New paper klaxon: Our analysis of reformulation (when alcohol producers change the strength of their products) in the British alcohol market 2018-2025 has just been published in @apsad-dar.bsky.social. I think some of our findings are pretty striking... doi.org/10.1111/dar....

Do you work in an alcohol treatment or recovery service? There's still time to complete our survey on alcohol-free drinks advice before it closes next week. Take part here: sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/survey #AlcoholRecovery

A new @ias.org.uk blog post by SARG PhD student Oscar Rousham discusses findings from a study using GB household purchasing data to explore no/lo drinks. It examines purchasing patterns, who buys these products, and implications for alcohol harm reduction and policy. www.ias.org.uk/2026/06/18/n...

Interested in a fully funded @ukri.org PhD in gambling harms research? Watch our pre-application webinar and Q&A recording to hear more from programme co-leads @shwardle.bsky.social, @jholmessheff.bsky.social & @simondymond.bsky.social 🎥 sites.google.com/sheffield.ac... #GamblingHarms #PhD

In a new blog post for the @ias.org.uk, SARG’s Lucy Burke shares insights from her PhD research exploring how why we drink alcohol influences our likelihood of choosing no/lo alternatives: www.ias.org.uk/2026/06/09/w... #PublicHealth #AlcoholResearch

📢 We’re recruiting a Research Assistant to join SARG on a @wellcometrust.bsky.social -funded project led by @ambercopeland.bsky.social exploring how contextual factors influence alcohol consumption. 📍 Full-time (hybrid), Sheffield ⏳ Apply by 29 June tinyurl.com/sarg-ra #AcademicSky #PublicHealth

We're looking for people who work in alcohol treatment or recovery services to complete a survey on what advice is given to service users about alcohol-free drinks: sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/survey Please share to help us reach as many people as possible! #AlcoholRecovery #MentalHealth

Interested in a fully funded PhD in gambling harms? The @ukri.org Gambling Harms Research UK Evidence Centre is recruiting six four-year PhD studentships across @glasgow.ac.uk, @sheffielduni.bsky.social and @swanseauni.bsky.social. More at tinyurl.com/ghrukphd #PhD #AcademicSky #PublicHealth

New research by SARG and @tcrgbath.bsky.social shows a tobacco company levy could cut smoking deaths, reduce hospital admissions, and raise billions in tax revenue. Read more: sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/news-media/t... @drduncgillespie.bsky.social #PublicHealth #TobaccoControl

SARG Research Fellow @abi-stevely.bsky.social was recently interviewed on the @nihrsphr.bsky.social 'Researchers in the making' podcast to discuss research into no/lo drinks, youth drinking trends, and their own academic career pathway. Listen at open.spotify.com/episode/3BA9... #PublicHealth

The May 2026 issue of the STAR Project newsletter is out! tinyurl.com/3w6jy7dy Inside: An intro from @drduncgillespie.bsky.social, updates from our teams in Doncaster, London and Newcastle, a downloadable research poster on youth vaping and local policy, and lots more. #YouthVoice #PublicHealth

📣New research from SARG and @stir.ac.uk. We recently published a briefing note exploring the views of people with experience of alcohol dependence and financial hardship on alcohol pricing policies and other measures they recommend to tackle alcohol-related harms. #AlcoholPolicy #LivedExperience

We're delighted to be taking a lead role in the new Gambling Harms Research UK (GHR-UK) Evidence Centre, the UK's largest independent gambling harms research initiative, supported by @ukri.org. Find out more on the SARG website: sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/news-media/s... #GamblingResearch

📢 New SARG paper! The latest paper from Lucy Burke's PhD explores motivations for consuming alcohol-free and low-alcohol (no/lo) drinks and whether these help explain sociodemographic differences in use. #AlcoholResearch #PublicHealth

Story from the BBC here reporting the results of our new study, just published in BMJ Public Health, looking at changes in criminal offences and ambulance callouts when Aberdeen extended late-night opening hours for pubs. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/4/2/...

