DOI: 10.1080/09687637.2023.2238119
Fenton L, Fairbrother H, Whitaker V, Henney M, Stevely AK, Holmes J (2023) Geographies of alcohol and generation: Examining the decline in youth drinking in England through a spatial lens, Drug and Alcohol Review, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13710
Hughes J, Livingston W, Buykx P, Johnston A, Little S, McCarthy T, McLean A, Perkins A, Wright A, Holmes J (2023) Views on minimum unit pricing for alcohol before its introduction among people with alcohol dependence in Scotland: A qualitative interview study, Drug and Alcohol Review, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13704
Boyd J, Hayes K, Green D, Angus C, Holmes J (2023) The contribution of health behaviour to socioeconomic inequalities in alcohol harm: Analysis of the UK biobank, a large cohort study with linked health outcomes, SSM – Population Health. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101443
Sharman S, Piper T, McGrane E, Newall PWS (2023) Gambling adverts in live TV coverage of the Qatar 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup, Addiction Research & Theory. DOI: 10.1080/16066359.2023.2245330
Stevely AK, Mackay D, Alava MH, Brennan A, Meier PS, Sasso A, Holmes J (2023) Evaluating the effects of minimum unit pricing in Scotland on the prevalence of harmful drinking: a controlled interrupted time series analysis, Public Health. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2023.04.019
Hock ES, Franklin M, Baxter S, Clowes M, Chilcott J, Gillespie D (2023) Covariates of success in quitting smoking: a systematic review of studies from 2008 to 2021 conducted to inform the statistical analyses of quitting outcomes of a hospital-based tobacco dependence treatment service in the United Kingdom [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]. NIHR Open Research, 3:28. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13427.2
Hatchard J, Buykx P, Brennan A and Gillespie D (2023) Options for modifying UK alcohol and tobacco tax: A rapid scoping review of the evidence over the period 1997–2018 [version 3; peer review: 2 approved], NIHR Open Research, 3:26. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13379.3
Vicario S, Buykx P, Peacock M, Hardie I, De Freitas L, Bissell P, Meier PS (2023). Women's alcohol consumption in the early parenting period and influences of socio-demographic and domestic circumstances: A scoping review and narrative synthesis, Drug and Alcohol Review. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13643
O'Donnell R, Mohan A, Purves R, Maani N, Angus C, Egan M, Fitzgerald N (2023). Mechanisms of impact of alcohol availability interventions from the perspective of 63 diverse alcohol licensing stakeholders: a qualitative interview study, Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2023.2205991
Kilian C, Lemp J, Llamosas-Falcón L, Carr T, Ye Y, Kerr W, Mulia N, Puka K, Lasserre A, Bright S, Rehm J, Probst C (2023). Reducing alcohol use through alcohol control policies in the general population and population subgroups: a systematic review and meta-analysis, eClinicalMedicine. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.101996
Vu TM, Buckley C, Duro JA, Brennan A, Epstein JM, Purshouse RC. (2023) Can social norms explain long-term trends in alcohol use? Insights from inverse generative social science, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18564/jasss.5077
Probst C, Buckley C, Lasserre AM, Kerr WC, Mulia N, Puka K, Purshouse RC, Ye Y, Rehm J. (2023) Simulation of alcohol control policies for health equity (SIMAH): study design and first results, American Journal of Epidemiology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwad018
Fenton L, Fairbrother H, Whitaker V, Henney M, Stevely A, Holmes J (2023) 'When I came to university, that's when the real shift came': alcohol and belonging in English higher education during a decline in youth drinking, Journal of Youth Studies. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2023.2190013
Sherk A, Stockwell T, Sorge J, Churchill S, Angus C, Chikritzhs T, Holmes J, Meier PS, Naimi TS, Norström T, Ramstedt M, Simpura J (2023). The public-private decision for alcohol retail systems: Examining the economic, health, and social impacts of alternative systems in Finland, Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/
Holmes J (2023) Is minimum unit pricing for alcohol having the intended effects on alcohol consumption in Scotland?, Addiction, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/
Gibbs NK, Angus C, Dixon S, Parry CDH, Meier PS (2023). Stakeholder engagement in the development of public health economic models: an application to modelling of Minimum Unit Pricing of alcohol in South Africa, Applied Health Economics and Health Policy. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40258-023-00789-6
Whitaker V, Curtis P, Fairbrother H, Oldham M, Holmes J (2023) Young people's explanations for the decline in youth drinking in England, BMC Public Health, 23: 402. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/
Angus C, Buckley C, Tilstra AM, Dowd JB (2023) Increases in 'deaths of despair' during the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA and UK, Public Health. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2023.02.019
Warde A, Sasso A, Holmes J, Hernández Alava M, Stevely AK, Meier PS. (2023) Situated drinking: The association between eating and alcohol consumption in Great Britain, Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/14550725231157222
Butters A, Kersbergen I, Holmes J, Field M. (2023) Temporary abstinence challenges: What do we need to know?, Drug and Alcohol Review. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13625
McGrane E, Wardle H, Clowes M, Blank L, Pryce R, Field M, Sharpe C, Goyder E (2023) What is the evidence that advertising policies could have an impact on gambling-related harms? A systematic umbrella review of the literature, Public Health. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2022.11.019
Jackson SE, Guo X, Holmes J, Brown J (2023) Trends in Public Awareness and Knowledge of Drinking Guidelines: a Representative Population Survey in England, 2016–2022, Alcohol and Alcoholism. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agad007
Maharaj T, Angus C, Fitzgerald N, Allen K, Stewart S, MacHale S, Ryan JD (2023) Impact of minimum unit pricing on alcohol-related hospital outcomes: systematic review, BMJ Open. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065220
Ujhelyi Gomez K, McBride O, Roberts E, Angus C, Keyes K, Drummond C, Buchan I, Fleming K, Gilmore I, Donoghue K, Bonnet L, Goodwin L (2023) The clustering of physical health conditions and associations with co-occurring mental health problems and problematic alcohol use: a cross-sectional study, BMC Psychiatry 23, 89 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-04577-3
Journal articles 2022
Brennan A, Angus C, Pryce R, Buykx P, Henney M, Gillespie D, et al. (2022) Effectiveness of subnational implementation of minimum unit price for alcohol: policy appraisal modelling for local authorities in England, Addiction. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16084
Buckley C, Ye Y, Kerr WC, Mulia N, Puka K, Rehm J, Probst C. (2022) Trends in mortality from alcohol, opioid, and combined alcohol and opioid poisonings by sex, educational attainment, and race and ethnicity for the United States 2000–2019, BMC Medicine. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-022-02590-z
Buckley C, Brennan A, Kerr W, Probst C, Puka K, Purshouse R, Rehm J. (2022) Improved estimates for individual and population-level alcohol use in the United States, 1984-2020, International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7895/ijadr.383
Beyer, F.R., Kenny, R.P.W., Johnson, E., Caldwell, D.M., Garnett, C., Rice, S., Simpson, J., Angus, C., Craig, D., Hickman, M., Michie, S., Kaner, E.F.S. (2022) Practitioner and digitally delivered interventions for reducing hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption in people not seeking alcohol treatment: a systematic review and network meta-analysis Addiction. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15999
Hardie I, Sasso A, Holmes J, Meier PS (2022) 'Understanding changes in the locations of drinking occasions in Great Britain: An age-period-cohort analysis of repeat cross-sectional market research data, 2001–2019, Drug and Alcohol Review. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13562
Fitzgerald N, Mohan A, Maani N, Purves R, de Vocht F, Angus C, Henney M, Nicholls J, Nichols T, Crompton G, Mahon L, McQuire C, Shortt N, Bauld L, Egan M (2022). Measuring how PH stakeholders seek to influence alcohol premises licensing in England and Scotland: the Public Health engagement In Alcohol Licensing (PHIAL) measure. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15288/
Buckley C, Field M, Vu TM, Brennan A, Greenfield TK, Meier PS, Nielsen A, Probst C, Shuper PA, Purshouse RC. (2022) An integrated dual process simulation model of alcohol use behaviours in individuals, with application to US population-level consumption, 1984–2012. Addictive Behaviors. DOI: https://doi.org/10.
Puka K, Buckley C, Mulia N, Lasserre AM, Rehm J, Probst C. (2022) Educational attainment and lifestyle risk factors associated with all-cause mortality in the US. JAMA Health Forum. https://doi.org/10.1001/
Puka K, Buckley C, Mulia N, Purshouse RC, Lasserre AM, Kerr W, Rehm J, Probst C. (2022) Behavioral stability of alcohol consumption and sociodemographic correlates of change among a nationally representative cohort of US adults. Addiction. DOI: https://doi.org/10.
LLamosas-Falcón L, Probst C, Buckley C, Jiang H, Lasserre A, Puka K, Tran A, Rehm J. (2022) Sex-specific association between alcohol consumption and liver cirrhosis: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Gastroenterology. DOI: https://doi.
