Sheffield Addictions Research Group has contributed to a major new report on e-cigarettes from the Royal College of Physicians.
Prof John Holmes and Prof Niamh Fitzgerald will discuss the implications of no- and low-alcohol products for public health in a free online seminar on 24 April.
Making England completely smoke-free could free up £10.9 billion and provide substantial benefits to local economies, a new SARG study has shown.
Congratulations to SARG team member Zoe Clarke who has won funding for research on commercial determinants of health in Sheffield.
An evaluation of a smoking cessation service by Sheffield researchers highlights the importance of flexible support to engage with different groups and support their individual needs.
Luke Wilson, Anna Butters and Maddy Henney will present on no- and low-alcohol drinks, Dry January and food insecurity at UKSBM 2024.
SARG experts Colin Angus and Duncan Gillespie take a look at what the 2024 Spring Budget means for alcohol and e-cigarettes.
SARG Senior Research Fellow Colin Angus spoke at the Managing Addictions in Primary Care conference last week.
SARG Senior Research Fellow Duncan Gillespie features in the latest episode of the SCHARR Communicable Research podcast.
SARG work on the combined effects of tobacco and alcohol pricing policy was mentioned in the Health and Social Care Committee inquiry on tobacco, alcohol, gambling and drugs this week.
Dr Duncan Gillespie, a Senior Research Fellow with the Sheffield Addictions Research Group, gave a talk on “Tobacco and new nicotine product pricing policy: past, present and future,” exploring the
The first of a new series of reports into no and low alcohol drinks was published today (15 January 2024) by Sheffield Addictions Research Group.
Researchers at the University of Sheffield, in collaboration with the University of Glasgow, have conducted a study that sheds light on the prevalence of harmful gambling in England.
The Sheffield Alcohol Research Group (SARG) has changed its name to the Sheffield Addictions Research Group to reflect its expanding research portfolio.
SARG Director Professor John Holmes will give a talk on no/lo drinks at the Medical Council on Alcohol’s Annual Symposium this week.
Members of SARG recently took part in the ESRC Festival of Social Science by hosting an interactive activity stand in Sheffield’s Moor Market.
Lecturer and SARG team member Inge Kersbergen will present an online master class on ‘Changing alcohol serving size to reduce drinking’ in December.
SARG’s Dr Damon Morris and Dr Duncan Gillespie recently attended the Prevention Research Conference and the SPECTRUM Consortium Annual Meeting in Edinburgh.
PhD student and SARG team member Anna Butters was awarded the prize for the best overall student poster at this year’s Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) Annual Conference
Professor Robin Purshouse recently gave a talk on “Building agent-based models using computational intelligence” as part of the University of Exeter’ Computer Science Seminar Series.