In our latest blog, Dr Damon Morris shows why not all alcohol spending is equal. ➡️ Cut off-trade alcohol → £2.5bn added to GVA ➡️ Improve public health Time to rethink the “economy vs health” narrative. @sarg-scharr.bsky.social @damonm1989.bsky.social www.ias.org.uk/2026/04/28/t...

Our latest study, commissioned by @alcoholchangeuk.bsky.social and conducted in partnership with @ucl.ac.uk, explores adults' attitudes towards adolescent consumption of no/lo drinks, alongside young people’s patterns, motivations and experiences of consuming alcohol and no/los. #PublicHealth

Next week SARG researchers and PhD students will be heading to the UKSBM Annual Scientific Meeting here in #Sheffield to present their work on alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks, agent-based modelling, systems mapping and food insecurity. Read our news story to find out more 👇 #UKSBM2026

We're delighted that SARG's @jholmessheff.bsky.social and @victimofmaths.bsky.social are joining the @ias.org.uk Expert Advisory Panel. Over the next three years, they will provide independent advice on a wide range of topics related to alcohol policy. Read our news story to find out more 👇

📢 New SARG paper! Led by @zoelclarke.bsky.social this study used household purchasing data to examine who buys no/lo drinks. It found that households from higher social grades who purchase more alcohol are most likely to buy no/lo products regularly. #AlcoholPolicy #PublicHealth

SARG's @damonm1989.bsky.social speaks on the latest @ias.org.uk podcast about how reducing spending on tobacco, gambling, confectionery and off-trade alcohol can benefit the UK economy by reallocating expenditure to other sectors. Read more about the study on the SARG website: tinyurl.com/5czdfp9p

Last week @addiction-ssa.org released the full video of their expert alcohol policy roundtable, chaired by SARG Director @jholmessheff.bsky.social. The discussion covered a wide range of topics and is essential viewing for anyone interested in alcohol policy. #PublicHealth #AlcoholPolicy

📢 New on the SARG Blog: PhD student Calum Lewis uses the 'Five Dimensions of Access' framework to break down the factors driving youth vaping, and explores how they could help design and evaluate policies. Read the full post: sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/blog/how-the... #TobaccoControl #PublicHealth

The UK hasn't had a national alcohol strategy since 2012. Today @addiction-ssa.org has released a full roundtable discussion recorded in February in which SARG Director @jholmessheff.bsky.social joined seven other experts to discuss alcohol harm and what an effective strategy would look like.

Keep your eyes open for a roundtable I recorded with @addiction-ssa.org Society for the Study of Addiction and leading UK experts on what the UK needs from a new alcohol strategy. The full discussion will be published later this week and you can see a preview here

We're looking for people who work in alcohol treatment and recovery services to contribute to a new SARG study investigating advice given about alcohol-free drinks. Find out more about the @mhrincubator.bsky.social funded study, how it links with our wider research, and how you can get involved 👇

New research co-authored by SARG's @voodooeconomics.bsky.social and @drduncgillespie.bsky.social shows that while no/lo availability tripled during the study period, access was skewed towards more affluent and rural areas. Read the full paper in @addictionjournal.bsky.social 👇 #PublicHealth

We're looking for people who work in alcohol treatment or recovery services to complete a survey about what advice is given to service users about alcohol-free drinks: sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/survey Please share to help us reach as many people as possible! #AlcoholRecovery #MentalHealth

Great to read this from the @lhgp.bsky.social team! And a shout out to SARG researchers @charlierosehead.bsky.social and Esther Chanakira for their excellent contributions to the Conference 🙌 #PreventionResearch2026 #PublicHealth

SARG's Ellen McGrane recently spoke with @afsguk.bsky.social about her research into gambling advertising during live sports. The interview explores the whistle-to-whistle ban, self-regulation, and the challenges of data collection and natural experiments in gambling research. #AddictionResearch

The latest paper to be published from our project 'Reforming alcohol taxes in a cost-of-living crisis' was led by @drsarahejackson.bsky.social with @jamiebrown.bsky.social @jholmessheff.bsky.social & @victimofmaths.bsky.social. Find out more about the project here: bit.ly/3OGifN3 #PublicHealth