Pennay A, Törrönen, Dich Herold M, Fenton L, MacLean S, Caluzzi G, Fairbrother H, Frank VA, Samuelsson E, Holmes J (2022) There's a lot of stereotypes going on": A cross-national qualitative analysis of the place of gender in declining youth drinking. International Journal of Drug Policy, 108 (10827). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103827 [Related project: Y-DiD]
Sasso A, Hernández Alava M, Holmes J, Field M, Angus C, Meier P (2022) Strategies to cut down drinking, alcohol consumption, and usual drinking frequency: Evidence from a British online market research survey. Social Science & Medicine, 310 (115280). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115280
Vashishtha R, Holmes J, Pennay A, Dietze P, Livingston M (2022) An examination of the role of changes in country-level leisure time internet use and computer gaming on adolescent drinking in 33 European countries. International Journal of Drug Policy, 100 (103508). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103508
de Vocht, F., McQuire, C., Ferraro, C, Williams, P., Henney, M., Angus, C., Egan, M., Mohan, A., Purves, R., Maani, N., Shortt, N, Mahon, L., Crompton, G., O'Donnell, R., Nicholls, J., Bauld, L, Fitzgerald, N. (2022) Impact of public health team engagement in alcohol licensing on health and crime outcomes in England and Scotland: A comparative timeseries study between 2012 and 2019. The Lancet Regional Health – Europe, Volume 20, 100450, ISSN 2666-7762. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2022.100450. [Related project: ExILEnS]
Stead, M., Eadie, D., Purves, R. I., McKell, J., Critchlow, N., Angus, K., Angus, C., Fitzgerald, N. (2022) Implementation of alcohol minimum unit pricing (MUP): a qualitative study with small retailers. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2022.2075251
Dutey-Magni, P. F., Brown, J., Holmes, J., Sinclair, J. M. A. (2022) Concurrent validity of an Estimator of Weekly Alcohol Consumption (EWAC) based on the Extended AUDIT, Addiction, 117 (3): 590-9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15662
Stevely, A., Vashishtha, R., Fairbrother, H., Fenton, L., Henney, M., Livingston, M., Holmes, J. (2022) Are changes in attitudes towards school associated with declining youth drinking? A multi-level analysis of 37 countries. European Journal of Public Health, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac029 [Related project: Y-DiD]
Irizar, P., Puddephatt, J., Warren, J., Field, M., Jones, A., Rose, A., Gage, S., Goodwin, L. (2022) "Drinkers Like Me": A Thematic Analysis of Comments Responding to an Online Article About Moderating Alcohol Consumption. Frontiers in Psychology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.780677
Kersbergen, I., Buykx, P., Brennan, A., Brown, J., Michie, S., Holmes, J. (2022) Print and online textual news media coverage of UK low-risk drinking guidelines from 2014 to 2017: A review and thematic analysis. Drug and Alcohol Review. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13458
Holmes, J., Fairbrother, H., Livingstone, M., Meier, P., Oldham, M., Pennay, A., Whitaker, V. (2022) Youth drinking in decline: What are the implications for public health, public policy and public debate? Addiction. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103606 [Related project: Y-DiD]
Hardie, I., Stevely, K., Sasso, A., Meier, P., Holmes, J. (2022) The impact of changes in COVID-19 lockdown restrictions on alcohol consumption and drinking occasion characteristics in Scotland and England in 2020: an interrupted time-series analysis. Addiction. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15794
Gibbs N., Angus C., Dixon S., et al. (2022) Equity impact of minimum unit pricing of alcohol on household health and finances among rich and poor drinkers in South Africa. BMJ Global Health;7:e007824. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-007824P
Journal articles 2021
Wilson, L. B., Angus, C., Pryce, R., Holmes, J., Brennan, A., & Gillespie, D. (2021). Do dual purchasers behave differently? An analysis of purchasing data for households that buy both alcohol and tobacco in the United Kingdom.Addiction, 116(9), 2538-2547. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.
Wilson, L. B., Pryce, R., Angus, C., Hiscock, R., Brennan, A., & Gillespie, D. (2021). The effect of alcohol tax changes on retail prices: how do on-trade alcohol retailers pass through tax changes to consumers?.The European Journal of Health Economics, 22(3), 381-392. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/
Wilson, L. B., Pryce, R., Hiscock, R., Angus, C., Brennan, A., & Gillespie, D. (2021). Quantile regression of tobacco tax pass-through in the UK 2013–2019. How have manufacturers passed through tax changes for different tobacco products?. Tobacco control, 30(e1), e27-e32. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/
Gibbs N, Angus C, Dixon S, et al. (2021) Effects of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in South Africa across different drinker groups and wealth quintiles: a modelling study BMJ Open 2021;11:e052879. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052879
Jackson S, Beard E, Angus C, Field M, Brown J (2021) Moderators of changes in smoking, drinking and quitting behaviour associated with the first COVID-19 lockdown in England, Addiction 117(3):772-783. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15656
Caluzzi G, Livingston M, Holmes J, MacLean S, Lubman D, Dietze P, Vashishtha R, Herring R, Pennay A (2021) Declining drinking among adolescents: Are we seeing a denormalisation of drinking and a normalisation of non-drinking?, Addiction, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15611 See accompanying commentaries and a response from the authors.
Rosário, F., Vasiljevic, M., Pas, L., Angus, C., Ribeiro, C., Fitzgerald, N. (2021) Efficacy of a theory-driven program to implement alcohol screening and brief interventions in primary health care: A cluster randomized controlled trial. Addiction DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15782
Raninen, J., Livingston, M., Holmes, J., Svensson, J., Larm, P. (2021) Declining youth drinking – A matter of faith. Drug & Alcohol Review DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13411[Related project: Y-DiD]
Roscoe, S., Boyd, J., Buykx, P. et al. (2021) The impact of disinvestment on alcohol and drug treatment delivery and outcomes: a systematic review. BMC Public Health 21, 2140 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12219-0
Vicario S., Peacock M., Buykx P., Meier P.S., Bissell P. (2021) Women's informal surveillance of alcohol consumption in intimate heterosexual relationships during the early parenting period. Social Science & Medicine, 291 (114499) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114499
David, G., Cooper, R., Dixon, S., Holmes, J. (2021) Exploring the implementation of public involvement in local alcohol availability policy: the case of alcohol licensing decision-making in England. Addiction. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15699
Opazo Breton M., Gillespie D., Pryce R., Bogdanovica I., Angus C., Hernandez Alava M., Brennan A., Britton J. (2021) Understanding long-term trends in smoking in England, 1972-2019: an age-period-cohort approach. Addiction. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15696
Holmes, J., Angus, C., Sasso, A., Stevely, A. K., Meier, P. S. (2021) What Proportion of On-Trade Alcohol Is Served to Those Who Are Already Potentially Intoxicated? An Analysis of Event-Level Data. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 85(5): pp.602-9. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2021.82.602
Case, P., Angus, C., De Vocht, F., Holmes, J., Michie, S., Brown, J. (2021) Has the increased participation in the national campaign 'Dry January' been associated with cutting down alcohol consumption in England? Drug and Alcohol Dependence. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108938
Manca F, Lewsey J, Waterson R, Kernaghan S M, Fitzpatrick D, Mackay D, Angus C, Fitzgerald N. (2021) Estimating the Burden of Alcohol on Ambulance Callouts through Development and Validation of an Algorithm Using Electronic Patient Records. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. 2021; 18(12):6363. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126363
Boyd J, Bambra C, Purshouse R, Holmes J. (2021) Beyond Behaviour: How Health Inequality Theory Can Enhance Our Understanding of the 'Alcohol-Harm Paradox' Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18116025
Boyd J, Sexton O, Angus C, Meier P, Purshouse R C, Holmes J. (2021) Causal mechanisms proposed for the alcohol harm paradox—a systematic review. Addiction. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15567
Roscoe, S, Pryce R, Buykx P, Gavens L, Meier P. (2021) Is disinvestment from alcohol and drug treatment services associated with treatment access, completions and related harm? An analysis of English expenditure and outcomes data. Drug & Alcohol Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13307
Patra J, Buckley C, Greenfield T K, Brennan A, Purshouse R C, Rehm J. (2021) Impact of body mass and alcohol consumption on all-cause and liver mortality in 240 000 adults in the United States. Drug & Alcohol Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13265
Rehm J, Patra J, Brennan A, Buckley C, Greenfield T K, Kerr W, Manthey J, Pursehouse R C, Rovira P, Shuper P A, Sheild K. (2021) The role of alcohol use in the aetiology and progression of liver disease: A narrative review and a quantification. Drug & Alcohol Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13286
Stevely A, Holmes J, Meier P. (2021) Combinations of Drinking Occasion Characteristics Associated with Units of Alcohol Consumed among British Adults: An Event-Level Decision Tree Modeling Study. Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.14560
Stevely AK, de Vocht F, Borges Neves Lic R, Holmes J, Meier PS (2021) Evaluating the effects of the Licensing Act 2003 on the characteristics of drinking occasions in England & Wales: A theory of change‐guided evaluation of a natural experiment. Addiction. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15451
Meier PS, Holmes J, Brennan A, Angus C (2021) Alcohol policy and gender: a modelling study estimating gender‐specific effects of alcohol pricing policies. Addiction. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15464
Whitaker V, Oldham M, Boyd J, Fairbrother H, Curtis P, Meier P, Holmes J (2021) Clustering of health-related behaviours within children aged 11–16: a systematic review. BMC Public Health, 21 (137). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-10140-6.
Gillespie, D., Hatchard, J., Squires, H. et al. (2021) Conceptualising changes to tobacco and alcohol policy as affecting a single interlinked system. BMC Public Health 21, 17 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-10000-3
McGovern, R; Smart, D, Alderson, H, Araújo-Soares, V; Brown, J; Buykx, P; Evans, V; Fleming, K; Hickman, M; Macleod, J; Meier, P; Kaner, E. (2021) Psychosocial Interventions to Improve Psychological, Social and Physical Wellbeing in Family Members Affected by an Adult Relative's Substance Use: A Systematic Search and Review of the Evidence. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 1793. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041793
Puddephatt, J.-A, Jones, A, Gage, S. H, Fear, N. T, Field, M, McManus, S, Goodwin, L. (2021) Associations of alcohol use, mental health and socioeconomic status in England: Findings from a representative population survey. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 219, 108463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108463
Journal articles 2020
Garnett C, Oldham M, Angus C, Beard E, Burton R, Field M, Greaves F, Hickman M, Kaner E, Loebenberg G, Michie S, Munafò M, Pizzo E, Brown J. (2020) Evaluating the effectiveness of the smartphone app, Drink Less, compared with the NHS alcohol advice webpage, for the reduction of alcohol consumption among hazardous and harmful adult drinkers in the UK at 6-month follow-up: protocol for a randomised controlled trial Addiction, 116 (2) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15287
Oldham M, Livingston M, Whitaker V, Callinan S, Fairbrother H, Curtis P, Meier P, Holmes J (2020) Trends in the psychosocial characteristics of 11–15‐year‐olds who still drink, smoke, take drugs and engage in poly‐substance use in England, Drug and Alcohol Review, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13201
GBD 2019 Risk Factors Collaborators. Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (2020), Lancet, 396(10258), p1223-1249 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30752-2
GBD 2019 Demographics Collaborators. Global age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (HALE), and population estimates in 204 countries and territories, 1950-2019: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (2020), Lancet 396(10258), p1160-1203. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30977-6
Wilson l, Pryce R, Hiscock R, Angus C, Brennan A, Gillespie D (2020) Quantile regression of tobacco tax pass-through in the UK 2013–2019. How have manufacturers passed through tax changes for different tobacco products?. Tobacco Control, Volume 30, Issue e1 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5769-5729
Field, M., Christiansen, P., Hardman, C. A., Haynes, A., Jones, A., Reid, A., & Robinson, E. (2020). Translation of findings from laboratory studies of food and alcohol intake into behavior change interventions: The experimental medicine approach. Health Psychology, in press. doi:10.1037/hea0001022
Holmes J, Beard E, Brown J, Brennan A, Kersbergen I, Meier PS, Michie S, Stevely AK & Buykx P. (2020) The impact of promoting revised UK low-risk drinking guidelines on alcohol consumption: interrupted time series analysis. Public Health Research. https://doi.org/10.3310/phr08140
Hogarth, L., & Field, M. (2020). Relative expected value of drugs versus competing rewards underpins vulnerability to and recovery from addiction. Behavioural Brain Research, 394, 112815. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2020.112815
Holmes J, Beard E, Brown J, Brennan A, Meier PS, Michie S, Stevely AK, Webster L, Buykx PF (2020) Effects on alcohol consumption of announcing and implementing revised UK low-risk drinking guidelines: findings from an interrupted time series analysis Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2020-213820.
