Drug and Alcohol Review;  Brienna N. Rutherford, Janni Leung, Daniel Stjepanović, Gary C. K. Chan First published: 06 June 2024; https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13886 Abstract Introduction There is growing concern over the lack of regulation of alcohol advertisements on social media platforms frequented by youths. This study aims to build upon existing literature by assessing the frequency with which young Australians (17–25) Read More →

Drug and Alcohol Review; Norman Giesbrecht | Emilene Reisdorfer | Kevin Shield; May 2024 AbstractIssues: Advertising and marketing affect alcohol use; however, no single systematic review has covered all aspects of how they affect alcohol use, and how the alcohol industry views alcohol marketing restrictions. Approach: Two systematic reviews of reviews were performed according to Read More →

Guégan, E., Zenone, M., Mialon, M. Karine Gallopel-Morvan; #Bartender: portrayals of popular alcohol influencer’s videos on TikTok©. BMC Public Health 24, 1384 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18571-1 Abstract Background Despite widespread use of the short-video social media platform TikTok©, limited research investigates how alcohol is portrayed on the platform. Previous research suggests that a driver of alcohol content on TikTok©, in Read More →

Drug and Alcohol Review; Antonia C. Lyons, Kate Kersey, Carol Emslie, Elena Dimova, Annamae Burrows; First published: 22 April 2024; https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13849 Abstract Issues Alcohol marketing on social media platforms is pervasive and effective, reaching wide audiences and allowing interaction with users. We know little about the gendered nature of digital alcohol marketing, including how women and men are portrayed, how Read More →

Monash University; 2023; Lauren Hayden, Aimee Brownbill, Daniel Angus, Nicholas Carah, Xue Ying (Jane) Tan, Kiah Hawker, Amy Dobson, Brady Robards; publisher FARE Abstract To shed light on the current placement of online advertising by alcohol companies, we have developed methods to document alcohol advertising on Meta social media platforms. This report presents initial findings from Read More →

Addiction;  26 September 2023; Brandon Cheng, Carmen C. W. Lim, Brienna N. Rutherford, Sandy Huang, Daniel P. Ashley, Ben Johnson, Jack Chung, Gary C. K. Chan, Jason M. Coates, Matthew J. Gullo, Jason P. Connor Background and aim Social networking sites (SNS) are interactive internet-based social platforms that facilitate information sharing. A growing body of literature on exposure to, and self-posting of, alcohol-related content on Read More →

Drug and Alcohol Review; Keira Bury, Danica Keric, Devorah Riesenberg, Lyndal Wellard-Cole, Simone Pettigrew; First published: 15 October 2023; https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13757 Abstract Issues There is a decline in youth drinking, but also a causal link between alcohol marketing and drinking among young people. Therefore, novel alcohol marketing strategies should be scrutinised, particularly where children are exposed. This includes marketing for zero-alcohol Read More →

by  Nason Maani Hessari; Adam Bertscher; Nathan Critchlow; Niamh Fitzgerald; Cécile Knai; Martine Stead; Mark Petticrew Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16(21), 4092; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214092 Received: 31 August 2019 / Revised: 9 October 2019 / Accepted: 10 October 2019 / Published: 24 October 2019 Abstract Restricting alcohol advertising and marketing is a cost-effective intervention for reducing alcohol harms. However, the alcohol industry maintains that advertising does not affect consumption, Read More →

James D Sargent 1, Thomas F Babor 2J. Stud Alcohol Drugs Suppl. 2020 Mar;Sup 19(Suppl 19):113-124.   Abstract Objective: This article summarizes the findings of narrative and systematic literature reviews focused on the relationship between exposure to alcohol marketing and youth drinking, viewed in context of criteria for causality. We also consider the implications of this proposition for alcohol Read More →

Brandon Cheng, Carmen C. W. Lim, Brienna N. Rutherford, Sandy Huang, Daniel P. Ashley, Ben Johnson, Jack Chung, Gary C. K. Chan, Jason M. Coates, Matthew J. Gullo, Jason P. Connor First published: 26 September 2023   https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16304 Abstract Background and aim Social networking sites (SNS) are interactive internet-based social platforms that facilitate information sharing. A growing body of literature on exposure to, and self-posting Read More →