Read the latest newsletter from our STAR Project which is all about incorporating young people's voices into local tobacco and vape policy making: bit.ly/3N2jHc0 Includes insights from our work with young people, info on stakeholder workshops & links to related research and reports #PublicHealth

Are you attending the Prevention Research Conference next week? Look out for SARG researchers @charlierosehead.bsky.social and Esther Chanakira who will be presenting advanced modelling work from the @lhgp.bsky.social @phiuk.bsky.social programme. Read more on the SARG website 👇 #PublicHealth

📢New SARG paper! Led by Esther Moore this study assessed the association between gambling frequency and risk of harm before applying the findings to a hypothetical policy model designed to illustrate how reducing gambling frequency could lower the risk of harm at a population level.

At our SARG monthly meeting, we take a deeper dive into work going on across the team. Today @damonm1989.bsky.social presented the methodology and data behind his recent work showing that reducing spending on harmful products could provide a significant boost to the UK economy. #PublicHealth

We had a great meeting between our STAR Project research team and local authority partners yesterday. If you'd like to stay up to date with project progress sign up for our email newsletter below - the next issue will be landing in inboxes soon! #PublicHealth #YouthVoice

Great to see SARG Research Associate @ppermanhowe.bsky.social out and about talking about her forthcoming research into mid-strength alcohol drinks! You can find more about her plans here 👇 #AlcoholResearch #AlcoholPolicy #PublicHealth

New @sarg-scharr.bsky.social study busts a big alcohol industry myth. Claims that reducing alcohol consumption “hurts the economy” ignore a key fact: people don’t burn the money they don’t spend on alcohol - they spend it elsewhere. Using UK... 🧵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New SARG research published in @addictionjournal.bsky.social this week led by @damonm1989.bsky.social has found that public health policies which reduce spending on harmful products can actually provide a significant boost to UK jobs and the wider economy. #PublicHealth #HealthEconomics #UKEconomy

What should a UK vaping policy model look like? In this new SARG blog post Professor Hazel Squires shares findings from the SPIRE project which aimed to identify the requirements for a UK vaping policy model, map out existing data, and identify what additional data are needed. #PublicHealth

Blog from our intern, Sachin, who worked on our project last summer. We are engaging Sheffield residents on corporate influence and the commercial determinants of health. Read below 👇 sphr.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

SARG Director @jholmessheff.bsky.social spoke to @thegrocer.bsky.social about the need to formulate a public health response to the rise of alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks 👇 #PublicHealth #AlcoholPolicy #NoLo

🎉 We are delighted to announce that SARG’s @ppermanhowe.bsky.social has secured an NIHR Career Development Award to investigate the public health impact of mid-strength drinks. Read our news story to find out what her 12-month project will involve 👇 @fohsheffield.bsky.social @nihrsphr.bsky.social

Tune into BBC Radio 4 right now to hear @jholmessheff.bsky.social speaking about alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks on The Food Programme www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The latest paper from our No/Lo Project explores how public health should respond to the growing market for alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks.

Lots of new SARG papers have been published in the last few weeks - this one, led by @jholmessheff.bsky.social, looks at the public health impacts of increasing the minimum unit price for alcohol in Scotland. #PublicHealth #AlcoholPolicy

How did the #AutumnBudget2025 impact alcohol, tobacco, vaping and gambling? In this new blog post SARG experts @victimofmaths.bsky.social, @drduncgillespie.bsky.social and Ellen McGrane analyse the key policy decisions and their potential impacts on public health sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/blog/autumn-...

***New job advert** Research Associate in Public Health and Labour Economic Modelling at the University of Sheffield on policies involving interventions affecting both health and work outcomes and the interactions between them. It is a brilliant team jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...

This new paper synthesises explanations for why gambling harm is unequal across communities. Led by Katie Powell and with SARG's @soc-researcher.bsky.social, @abi-stevely.bsky.social and @zoelclarke.bsky.social. #GamblingHarm #AddictionResearch #PublicHealth

📢 New on the SARG Blog! Ellen McGrane discusses an @nihr-pruaddictions.bsky.social project exploring how to integrate alcohol dependence into policy modelling. The team worked with policymakers and people with lived experience to develop a roadmap for more equitable models. #AlcoholPolicy