Gibbs N, Kwon J, Balen J, Dodd PJ (2020) Operational research to support equitable non-communicable disease policy in low-income and middle-income countries in the sustainable development era: a scoping review BMJ Global Health, 5(6), e002259.
Vu TM, Probst C, Nielsen A, Bai H, Meier PS, Buckley C, Strong M, Brennan A, Purshouse RC (2020) A Software Architecture for Mechanism-Based Social Systems Modelling in Agent-Based Simulation Models Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulations, 23(3), 1.
Vu TM, Buckley C, Bai H, Nielsen A, Probst C, Brennan A, Shuper P, Strong M, Purshouse RC (2020) Multiobjective Genetic Programming Can Improve the Explanatory Capabilities of Mechanism-Based Models of Social Systems Complexity, 2020, 8923197
Yang F, Angus C, Duarte A, Gillespie D, Walker S, Griffin S (2020) Impact of Socioeconomic Differences on Distributional Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Medical Decision Making, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0272989X20935883
Angus C, Pryce R, Holmes J, de Vocht F, Hickman M, Meier P, Brennan A, Gillespie D (2020) Assessing the contribution of alcohol‐specific causes to socio‐economic inequalities in mortality in England and Wales 2001–16 Addiction, DOI: doi.org/10.1111/add.15037
Mahedy L, Suddell S, Skirrow C, Fernandes GS, Field M, Heron J, Hickman M, Wootton R, Munafò M (2020) Alcohol use and cognitive functioning in young adults: improving causal inference Addiction, DOI: doi.org/10.1111/add.15100
Codling S, Mantzari E, Sexton O, Fuller G, Pechey R, Hollands GJ, Pilling M, Marteau TM (2020) Impact of bottle size on in-home consumption of wine: a randomized controlled cross-over trial Addiction, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15042
Stevely AK, Holmes J, McNamara S, Meier PS (2020) Drinking contexts and their association with acute alcohol‐related harm: A systematic review of event‐level studies on adults' drinking occasions Drug and Alcohol Review, DOI: doi.org/10.1111/dar.13042
Langley T, Gillespie D, Lewis S, Eminson K, Brennan A, Docherty G, Young B (2020) Developing logic models to inform public health policy outcome evaluation: an example from tobacco control Journal of Public Health, DOI: doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdaa032
Churchill S, Angus C, Purshouse R, Brennan A, Sherk A (2020) Expanding attributable fraction applications to outcomes wholly attributable to a risk factor Statistical Methods in Medical Research, DOI: doi.org/10.1177%2F0962280220907113
Probst C, Vu TM, Epstein JM, Nielsen AE, Buckley C, Brennan A, Rehm J, Purshouse RC (2020) The Normative Underpinnings of Population-Level Alcohol Use: An Individual-Level Simulation Model Health Education and Behavior, DOI: doi.org/10.1177%2F1090198119880545
Field M, Puddephatt J, Goodwin L, Owens L, Reaves D, Holmes J (2020) Benefits of temporary alcohol restriction: a feasibility randomized trial Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 6 (9).
de Vocht F, McQuire C, Brennan A, Egan M, Angus C, Kaner E, Beard E, Brown J, De Angelis D, Carter N, Murray B Dukes R, Greenwood E, Holden S, Jago R, Hickman M (2020) Evaluating the causal impact of individual alcohol licensing decisions on local health and crime using natural experiments with synthetic controls Addiction, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15002
Copeland A, Jones A, Field M (2020) The association between meaning in life and harmful drinking is mediated by individual differences in self-control and alcohol value Addiction Behaviors Reports, DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2020.100258.
Pryce R, Angus C, Holmes J, Gillespie D, Buykx P, Meier P, Hickman M, de Vochy F, Brennan A (2020) Reweighting national survey data for small area behaviour estimates: modelling alcohol consumption in Local Authorities in England Population Health Metrics, 18: 1 (Open Access)
GBD 2017 Cirrhosis Collaborators (inc. Angus C) (2020) The global, regional, and national burden of cirrhosis by cause in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 Lancet Gastroenerology and Hepatology, 5 (3), pp.245-66.
Heng J, Livingston M, Room R, Callinan S, Marzan M, Brennan A, Doran C (2020) Modelling the effects of alcohol pricing policies on alcohol consumption in subpopulations in Australia Addiction, DOI: doi.org/10.1111/add.14898
Irving A, Buykx P, Amos Y, Goodacre S, Moore SC, O'Cathain A (2020) The acceptability of alcohol intoxication management services to users: A mixed methods study Drug and Alcohol Review, 39 (1), pp.36-43.
Oldham M, Callinan S, Whitaker V, Fairbrother H, Curtis P, Meier P, Livingston M, Holmes J (2019) The decline in youth drinking in England – is everyone drinking less? A quantile regression analysis Addiction, 115 (2), pp.218-29.
O'Donnell A, Angus C, Hanratty B, Hamilton FL, Petersen I, Kaner E (2020) Impact of the introductions and withdrawal of financial incentives on the delivery of alcohol screening and brief advice in English primary health care: an interrupted time-series analysis Addiction, 115 (1), pp. 49-60.
Papamalis FE, Kalyva E, Teare MD, Meier PS (2020) The role of personality functioning in drug misuse treatment engagement Addiction, 115 (4), pp.726-39.
Stevely AK, Holmes J, Meier P (2020) Contextual characteristics of adults' drinking occasions and their association with levels of alcohol consumption and acute alcohol-related harm: A mapping review Addiction, 115 (2), pp.218-29.
Moore SC, Allen D, Amos Y, Blake J, Brennan A, Buykx P, et al. (2020) Evaluating alcohol intoxication management services: the EDARA mixed-methods study Health and Social Care Delivery Research DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr08240
Journal articles 2019
Livingston M, Holmes J, Oldham M, Vashishtha R, Pennay A (2019) Trends in and sequence of first alcohol, cannabis and cigarette use in Australia, 2001-2016 Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 207 (107821).
Brennan A, Angus C, Pryce R, Buykx P, Henney M, Gillespie D, Holmes J & Meier PS. (2019) Potential effects of minimum unit pricing at local authority level on alcohol-attributed harms in North West and North East England: a modelling study Public Health Research DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/phr09040
Vu TM, Probst C, Epstein JM, Brennan A, Strong M, Purshouse RC (2019) Toward inverse generative social science using multi-objective genetic programming Gecco '19: Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computing Conference, July 2019: 1356-63.
Winstock AR, Holmes J, Ferris JA, Davies EL (2019) Perceptions of alcohol health warning labels in a large international cross-sectional survey of people who drink alcohol Alcohol and Alcoholism, DOI: doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agz099
Field M, Heather N, Murphy JG, Stafford T, Tucker JA, Witkiewitz K (2019) Recovery from addiction: Behavioral economics and value-based decision-making Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, DOI: 10.1037/adb0000518. Pre-print available at: psyarxiv.com/rfjwu/
Room R, Greenfield TK, Holmes J, Kraus L, Livingston M, Pennay A, Törrönen J (2019) Supranational changes in drinking patterns: factors in explanatory models of substantial and parallel social change Addiction Research and Theory, DOI: doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2019.1689963
Pryce, R (2019) The effect of the United Kingdom smoking ban on alcohol spending: Evidence from the Living Costs and Food Survey Health Policy, 123 (10), pp.936-40.
Vashishtha R, Livingston M, Pennay A, Dietze P, MacLean, Holmes J, Herring R, Caluzzi G, Lubman D (2019) Why is adolescent drinking declining? A systematic review and narrative synthesis Addiction Research & Theory, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2019.1663831
Field M, Kersbergen I (2019) Are animal models of addiction useful? Addiction, 115 (1), pp.6-12.
Holmes J, Ally AK, Meier PS, Pryce R (2019) The collectivity of British alcohol consumption trends across different temporal processes: A quantile age‐period‐cohort analysis Addiction, 114 (11), pp.1970-80.
Angus C, Holmes J, Meier PS (2019) Comparing alcohol taxation throughout the European Union Addiction, 114 (8): 1489-94.
Kraus L, Room R, Livingston M, Pennay A, Holmes J, Törrönen J (2019) Long waves of consumption or a unique social generation? Exploring recent declines in youth drinking Addiction Research & Theory, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2019.1629426
Jiang H, Room R, Livingston M, Callinan S, Brennan A, Doran C, Thorn M (2019) The effects of alcohol pricing policies on consumption, health, social and economic outcomes, and health inequality in Australia: a protocol of an epidemiological modelling study BMJ Open, 9(6):e029918.
Angus C, Brown J, Beard E, Gillespie D, Buykx P, Kaner EFS, Michie S, Meier P (2019) Socioeconomic inequalities in the delivery of brief interventions for smoking and excessive drinking: findings from a cross-sectional household survey in England BMJ Open, 9:e023448.
Brennan A, Hill-McManus D, Stone T, Buykx P, Ally A, Alstone R, Jones A, Cairns D, Millar T, Donmall M, Phillips T, Meier P, Drummond C (2019) Modeling the Potential Impact of Changing Access Rates to Specialist Treatment for Alcohol Dependence for Local Authorities in England: The Specialist Treatment for Alcohol Model (STreAM) Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, S18, pp.96-109.
Beard E, Brown J, West R, Kaner E, Meier P, Michie S (2019) Associations between socio-economic factors and alcohol consumption: A population survey of adults in England PLOS One, 14 (2): e0209442.
Gavens L, Holmes J, Buykx P, de Vocht F, Egan M, Grace D, Lock K, Mooney JD, Brennan A (2019) Processes of local alcohol policy-making in England: Does the theory of policy transfer provide useful insights into public health decision-making Health & Place, 57, pp.358-64.
Pennay A, Callinan S, Livingston M, Lubman DI, Holmes J, MacLean S, Herring R, Dietze P (2019) Patterns in Reduction or Cessation of Drinking in Australia (2001–2013) and Motivation for Change Alcohol and Alcoholism, 54 (1), pp.79-86.
