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Barman handing a customer a pint of beer

Removing pint glasses could reduce beer sales by almost 10%

18 Sep 2024

Cambridge researchers have shown that reducing the serving size for beer, lager and cider reduces the volume of those drinks consumed in pubs, bars...

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Increasing availability of non-alcoholic drinks may reduce amount of alcohol purchased online

30 Mar 2023

Increasing the proportion of non-alcoholic drinks on sale in online supermarkets could reduce the amount of alcohol people purchase, suggests a study...

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Woman holding a glass of whisky

Substance use disorders linked to poor health outcomes in wide range of physical health conditions

04 Nov 2022

People who have a past history of hospitalisation because of substance use disorders have much worse outcomes following the onset of a wide range of...

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Man pouring a pint of beer

Drinkers risk exceeding legal driving limit by underestimating how drunk they are

07 Dec 2021

As many as a half of all drinkers underestimated how drunk they were, judging themselves still safe to drive despite having exceeded the legal...

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One in three adults drank more alcohol during first lockdown

21 Dec 2020

COVID-19 and lockdown measures drove some individuals more than others to use alcohol to cope with stress, a new study has revealed. While overall...

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Researchers to track impact of lockdown on alcohol, gambling and pornography use

12 May 2020

Is the lockdown leading us to drink more alcohol or spend more time gambling online or watching pornography? Researchers today launch a survey aimed...

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Wine glass size may influence how much you drink in restaurants

28 Feb 2020

The size of glass used for serving wine can influence the amount of wine drunk, suggests new research from the University of Cambridge, funded by the...

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Beer

Parents’ lenient attitudes towards drinking linked to greater alcohol use among children

12 Jun 2019

Children are more likely to start drinking alcohol, drink more frequently and get drunk if their parents have a lenient attitude towards drinking...

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Headache

Wine before beer, or beer before wine? Either way, you’ll be hungover, study finds

08 Feb 2019

'Beer before wine and you’ll feel fine; wine before beer and you’ll feel queer' goes the age-old aphorism. But scientists have now shown that it...

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Labelling alcoholic drinks as lower in strength could encourage people to drink more, study suggests

26 Apr 2018

Wines and beers labelled as lower in alcohol strength may increase the total amount of alcoholic drink consumed, according to a study published in...

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Drinking more than five pints a week could shorten your life, study finds

13 Apr 2018

Regularly drinking more than the recommended UK guidelines for alcohol could take years off your life, according to new research from the University...

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Christmas Comes But Once A Year

Mistletoe and (a large) wine: seven-fold increase in wine glass size over 300 years

14 Dec 2017

Our Georgian and Victorian ancestors probably celebrated Christmas with more modest wine consumption than we do today – if the size of their wine...

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