When data from the National Alcohol Survey (NAS) are released, our scientists update the drinking norms for the US. The most recent data from the 2020 NAS draw on the drinking patterns of individuals residing in 50 states and Washington, DC and look at the number of drinks both women and men said they consumed per week on average in the previous 12 months. As a practitioner, one way to assess your clients' drinking habits is to have them compare their current consumption level to how much the … [Read more...]
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Alcohol Policies: An Overview
As part of a series of public talks recorded for the 44th annual scientific meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA), ARG scientific director and senior scientist Thomas K. Greenfield, PhD speaks about alcohol policies that are most effective in reducing alcohol-related harms, identifies challenges, and discusses ways to assess the policy environment: Support for this presentation was provided by the U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) at the National … [Read more...]
Webinar on the Drink Less for Your Breasts Initiative
How to Research, Design & Disseminate a Social Media Health Campaign Despite over thirty-years of research, 75% of American women are unaware that consuming alcohol, even at low levels, increases their risk of breast cancer. To address this gap, we developed and implemented a social media campaign—#drinklessforyourbreasts—to let young California women know that drinking can lead to breast cancer. In this webinar you will learn about alcohol use and breast cancer risk among young women, … [Read more...]
Five-year Grant Sees the Continuation of the National Alcohol Research Center
ARG has been awarded a National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) grant to support the continuation of the National Alcohol Research Center. The funding will allow the Center to further its work through to 2026. The grant will support two core components and four research projects that focus on addressing alcohol-related health disparities in order to identify and reduce the effects of economic or social disadvantage on public health outcomes. The Administrative Core, led … [Read more...]
COVID-19 Projects Assess Pandemic’s Impact
Two current ARG studies received NIAAA supplemental awards to look at how the pandemic has impacted our lives. The first is a supplement to our National Alcohol Research Center which will follow up on the latest U.S. National Alcohol Survey. Beginning in January 2021, we will be asking people about their experiences during the pandemic — from changes in economic status to their mental health and well-being and especially their drinking and other drug use. We will also determine how the pandemic … [Read more...]
Campaign Launches to Let Young Women Know Alcohol Causes Breast Cancer
#DrinkLessForYourBreasts urges women to help spread the word about breast cancer risk Eighty percent of women are unaware that drinking alcohol increases their risk of developing breast cancer1, yet in the United States, there are approximately 19,000 cases of alcohol-attributable breast cancer each year. The #DrinkLessForYourBreasts initiative—the first of its kind in the U.S.—seeks to bridge this gap through a social media campaign aimed at young women in California. With an estimated 7% … [Read more...]
Connected Neighbors Experience far Fewer Harms from Someone Else’s Drinking
Neighbors Who Feel Connected to One Another Experience far Fewer Harms from Someone Else’s Alcohol Use Press Release People living in neighborhoods with higher levels of social cohesion experience fewer harms from a stranger's drinking, according to a new study from the Alcohol Research Group (ARG), a program of the Public Health Institute. Published today in Alcohol and Alcoholism, the study examined the ways a neighborhood's social environment—alcohol availability, places where people drink, … [Read more...]
Cannabis Causes Fewer Harms to Others than Alcohol
Cannabis Can Hurt More than Just the User but Poses Less Risk to Others than Alcohol Press Release Findings from the first-ever study of marijuana’s secondhand harms show that fewer harms were attributed to someone else’s cannabis use than from secondhand drinking. The new research from the Alcohol Research Group, a program of the Public Health Institute, and RTI International, a nonprofit research institute, was conducted using 2014 to 2016 data from Washington State where recreational … [Read more...]
Alcohol Causes Breast Cancer Project Wraps Up Data Collection
For a decade or more, research has shown that alcohol increases the risk of several different cancers, yet most people are unaware of this link and the harms drinking can cause. A new ARG project, in collaboration with UCSF, seeks to change that by raising awareness among young women that alcohol use is a risk factor for breast cancer. To learn more about this unique project, we sat down with Principal Investigator and Scientist Priscilla Martinez, to talk about the study, what it’s like to … [Read more...]
Injury-related Hospitalizations Rise After Liquor Sales Go Private
New research shows an increased rate of hospitalizations for accidental injuries in urban areas after Washington State privatized their liquor sales. The study found an additional 17,498 hospitalizations in metropolitan-urban counties in the 2.5 years after Initiative 1183 was passed compared to neighboring Oregon. Non-metropolitan-urban and rural counties did not see their hospitalization rates change. Initiative 1183 called for closing state-run liquor stores and allowing state licensing of … [Read more...]
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