Angus C, Li J, Romero-Rodriguez E, Anderson P, Parrott S, Brennan A (2019) Cost-effectiveness of strategies to improve delivery of brief interventions for heavy drinking in primary care: results from the ODHIN trial European Journal of Public Health, 29 (2), pp.219-25.
Journal articles 2018
Pryce R, Hollingsworth B, Walker I (2018) Alcohol quantity and quality price elasticities: quantile regression estimates European Journal of Health Economics, 20, pp.439-54.
Stockwell T, Sherk A, Norström T, Angus C, Ramstedt M, Andréasson S, Chikritzhs T, Gripenberg J, Holder H, Holmes J, Mäkelä P (2018) Estimating the public health impact of disbanding a government alcohol monopoly: application of new methods to the case of Sweden BMC Public Health, 18:1400, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6312-x
Fitzgerald N, Egan M, de Vocht F, Angus C, Nicholls J, Shortt N, Nichols T, Maani Hessari N, McQuire C, Purves R, Critchlow N, Mohan A, Mahon L, Sumpter C, Bauld L (2018) Exploring the impact of public health teams on alcohol premises licensing in England and Scotland (ExILEnS): protocol for a mixed methods natural experiment evaluation BMC Medical Research Methodology, 123
Holmes J, Angus C, Meier PS, Buykx P, Brennan A (2018) How should we set consumption thresholds for low risk drinking guidelines? Achieving objectivity and transparency using evidence, expert judgement and pragmatism Addiction, 114 (4): 590-600. See accompanying commentaries and a response from the authors.
Maheswaran R, Green MA, Strong M, Brindley P, Angus C, Holmes J (2018) Alcohol outlet density and alcohol related hospital admissions in England: a national small‐area level ecological study Addiction, 113 (11), pp.2051-9. (Open Access)
GBD 2016 Alcohol Collaborators, including Angus C (2018) Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 The Lancet, 392 (10152), pp.22-8.
Bhattacharya A, Angus C, Pryce R, Holmes J, Brennan A, Meier PS (2018) How dependent is the alcohol industry on heavy drinking in England? Addiction, 113 (12), pp.2225-32. See accompanying commentaries.
Dunne J, Kimergård A, Brown J, Beard E, Buykx P, Michie S, Drummond C (2018) Attempts to reduce alcohol intake and treatment needs among people with probable alcohol dependence in England: a general population survey Addiction, 113 (8), pp.1430-8.
Bates S, Holmes J, Gavens L, Gomes de Matos E, Li J, Ward B, Hooper L, Dixon S, Buykx P (2018) Awareness of alcohol as a risk factor for cancer is associated with public support for alcohol policies BMC Public Health, 18:688.
Stevely AK, Buykx P, Brown J, Beard E, Michie S, Meier PS, Holmes J (2018) 'Exposure to revised drinking guidelines and 'COM-B' determinants of behaviour change: descriptive analysis of a monthly cross-sectional survey in England BMC Public Health, 18:251.
Addison M, Mcgovern R, Angus C, Becker F, Brennan A, Brown H, Coulton S, Crowe L, Gilvarry E, Hickman M, Howel D, Mccoll E, Muirhead C, Newbury-Birch D, Waqas M, Kaner E (2018) Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention in Police Custody Suites: Pilot Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial (AcCePT) Alcohol and Alcoholism, 53 (5), pp.548-59.
Kersbergen I, Oldham M, Jones A, Field M, Angus C, Robinson E (2018) Reducing the standard serving size of alcoholic beverages prompts reductions in alcohol consumption Addiction, 113 (9), pp.1598-608.
Buykx P, Li J, Gavens L, Hooper L, Gomes de Matos E, Holmes J (2018) Self-Reported Knowledge, Correct Knowledge and use of UK Drinking Guidelines Among a Representative Sample of the English Population Alcohol and Alcoholism, 53 (4), pp.453-60.
Pennay A, Holmes J, Törrönen J, Livingston M, Kraus L, Room R (2018) Researching the decline in adolescent drinking: The need for a global and generational approach Drug and Alcohol Review, 37(S1):S115-9.
Chaiyasong S, Huckle T, Mackintosh AM, Meier P, Parry C, Callinan S, Pham C, Kazantseva E, Gray-Phillip G, Parker K, Casswell S (2018) Drinking patterns vary by gender, age and country‐level income: Cross‐country analysis of the International Alcohol Control Study Drug and Alcohol Review, 37 (S2), pp.S53-62.
Huckle T, Romeo JS, Wall M, Callinan S, Holmes J, Meier P, Mackintosh AM, Piazza M, Chaiyasong S, Cuong PV, Casswell S (2018) Socio‐economic disadvantage is associated with heavier drinking in high but not middle‐income countries participating in the International Alcohol Control (IAC) Study Drug and Alcohol Review,37 (S2), pp.S63-71.
Huckle T, Casswell S, Mackintosh A, Chaiyasong S, Cuong PV, Morojele N, Parry C, Meier P, Holmes J, Callinan S, Piazza M, Kazantseva E, Bayandorj T, Gray-Philip G, Halliday S, Chun S, Welch M, Graydon-Guy T, Parker K (2018) The International Alcohol Control Study: Methodology and Implementation Drug and Alcohol Review, 37 (S2), pp.S10-7
Sherk A, Stockwell T, Chikritzhs T, Andréasson S, Angus C, Gripenberg J, Holder H, Holmes J, Mäkelä P, Mills M, Norström T, Ramstedt M, Woods J (2018) Alcohol consumption and the physical availability of take-away alcohol: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the days and hours of sale and outlet density Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 79 (1), pp.56-67.
Rosenberg G, Bauld L, Hooper L, Buykx P, Holmes J, Vohra J (2018) New national alcohol guidelines in the UK: public awareness, understanding and behavioural intentions Journal of Public Health, 40 (3), pp.549-56 (Open Access).
Gavens L, Holmes J, Buehringer G, McLeod J, Neumann M, Lingford-Hughes A, Hock ES, Meier PS (2018) Interdisciplinary working in public health research: a proposed good practice checklist Journal of Public Health, 40 (1), pp.175-82.
Martin N, Buykx P, Shevills C, Sullivan C, Clark L, Newbury-Birch D (2018) Population level effects of a mass media alcohol and breast cancer campaign: A cross-sectional pre-intervention and post-intervention evaluation Alcohol and Alcoholism, 53 (1), pp.31-8.
Meier P, Holmes J, Warde A (2018) Social practice theory and the study of how we drink Addiction DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.14120
Journal articles 2017
Mooney JD, Holmes J, Gavens L, de Vocht F, Hickman M, Lock K, Brennan A (2017) Investigating local policy drivers for alcohol harm prevention: a comparative case study of two local authorities in England BMC Public Health, 17 (825) (Open Access)
Kippen R, James E, Ward B, Bukyx P, Shamsullah A, Watson W, Chapman K (2017) Identification of cancer risk and associated behaviour: implications for social marketing campaigns for cancer prevention BMC Cancer, 17 (550)
Ward BM, Kippen R, Muro G, Buykx P, McBride N, Wiggers J, Clark M (2017) Liquor licenses issued to Australian schools BMC Public Health, 18 (72)
Lovatt M, Holmes J (2017) Digital phenotyping and sociological perspectives in a Brave New World Addiction, 112 (7), pp.1286-9.
Angus C, Holmes J, Maheswaran R, Green MA, Meier P, Brennan A (2017) Mapping patterns and trends in the spatial availability of alcohol using low-level geographic data: A case study in England 2003-2013 International Journal of Environmental Research in Public Health, 14(4), 404
de Vocht F, Tilling K, Pliakas T, Angus C, Egan M, Brennan A, Campbell R, Hickman M (2017) The intervention effect of local alcohol licensing policies on hospital admission and crime: a natural experiment using a novel Bayesian synthetic time-series method Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 71 (9), pp.912-8
Beard E, Brown, J, West R, Angus C, Kaner E, Michie S (2017) Healthier central England or North-South divide? Analysis of national survey data on smoking and high-risk drinking BMJ Open, 7, e014210
Li J, Lovatt M, Eadie D, Dobbie F, Meier P, Holmes J, Hastings G, MacKintosh AM. (2017) Public attitudes towards alcohol control policies in Scotland and England: Results from a mixed-methods study Social Science & Medicine, 177, pp.177-89 (Open Access).
Purshouse RC, Brennan A, Moyo D, Nicholls J, Norman P. (2017) Typology and dynamics of heavier drinking style in Great Britain: 1978-2010 Alcohol and Alcoholism, 52 (3), pp.372-81
Meier PS, Warde A, Holmes J (2017) All drinking is not equal: how a social practice theory lens could enhance public health research on alcohol and other health behaviours Addiction, 113 (2), pp.206-13. See accompanying commentaries and response from the authors.
de Vocht F, Heron J, Egan M, Mooney JD, Angus C, Brennan A, Hickman M. (2017) Testing the impact of alcohol licensing policies on reported crime rates in England Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 71 (2), pp.137-45. (Open Access)
Angus C, Thomas C, Anderson P, Meier PS, Brennan A. (2017) Estimating the cost-effectiveness of brief interventions for heavy drinking in primary health care across Europe European Journal of Public Health, 27 (2), pp.345-51.
Sadler S, Angus C, Gavens L, Gillespie D, Holmes J, Hamilton J, Brennan A, Meier P (2017) Understanding the alcohol harm paradox: an analysis of sex- and condition-specific hospital admissions by socioeconomic group for alcohol-associated conditions in England Addiction, 112 (5), pp.808-17.
Gilligan C, Ward B, Kippen R, Buykx P, Chapman K. (2017) Acceptability of alcohol supply to children – associations with adults' own age of initiation and social norms Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 28 (2), pp.151-5.
Gavens L, Holmes J, Buehringer G, McLeod J, Neumann M, Lingford-Hughes A, Hock ES, Meier PS (2017) Interdisciplinary working in public health research: a proposed good practice checklist Journal of Public Health DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdx027
Journal articles 2016
Buykx P, Li J, Gavens L, Hooper L, Lovatt, M, Gomes de Matos, E, Meier P, Holmes J (2016) Public awareness of the link between alcohol and cancer in England in 2015: A population-based survey BMC Public Health, 16, 1194 (Open Access).
Holmes J, Brown J, Meier P, Beard E, Michie S, Buykx P. (2016) Short-term effects of announcing revised lower risk national drinking guidelines on related awareness and knowledge: A trend analysis of monthly survey data in England BMJ Open, 6, e013804 (Open Access).
Berends L, Garfield J, Manning V, Buykx P, Lam T, Mugavin J, Larner A, Room R, Allsop S, Lubman D. (2016) Social disadvantage and past treatment among clients entering public alcohol and drug services in two Australian states International Journal of Drug Policy, 29, pp.88-90
Lubman D, Garfield J, Manning V, Berends L, Best D, Mugavin J, Lam T, Buykx P, Larner A, Llyod B, Room R, Allsop S. (2016) Characteristics of individuals presented to treatment for primary alcohol problems versus other drug problems in the Australian patient pathways study BMC Psychiatry, 16, 250 (Open Access)
Ward B, Kippen R, Buykx P, Munro G, McBride N, Wiggers J. (2016) Principals' reports of adults' alcohol use in Australian secondary schools BMC Public Health, 16, 195 (Open Access)
Maheswaran R, Holmes J, Green M, Strong M, Pearson T, Meier P (2016) Investigation of the association between alcohol outlet density and alcohol-related hospital admission rates in England: Study protocol JMIR Research Protocols, 5 (4), e243 (Open Access)
Egan M, Brennan A, Buykx P, de Vocht F, Gavens L, Grace D, Halliday E, Hickman M, Holt V, Mooney JD, Lock K (2016) Local policies to tackle a national problem: Comparative qualitative case studies of an English local authority alcohol availability intervention Health and Place, 41, pp.11-8
Ally A, Lovatt M, Meier PS, Brennan A, Holmes J. (2016) Developing a social practice-based typology of British drinking culture in 2009-2011: Implications for alcohol policy analysis Addiction, 111 (9), pp.1568-79 (Open Access). See accompanying commentary.
Meier PS, Holmes J, Angus C, Ally AK, Meng Y and Brennan A. (2016) Estimated effects of different alcohol taxation and price policies on health inequalities: A mathematical modelling study PLOS Medicine, 13 (2), e1001963. (Open Access)
Gavens L, Goyder E, Hock ES, Harris J, Meier PS. (2016) Alcohol consumption after health deterioration in older adults: a mixed methods study Public Health, 139, pp.79-87
Beard E, Brown J, West R, Angus C, Brennan A, Holmes J, Kaner E, Meier P and Michie S. (2016) Deconstructing the alcohol harm paradox: A population based survey of adults in England PLOS One, 11 (9), e0160666. (Open Access)
de Vocht F, Brown J, Beard E, Angus C, Brennan A, Michie S, Campbell R and Hickman M. (2016) Temporal patterns of alcohol consumption and attempts to reduce alcohol intake in England BMC Public Health, 16 (917), pp.1-10 (Open Access)
Beard E, Brown J, Michie S, Kaner E, Meier P, West R (2016) Use of aids for smoking cessation and alcohol reduction: A population survey of adults in England BMC Public Health, 16 (1237)
Brown J, West R, Beard E, Brennan A, Drummond C, Gillespie D, Hickman M, Holmes J, Kaner E, Michie S. (2016) Are recent attempts to quit smoking associated with reduced drinking in England BMC Public Health, 16 (535), pp.1-7
Lewer D, Meier P, Beard E, Boniface S, Kaner E. (2016) Unravelling the alcohol harm paradox: A population-based study of social gradients across very heavy drinking thresholds BMC Public Health, 16 (599). (Open Access)
Egan M, Brennan A, Buykx P, de Vocht F, Gavens L, Grace D, Halliday E, Hickman M, Holt V, Mooney JD, Lock K (2016) Local policies to tackle a national problem: Comparative qualitative case studies of an English local authority alcohol availability intervention Health & Place, 41, pp.11-8
Baumberg Geiger B and MacKerron G (2016) Can alcohol make you happy? A subjective wellbeing approach', Social Science and Medicine 156, pp.184-91
Stockwell T, Zhao J, Greenfield T, Li J, Livingston M, Meng Y. (2016) Estimating under- and over-reporting of drinking in national surveys of alcohol consumption: Identification of consistent biases across four English-speaking countries Addiction, 111 (7), 1203-13
Gmel, G., Holmes, J. and Studer, J. (2016) Are alcohol outlet densities strongly associated with alcohol-related outcomes? A critical review of recent evidence? Drug and Alcohol Review, 35 (1), pp.40-54 (Open access). See accompanying commentary and response from the authors.
Brennan, A., Meier, P., Purshouse, R., Rafia, R., Meng, Y., and Hill-McManus, D. (2016) Developing policy analytics for public health strategy and decisions – the Sheffield alcohol policy model framework Annals of Operational Research, 236 (1), pp.149-76 (Open access)
de Vocht, F., Heron, J., Angus, C., Brennan, A., Mooney, A., Lock, K., Campbell, R. and Hickman, M. (2016) Measurable effects of local alcohol licensing policies on population health in England Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 70, pp.231-7
de Vocht, F., Campbell, R., Brennan, A., Mooney, J., Angus, C. and Hickman, M. (2016) Propensity score matching for selection of local areas as controls for evaluation of effects of alcohol policies in case series and quasi case-control designs Public Health, 132, pp.40-9. (Open Access)
Brown J, West R, Angus C, Beard E, Brennan A, Drummond C, Hickman M, Holmes J, Kaner E and Michie S. (2016) Comparison of brief interventions in primary care on smoking and excessive alcohol consumption: a population survey in England British Journal of General Practice. 66(642):e1-9. (Open Access)
Journal articles 2015
Brennan, A., Meier, P., Purshouse, R., Rafia, R., Meng, Y., Hill-McManus, D., Angus, C. and Holmes, J. (2015) The Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model: A Mathematical Description Health Economics, 24 (10), 1368-88 (Open access)
Lovatt, M., Eadie, D., Meier, P.S., Li, J., Bauld, L., Hastings, G. and Holmes, J. (2015) Lay epidemiology and the interpretation of low risk drinking guidelines by adults in the United Kingdom Addiction, 110 (12), pp.1912-9. Listen to Melanie Lovatt discuss the research and see accompanying commentary on the article. (Open access)
Probst, C., Moyo, D., Purshouse, R. and Rehm J. (2015) Transition probabilities for four states of alcohol use in adolescence and young adulthood: what factors matter when? Addiction, 110 (8), pp.1272-80
Holmes, J., Angus, C. and Meier, P.S. (2015) UK alcohol industry's "billion units pledge": interim evaluation flawed British Medical Journal, 350 (h1301). Listen to the authors discuss the research.
Beard, E., Brown, J., West, R., Acton, C., Brennan, A., Drummond, C., Hickman, M., Holmes, J., Kaner, E., Lock, K., Walmsley, M. and Michie, S. (2015) Protocol for a national monthly survey of alcohol use in England with 6-month follow-up: 'The Alcohol Toolkit Study BMC Public Health, 15 (230) (Open access)
Journal articles 2014
Gell, L., Meier, P.S. and Goyder, E. (2014) Alcohol consumption among the over 50s: International comparisons Alcohol and Alcoholism, 50 (1), pp.1-10 (Open access here)
Brennan, A., Meng, Y., Holmes, J., Hill-McManus, D. and Meier, P. (2014) Potential benefits of minimum unit pricing for alcohol versus a ban on below cost selling in England 2014: modelling study BMJ, 349 (g5452). See accompanying editorial. (Open access)
Holmes, J., Meier, PS., Booth, A. and Brennan, A. (2014) Reporting the characteristics of the policy context for population-level alcohol interventions: A proposed 'Transparent Reporting of Alcohol Intervention ContExts' (TRAICE) checklist Drug and Alcohol Review, 33 (6), pp.596-603. (Open access)
Holmes, J., Guo, Y., Maheswaran, R., Nicholls, J., Meier, PS. and Brennan, A. (2014) The impact of spatial and temporal availability of alcohol on its consumption and related harms: A critical review in the context of UK licensing policies Drug and Alcohol Review, 33 (5), pp.515-25. (Open access)
Angus, C., Latimer, N., Preston, L., Li, J. and Purshouse, R. (2014) What are the implications for policy makers? A systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of screening and brief interventions for alcohol misuse in primary care Frontiers in Psychiatry, 5 (114), pp.1-10. (Open access)
Struzzo, P., Angus, C., Scafato, E., Ghirini, S., Torbica, A., Ferre, F., Scafuri, F., Purshouse, R. and Brennan, A. (2014) Lo screening e l'intervento breve in medicina generale: un modello di analisi economica sui bevitori a rischio Politiche sanitarie, 15 (2), pp.77-83.
Kruger, J., Brennan, A., Strong, M., Thomas, C., Norman, N. and Epton, T. (2014) The cost-effectiveness of a theory-based online health behaviour intervention for new university students: an economic evaluation BMC Public Health, 14 (1011). (Open access)
Epton, T., Norman, P., Dadzie, A-S., Harris, PR., Webb, TL., Sheeran, P., Julious, SA., Ciravegna, F., Brennan, A., Meier, PS., Naughton, D., Petroczi, A., Kruger, J., Shah, I. (2014) A theory-based intervention for new university students (U@Uni): results from a randomised controlled trial BMC Public Health, 14 (563). (Open access)
Ally, A., Meng, Y., Chakraborty, R., Dobson, PW., Seaton, JS., Holmes, J., Angus, C., Guo, Y., Hill-McManus, D., Brennan, A. and Meier, PS. (2014) Alcohol tax pass-through across the product and price range: do retailers treat cheap alcohol differently? Addiction, 109 (12), pp.1994-2002. See accompanying commentary.
Angus, C., Scafato, E., Ghirini, S., Torbica, A., Ferre, F., Struzzo, P., Purshouse, R. and Brennan, A. (2014) Cost-effectiveness of a programme of screening and brief interventions for alcohol in primary care in Italy BMC Family Practice, 15, e26. (Open access)
Holmes, J., Meng, Y., Meier, PS., Brennan, A., Angus, C., Campbell-Burton, A., Guo, Y., Hill-McManus, D., and Purshouse, RC. (2014) Effects of minimum unit pricing for alcohol on different income and socioeconomic groups: a modelling study The Lancet, 383 (9929), 1655-64. See accompanying commentary. (Open access)
Meng, Y., Brennan, A., Purshouse, R., Hill-McManus, D., Angus, C., Holmes, J. and Meier, PS. (2014) Estimation of own and cross price elasticities of alcohol demand in the UK: A pseudo-panel approach using the Living Costs and Food Survey 2001-2009 Journal of Health Economics, 34, pp.96-103. (Open access)
Hill-McManus, D., Angus, C., Meng, Y., Holmes, J., Brennan, A. and Meier, P. (2014) Estimation of usual occasion-based individual drinking patterns using diary data Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 13 (1), pp.136-43
Meng, Y., Holmes, J., Hill-McManus, D., Brennan, A. and Meier, PS. (2014) Trend analysis and modelling of gender-specific age, period and birth cohort effects on alcohol abstention and consumption level for drinkers in Great Britain using the General Lifestyle Survey 1984-2009 Addiction, 109 (2), pp.206-15. (Open access)
Gell L, McLeod J, Holmes J, Everson-Hock E, Buehringer G, Lingford-Hughes A, Neumann M, Meier P (2014) Reflections and best practice recommendations for interdisciplinary working: a case study on the identification of the determinants of addiction from the Addiction and Lifestyles In Contemporary Europe Reframing Addictions Project (ALICE RAP) The Lancet DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)62139-5
Journal articles 2013
Epton, T., Norman, P., Sheeran, P. et al. (2013) A theory-based online health behavior intervention for new university students: study protocol BMC Public Health, 13 (107) pp.1-11. (Open access)
Meier, PS., Meng, Y., Holmes, J., Baumberg, B., Purshouse, R., Hill-McManus, D. and Brennan, A. (2013) Adjusting for Unrecorded Consumption in Survey and Per Capita Sales Data: Quanification of Impact on Gender- and Age-specific Alcohol-attributable Fractions for Oral and Pharyngeal Cancers in Great Britain Alcohol and Alcoholism, 48 (2), pp.241-49. (Open access)
Journal articles 2012
Purshouse, R., Brennan, A., Rafia, R., Latimer, N., Archer, R., Angus, C., Preston, L. and Meier, P. (2012) Modelling the Cost-Effectiveness of Alcohol Screening and Brief Interventions in Primary Care in England Alcohol and Alcoholism 48 (2), pp. 180-8. (Open access)
Holmes, J., Meier, P., Booth, A., Guo, Y. & Brennan, A. (2012) The temporal relationship between per capita alcohol consumption and harm: A systematic review of time lag specifications in aggregate time series analyses Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 123 (1–3), pp.7–14
Gell, L. and Meier, P. (2012) The nature and strength of the relationship between expenditure on alcohol and food: An analysis of adult-only households in the UK Drug and Alcohol Review, 31 (4), pp.422-30. (Open access)
Casswell, S., Meier, P., MacKintosh, AM. et al. (2012) The International Alcohol Control (IAC) Study – Evaluating the Impact of Alcohol Policies Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 36 (8), pp.1462-7
Journal articles 2011
Meier, P. (2011) Alcohol marketing research: The need for a new agenda Addiction, 106 (3), 466-71. See accompanying commentaries. (Open access).
Johnson, M., Jackson, R., Guillaume., Meier, P. and Goyder, E. (2011) Barriers and facilitators to implementing screening and brief intervention for alcohol misuse: a systematic review of qualitative evidence Journal of Public Health, 33 (3), pp. 412-21. (Open access)
Schulte, SJ., Meier, PS. and Stirling, J. (2011) Dual diagnosis clients' treatment satisfaction – a systematic review BMC Psychiatry, 11 (64), pp. 1-12. (Open access)
Journal articles 2010
Purshouse, R.C., Meier, P.S., Brennan, A., Taylor, K.B. & Rafia, R. (2010) Estimated effect of alcohol pricing policies on health and health economic outcomes in England: an epidemiological model The Lancet, 375 (9723), pp.1355-64. See accompanying commentary. (Open access)
Schulte, S., Meier, P., Stirling, J. and Berry, M. (2010) Dual diagnosis competency among addiction treatment staff: Training levels, training needs and the link to retention European Addiction Research. 16, pp.78-84
Meier, P.S. (2010) Polarized drinking patterns and alcohol deregulation Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 27 (5), pp.383-408. (Open access)
Wilkins, L., Bissell, P. and Meier, PS. (2010) Risky injecting practices associated with snowballing: A qualitative study Drug and Alcohol Review, 29 (3), pp.256-62.
Meier, P.S., Brennan, A., Purshouse, R. (2010) Policy Options for Alcohol Price Regulation: The Importance of Modelling Population Heterogeneity Addiction, 105 (3) , pp.383-93. See accompanying commentaries. (Open access)
Barrowclough, C., Meier, P., Beardmore, R. and Emsley, R. (2010) Predicting therapeutic alliance in clients with psychosis and substance misuse Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases, 198 (5), pp.373-7
Schulte, S., Meier, P., Stirling, J. and Berry, M. (2010) Unrecognised dual diagnosis – a risk factor for dropout of treatment Mental Health and Substance Use, 3 (2), pp.94-109
Reports for the UK or multiple UK countries
Holmes J, Angus C, Kersbergen I, Pryce R, Stevely A, Wilson L (2024) No- and low-alcohol drinks in Great Britain: Monitoring report. Sheffield: University of Sheffield. DOI: 10.15131/shef.data.24893526 Download the accompanying data tables.
Stevely AK, Sasso A, Hernández Alava M, Holmes J (2021) Changes in alcohol consumption in Scotland during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic: Descriptive analysis of repeat cross-sectional survey data Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland.
Angus C & Henney M (2019) Modelling the impact of alcohol duty policies since 2012 in England & Scotland Sheffield: ScHARR, University of Sheffield. DOI: 10.15131/shef.data.26004277
Egan M, McGill E, Er V, Cummins S, Lock K, Savona N, Marks D, Andreeva M, Petticrew M, Penney T, White M, Anderson de Cuevas R, Orton L, Whitehead M, Popay J, de Vocht F, Meier P, Rutter H, Smith R. (2019) Guidance on systems approaches to local public health evaluation: Part 1: Introducing systems thinking London: National Institute for Health Research School for Public Health Research.
Egan M, McGill E, Er V, Cummins S, Lock K, Savona N, Marks D, Andreeva M, Petticrew M, Penney T, White M, Anderson de Cuevas R, Orton L, Whitehead M, Popay J, de Vocht F, Meier P, Rutter H, Smith R. (2019) Guidance on systems approaches to local public health evaluation: Part 2: What to consider when planning a systems evaluation London: National Institute for Health Research School for Public Health Research.
Tobacco Advisory Group of the Royal College of Physicians (2018) Hiding in plain sight: Treating tobacco dependency in the NHS London: Royal College of Physicians.
Holmes J, Angus C, Meier P, Brennan A (2016) Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL) due to alcohol consumption in the UK Sheffield: ScHARR, University of Sheffield
Holmes J, Angus C, Buykx P, Ally A, Stone T, Meier P, Brennan A (2016) Mortality and morbidity risks from alcohol consumption in the UK: Analyses using the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model (v.2.7) to inform the UK Chief Medical Officers' review of the UK lower risk drinking guidelines Sheffield: ScHARR, University of Sheffield
Rafia R, Brennan A (2010) Modelling methods to estimate the potential impact of lowering the blood alcohol concentration limit from 80mg/100ml to 50mg/100ml in England and Wales Sheffield: ScHARR, University of Sheffield.
Reports for Scotland
Gillespie D, Morris D, Angus C, Wilson L, Chen RKL, Leeming G, Holmes J, Brennan A (2024) Model-based appraisal of the potential effects of minimum pricing for tobacco in Scotland Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland. See also summary report.
Angus C, Morris D, Leeming G, Kai Le Chen R, Wilson L, Stevely A, Holmes J, Brennan A, Gillespie D (2023) New modelling of alcohol pricing policies, alcohol consumption and harm in Scotland: An adaptation of the Sheffield Tobacco and Alcohol Policy Model Sheffield: University of Sheffield. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15131/shef.data.21931386.v1
Holmes J, Buykx P, Perkins A, Hughes J, Livingston W, Boyd J, Johnston A, McCarthy T, McClean A, Wright A, Little S, Brennan A, Gardiner K, Peddie L, Yannoulis Y, Stevely A, Mackay D, Hernández Alava M, Meier P, Sasso A, Angus C (2022) Evaluating the impact of Minimum Unit Pricing in Scotland on people who are drinking at harmful levels, Sheffield: University of Sheffield.
Stevely AK, Sasso A, Alava MH & Holmes J (2021) Changes in alcohol consumption in Scotland during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic: Descriptive analysis of repeat cross-sectional survey data, Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland.
Stead M, Critchlow N, Eadie D, Fitzgerald N, Angus K, Purves R, McKell J, MacKintosh AM, Mitchell H, Sumpter C, Angus C (2020) Evaluating the impact of alcohol minimum unit pricing in Scotland: Observational study of small retailers Stirling: University of Stirling.
Angus C, Holmes J, Pryce R, Meier P, Brennan A. (2016) Model-based appraisal of the comparative impact of Minimum Unit Pricing and taxation policies in Scotland: An adaptation of the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model version 3 ScHARR: University of Sheffield.
Meng Y, Brennan A, Holmes J, Hill-McManus D, Angus C, Purshouse R, Meier P. (2012) Model-based appraisal of alcohol minimum pricing and off-licensed trade discount bans in Scotland using the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model (v.2): Second update based on newly available data ScHARR, University of Sheffield.
Meng Y, Purshouse R, Brennan A, Meier P. (2010) Model-based appraisal of alcohol minimum pricing and off-licensed trade discount bans in Scotland using the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model (v.2): An update based on newly available data ScHARR, University of Sheffield.
Purshouse, R. Meng Y, Rafia R, Brennan A. (2009) Model-based appraisal of alcohol minimum pricing and off-licensed trade discount bans in Scotland: A Scottish adaptation of the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model version 2 ScHARR, University of Sheffield.
Reports for England
Pryce R, Field M, Wilson L, Wardle H, (2023) Gambling treatment need and support in England: main findings and methodology Sheffield: University of Sheffield.
Angus C, Henney M, Pryce R (2022) Modelling the impact of changes in alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic on future alcohol-related harm in England Sheffield: ScHARR, University of Sheffield DOI: https://doi.org/10.15131/shef.data.19597249.v1
Yang F, Angus C, Duarte A, Gillespie D, Sculpher M, Walker S, Griffin S (2021) Comparing Smoking Cessation to Screening and Brief Intervention for Alcohol in Distributional Cost Effectiveness Analysis to Explore the Sensitivity of Results to Socioeconomic Inequalities Characterised in Model Inputs, CHE Research Paper 184, University of York
Buykx P, Irving A, Gavens L (2020) Local alcohol treatment and recovery service commissioning practices and their perceived outcomes for service provision: An in-depth exploration London: Alcohol Change UK.
Oldham M, Holmes J, Whitaker V, Fairbrother H, Curtis P. (2018) Youth Drinking in Decline Sheffield: ScHARR, University of Sheffield. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15131/shef.data.7178333
Pryce R, Buykx P, Gray L, Stone A, Drummond C, Brennan, A. (2017) Estimates of Alcohol Dependence in England based on APMS 2014, including Estimates of Children Living in a Household with an Adult with Alcohol Dependence – Prevalence, Trends, and Amenability to Treatment Prepared for Public Health England. See also EXCEL spreadsheet Appendix and other related materials on the PHE website.
Brennan A, Buykx P, Pryce RE, Jones A, Hill-McManus D, Stone T, Ally A, Gillespie D, Meier P, Alston R, Cairns D, Millar T, Donmall M, Wolstenholme A, Phillips T, Elzerbi C, Drummond C. (2016) An Evidence-Based Model for Estimating Requirements for Specialist Alcohol Treatment Capacity in England – The Specialist Treatment for Alcohol Model (STreAM) Version 1.0. Final report to DH Policy Research Programme PR-R4-0512-12002
Angus C, Holmes J, Pryce R, Meier P, Brennan A. (2016) Alcohol and cancer trends: Intervention scenarios Sheffield and London: University of Sheffield and Cancer Research UK
Angus C. Gillespie D, Ally A, Brennan A. (2015) Modelling the impact of Minimum Unit Price and Identification and Brief Advice policies using the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model Version 3 ScHARR, University of Sheffield
Angus, C, Ally A. (2015) Modelling the potential impact of duty policies using the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model Version 3 ScHARR, University of Sheffield
Meng Y, Brennan A, Holmes J, Hill-McManus D, Angus C, Purshouse R, Meier P. (2013) Modelled income group-specific impacts of alcohol minimum unit pricing in England 2014/15: Policy appraisals using new developments to the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model (v2.5) Sheffield: ScHARR – See Addendum examining the impact of a ban on 'below cost selling'
Purshouse R, Brennan A, Latimer N, Meng Y, Rafia R, Jackson R, Meier P. (2009) Modelling to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of public health related strategies and intervention to reduce alcohol attributable harm in England using the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model version 2.0 Report to the NICE Public Health Programme Development Group. See additional Appendices
Brennan A, Purshouse R, Taylor K, Rafia R, Booth A, O'Reilly D, Stockwell T, Sutton A, Wilkinson A, Wong R, Meier P. (2009) Modelling the Potential Impact of Pricing and Promotion Policies for Alcohol in England: Results from the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model Version 2008 (1-1) Independent review of the effect of Alcohol Pricing and Promotion: Part B
Reports for other jurisdictions
Mitchell M, Sciarra A, Ilic N, Ruback T, Rahim N, Moore S, Angus C, Ng-Knight T (2023) Evaluation of the Minimum Price for Alcohol in Wales Subtitle: Interim report on Research with Retailers and Quantitative Analysis, Cardiff: Welsh Government, GSR report number 52/2023
Angus C (2023) Analysis of changes in alcohol prices, taxation and affordability in the Republic of Ireland, Sheffield: ScHARR, University of Sheffield.
Angus C (2023) Model-based appraisal of Minimum Unit Pricing and Promotion Restrictions for alcohol in Northern Ireland: An adaptation of the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model version 4.1, Sheffield: ScHARR, University of Sheffield. DOI: 10.15131/shef.data.21829098
WHO Europe (prepared by Angus C) (2022) No place for cheap alcohol: the potential value of minimum pricing for protecting lives Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe. ISBN: 9789289058094
WHO Europe (prepared by Angus C, Gibbs N) (2020) Alcohol pricing in the WHO European Region: Update report on the evidence and recommended policy actions Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe.
Angus C, Henney M, Meier P, Brennan A, Holmes J (2019) Mortality and morbidity risks from alcohol consumption in Australia: Analyses using an Australian adaptation of the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model (v2.7) to inform the development of new alcohol guidelines Sheffield: ScHARR, University of Sheffield.
Stockwell T, Sherk A, Sorge J, Norström T, Angus C, Chikritzhs T, Churchill S, Holmes J, Meier P, Naimi T, Ramstedt M, Simpura J (2019) Finnish alcohol policy at the crossroads: The health, safety and economic consequences of alternative systems to manage the retail sale of alcohol. A report prepared for the Finnish alcohol monopoly, Alko Victoria, BC: Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, University of Victoria.
Angus C, Holmes J, Brennan A, Meier P (2018) Model-based appraisal of the comparative impact of minimum unit pricing and taxation policies in Wales: Final report Cardiff: Welsh Government. GSR report number 11/2018
INTERIM REPORT: Angus C, Holmes J, Brennan A, Meier P (2017) Model-based appraisal of the comparative impact of minimum unit pricing and taxation policies in Wales: An update to the 50p MUP example Cardiff: Welsh Government. GSR report number 73/2017
Stockwell T, Norström T, Angus C, Sherk A, Ramstedt M, Andréasson, Chikritzhs T, Gripenberg J, Holder H, Holmes J, Mäkelä P (2017) What are the public health and safety benefits of the Swedish government alcohol monopoly? Victoria, BC: Centre for Addictions Research of BC, University of Victoria, Victoria BC, Canada. See also infographic.
Angus, C., Holmes, J., Meier, P. and Brennan, A. (2016) Modelling the comparative impacts of Minimum Unit Pricing and alcohol taxation increases in the Republic of Ireland: An adaptation of the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model version 3 Sheffield: ScHARR, University of Sheffield.
Angus, C., Meng, Y., Ally, A., Holmes, J. and Brennan, A. (2015) Model-based appraisal of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in the Republic of Ireland: An adaptation of the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model version 3 Sheffield: ScHARR, University of Sheffield.
Meng Y., Sadler, S., Gell, L., Holmes, J. and Brennan, A. (2014) Model-based appraisal of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Wales: An adaptation of the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model version 3 Sheffield: ScHARR, University of Sheffield. See also a short summary report.
Angus, C., Meng, Y., Ally, A., Holmes, J. and Brennan, A. (2014) Model-based appraisal of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Northern Ireland: An adaptation of the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model version 3 Sheffield: ScHARR, University of Sheffield.
Angus C, Li J, Parrott S, Brennan A (2014) Optimizing Delivery of Health Care Interventions (ODHIN): Cost-effectiveness – Analysis of the WP5 trial. Sheffield: ScHARR, University of Sheffield
Angus C, Scafato E, Ghirini S, Torbica A, Ferre F, Struzzo P, Keurhorst M, Laurant M, Słodownik L, Okulicz-Kozaryn K, Brzózka K, Brennan A (2013) Optimizing Delivery of Health Care Interventions (ODHIN): Cost-effectiveness – Model report. Sheffield: ScHARR, University of Sheffield
Hill-McManus, D., Brennan, A., Stockwell, T., Giesbrecht, N., Thomas, G., Zhao, J., Martin, G. and Wettlaufer, A. (2012) Model-based appraisal of alcohol minimum pricing in Ontario and British Columbia: A Canadian adaptation of the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model Version 2 Sheffield: ScHARR, University of Sheffield
Technical reports
Leeming G, Angus C, Gillespie D (2023) Alcohol and tobacco attributable fractions for Scotland. Sheffield: ScHARR, University of Sheffield. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15131/shef.data.24543343
Gillespie, D. & Brennan, A. ([YEAR]). The Sheffield Tobacco Policy Model (STPM): full technical documentation. Documentation version number [x.x.x]. University of Sheffield. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/FR7WN
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Gillespie, D., Morris, D., Leeming, G., Kai Le Chen, R., Wilson, L., Stevely, A., Holmes,J., Brennan, A. & Angus, C. ([YEAR]) The Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model – new version coded in R (SAPM-R): full technical documentation. Documentation version number [x.x.x]. University of Sheffield. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/M37KT
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Morris, D., Brennan, A., Angus, C., Wilson, L., Pryce, R., & Gillespie, D. ([YEAR]). Tobacco and Alcohol Tax and Price Intervention Simulation Model (TAX-sim): full technical documentation. Documentation version number [x.x.x]. University of Sheffield. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/KR23Z
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Bai H, Brennan A, Broomhead T, Meier PS, Nielsen A, Probst C, Strong M, Vu T, Purshouse RC (2019) Modeling alcohol use behavior at population scale based on social role theory: An exploratory agent-based model HEDS Discussion Paper. Sheffield: ScHARR, University of Sheffield.
Webster, L, Angus, C, Holmes, J, Brennan, A, Gillespie, D (2018) Alcohol attributable fractions for England Sheffield: ScHARR, University of Sheffield. See supplementary spreadsheet
Webster, L, Angus, C, Brennan, A, Gillespie, D (2018) Smoking attributable fractions for adult diseases in England Sheffield: ScHARR: University of Sheffield. See supplementary spreadsheet.
Webster, L, Angus, C, Brennan, A, Gillespie, D (2018) Smoking and the risks of adult diseases Sheffield: ScHARR: University of Sheffield.
Angus C, Henney M, Webster L, Gillespie D (2018) Alcohol-attributable diseases and dose-response curves for the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model version 4.0 Sheffield: ScHARR, University of Sheffield.
Hill-McManus, D., Angus, C., Meng, Y., Holmes, J., Brennan, A. and Meier, P. (2014) Injury alcohol-attributable fractions: Methodological issues and developments HEDS Discussion Paper DP 14.02, Sheffield: ScHARR, University of Sheffield.
Books and book chapters
Field M 'Chapter 2: Addiction, brain disease, and free will' in Franken IHA, Wiers R, Witkiewitz (Eds) (2024) The Sage Handbook of Addiction Psychology. ISBN 9781529624748
Copeland A, Stafford T, & Field M (2021) Recovery from addiction: A synthesis of perspectives from behavioral economics, psychology, and decision modeling. In D Frings & IP Albery (Eds), The handbook of alcohol use: Understandings from synapse to society (pp. 563-573). Elsevier Academic Press.
Vu TM, Davies E, Buckley C, Brennan A, Purshouse RC. (2021) Using Multi-objective Grammar-Based Genetic Programming to Integrate Multiple Social Theories in Agent-Based Modeling, in Ishibunchi H et al. (Eds) Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization. EMO 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12654. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72062-9_57
Copeland, A., Stafford, T., & Field, M. (2021). Recovery from addiction: A synthesis of perspectives from behavioral economics, psychology, and decision modeling. In D. Frings & I. P. Albery (Eds.), The handbook of alcohol use: Understandings from synapse to society (pp. 563-573). Elsevier Academic Press.
Hatchard J, Gillespie DOS, Buykx P (2019) 'Using framework analysis deductively: A case study from alcohol and tobacco tax policy and modelling research', in Clift B, Gore J Bekker S, Costas Batlle I, Chudzikowski K, Hatchard J (eds) Myths, Methods and Messiness: Insights for Qualitative Research Analysis: Edited Proceedings of the 5th Annual Qualitative Research Symposium Bath: University of Bath.
Katikireddi SV, Rice P, Holmes J, Meier P (2017) 'Lessons from Scotland's experience of minimum unit pricing of alcohol', in Giesbrecht N and Bosma LM (eds) Preventing alcohol-related problems: Evidence and community-based initiatives Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.
Gell L, Buehringer G, McLeod J, Forberger S, Holmes J, Lingford-Hughes A and Meier PS. (eds) (2016) What determines harm from addictive substances and behaviours? Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Other reports, journal contributions and publications
Holmes J, Angus C (2023) Commentary: The unacceptability of evidence on acceptable risks Addiction DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16381
Newall P et all (2023) 'No evidence of harm' implies no evidence of safety: Framing the lack of causal evidence in gambling advertising research – Letter to the Editor Addiction DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16369
Marsden J, Brown J, Clark L, Cousijn J, Hall W, Hickman M, Holmes J, Humphreys K, Jackson SE, Peacock A, Tucker J (2022) The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on addictive disorders – an update. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16033
Angus, C. (2022) Harms of alcohol in different age groups. BMJ ; 378. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o1979
Rehm J, Purshouse RC (2021) 'Causality and initiation of alcohol control policy. A response to Allamani' Drug and Alcohol Review, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/
Purshouse RC, Buckley C, Brennan A, Holmes J (2021) Commentary on Robinson et al. (2021): Evaluating theories of change for public health policies using computer model discovery methods, Addiction, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/
Holmes, J, Angus C. (2021) Alcohol deaths rise sharply in England and Wales. BMJ. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n607
Marsden J, Darke S, Hall W, Hickman M, Holmes J, Humphreys K, Neale J, West R, Tucker J (2020) 'Mitigating and learning from the impact of COVID-19 infection on addictive disorders', Addiction, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15080
Angus C (2020) 'Taking public health policy models upstream', Lancet Public Health, DOI: doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30027-X
Whitaker V, Oldham M, Angus C, Fairbrother H, Holmes J (2020) 'The problem with good news: How should public health actors respond when alcohol consumption declines?', Addiction, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15018
Goiana-da-Silva F, Cruz-e-Silva D, Lindeman M, Hellman M, Angus C, Karlsson T, Renstrom M, Ferreira-Borges C (2019) 'Implementing the European Action Plan on Alcohol', Lancet Public Health, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(19)30174-4
Angus C, Holmes J (2018) 'The allure, and challenges, or complexity in epidemiological modelling of alcohol harm: Commentary on Rehm', Drug and Alcohol Review, DOI: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/dar.12890
de Vocht F, Angus C, Tilling K, Brennan A, Hickman M (2018) 'Response to: 'Synthetic control methodology as a tool for evaluating population-level health interventions' by Bouttell et al', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2018-211037
Angus C, Meier P, Holmes J (2018) 'Liver disease mortality trends: a response to the editor', The Lancet, 391 (10127), p.1258
Holmes J, Meier PS, Angus C, Brennan A (2018) 'Scotland's policy on minimum unit pricing for alcohol: the legal barriers are gone, so what are the implications for implementation and evaluation', Addiction, 113 (2), pp.203-4
Purshouse RC, Brennan A, Holmes J, Meier PS (2018) 'Commentary on Apostolopoulos et al. (2018): Systems and complex systems approaches for public health planning – back to the future?', Addiction, 113 (2), pp.372-3
Meier P, Brennan A, Angus C, Holmes J (2017) 'Minimum unit pricing for alcohol clears final legal hurdle in Scotland', BMJ, 359:j5372
Holmes J, Meier P (2017) 'Why we should celebrate Scotland's minimum alcohol price plan' New Scientist
Holmes J, Sumnall H (2017) 'On risk in addiction science, policy and debate', Addiction, DOI: 10.1111/add.13962 (Open Access)
Papamalis FE (2017) 'Treatment process evaluation: the role of personality functioning', PhD Thesis, Sheffield: University of Sheffield.
Holmes J, Angus C (2017) 'A response to two papers critiquing the total consumption model by Kari Poikolainen', Alcohol and Alcoholism, DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agw103
Buykx P, Li J, Gavens L, Lovatt M, Gomes de Matos E, Holmes J, Hooper L, Meier P (2016) 'An examination of public attitudes towards alcohol policy', Sheffield and London: University of Sheffield and Cancer Research UK
Angus C (2016) 'Which costs of alcohol do policymakers care about', Addiction, DOI: 10.1111/add.13643
Buykx P, Li J, Gavens L, Lovatt M, Gomes de Matos E, Holmes J, Hooper L, Meier P (2016) 'An investigation of public knowledge of the link between alcohol and cancer', Sheffield and London: University of Sheffield and Cancer Research UK.
Buykx P (2016) 'Commentary on Chalmers et al. (2016): 'A thoughtful integration of routine data sources and primary research findings', Addiction, 111 (11), pp.2050-1
Holmes J, Lovatt M, Ally A, Brennan A, Meier P. (2016) 'A new approach to measuring drinking cultures in Britain', London: Alcohol Research UK.
Fitzgerald, N. and Angus, A. (2015) 'Four Nations: How evidence-based are alcohol policies and programmes across the UK?', London: Alliance for Useful Evidence/Alcohol Health Alliance
Holmes, J. and Meier, P.S. (2015) 'Commentary on Hobday et al. (2015): Inconsistent results beneath consistent conclusions – the need for a new approach to analysing alcohol availability', Addiction, 110 (12), pp.1910-1.
Gillies, D., P. Buykx, A. G. Parker and S. E. Hetrick (2015). "Consultation liaison in primary care for people with mental disorders." Cochrane Database Syst Rev 9: Cd007193.
Gell, L., Ally, A., Buykx, P., Hope, A. and Meier, P. (2015) 'Alcohol's harm to others', London: Institute of Alcohol Studies.
Ludbrook, A., Holmes, J. and Stockwell, T. (2014) 'Gender differences in alcohol demand: A systematic review of the role of prices and taxes. Comment on conclusions by Nelson', Health Economics, DOI: 10.1002/hec.3096.
Purshouse, RC., Ally, AK., Brennan, A., Moyo, D. and Norman, P. (2014) 'Evolutionary parameter estimation for a theory of planned behaviour microsimulation of alcohol consumption dynamics in an English birth cohort 2003 to 2010', Proceedings of the 2014 conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, pp.1159-66
Holmes J, Meier PS, Purshouse RC, Brennan A. (2014) 'The repetition of misleading claims: Christopher Snowdon and John Duffy's contributions to the minimum unit pricing debate', British Medical Journal.
Purshouse RC, Holmes J, Meier PS (2014) 'Commentary on Nakamura et al. (2014): Alcohol policy appraisal and evaluation – to understand what is happening and why, we need better data on alcohol as a commodity', Addiction, 109 (4) pp.568-9
Purshouse RC, Angus CA, Holmes J. (2013) 'Reply to Klaus Makela's Cost-of-alcohol studies as a research programme', Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 30 (5) pp.445-7
Meng Y, Brennan A, Purshouse R, Hill-McManus D, Angus C, Holmes J, Meier PS. (2013) 'Estimation of own and cross price elasticities of alcohol demand in the UK – a pseudo-panel approach using the Living Cost and Food Survey 2001 to 2009'. HEDS Discussion paper DP 13/11. Sheffield: ScHARR
Brennan A, Purshouse R, Holmes J, Meng Y. (2013) 'A public response to the Adam Smith Institute's critique of the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model'. Sheffield: ScHARR. See also: 'Response to the Appendix to Duffy and Snowdon's report'
Hagell, A., Aldridge, J., Meier, PS., Millar, T. and Donmall, M. (2012) 'Trends in adolescent substance use and their implications for understanding trends in mental health' in Hagell, A. (Ed.), Changing Adolescence: Social trends and adolescent mental health. Bristol: The Policy Press
Booth, A., Meier, P., Shapland. J., Wong. R. and Paisley, S. (2011) 'Alcohol pricing and criminal harm: a rapid evidence assessment of the published research literature'. Sheffield: ScHARR
Booth A, Meier P, Stockwell T, Sutton A, Wilkinson A, Wong R, Brennan A, O'Reilly D, Purshouse R, Taylor K. (2008) 'Independent review of the effects of Alcohol Pricing and Promotion: Part A: Systematic Reviews', Project Report for the Department of Health
Preprints
Angus C, Schöley J (2024) Estimating recent trends in UK alcohol sales from alcohol duty revenue DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.12.24318899
Copeland A, Dora J, King KM, Stafford T, Field M (2024) Value-based decision-making in daily tobacco smokers following experimental manipulation of mood DOI: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/5w4ap
Cherodian R., Franklin M., Baxter S., Chilcott J. and Gillespie, D. (2024) Smoking Cessation after Transitioning from Hospital to Community Stop Smoking Services: Insights from Real-world Data Analysis. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.06.05.24308531
Sheikh N, Henriques-Cadby I, Haghpanahan H, Angus C, O'Donnell R, Emslie C, Fitzgerald N, Lewsey J (2024) Evaluating later or expanded premises hours for alcohol in the night-time economy (ELEPHANT): statistical analysis plan. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.07.24306991
Dowd J.B, Angus C, Zajacova A, Tilstra A.M. (2022) Midlife "Deaths of Despair" trends in the US, Canada and the UK, 2001-2019: is the UK an anomaly? DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.10.22280916
Angus C, Holmes J, Purshouse R, Meier P.S, Brennan A. (2022) Does your measure matter? A comparison of alcohol availability measures in Great Britain. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.08.18.22278948
Angus C. (2022) Evidence to inform effective alcohol pricing policies in the European Union. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.28.22277988
Manca F, Lewsey J, Mackay D, Angus C, Fitzpatrick D, Fitzgerald N. (2022) The effect of the minimum price for unit of alcohol in Scotland on alcohol-related ambulance callouts: a controlled interrupted time series analysis. DOI: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.12.18.22283513v1