Leading alcohol researchers co-author globally significant book

The book presents, in a comprehensive, practical and readily accessible form, the accumulated scientific knowledge on alcohol research and effective alcohol policies.

Professor Casswell and Dr Huckle wrote the book alongside eight other leaders in the field of addiction research, including authors from Norway, Canada, the United States, Australia and Thailand.

Dr Huckle says, “The book has direct relevance to the development of alcohol policy on local, national, and international levels making it an incredibly important resource for researchers, policy makers and advocacy workers globally. This role and service to the world of alcohol policy researchers and others is highly valued in the field.

“The need for book is underpinned by the growing evidence implicating alcohol as one of the leading risk factors for death and disability in many regions of the world.

"The growing economic and political power of the alcohol industry and its use of new digital technologies to reach into untapped global markets have created a need to evaluate the extent to which the industry operates as an inducer of alcohol- related problems.

“There have also been major improvements in the way that alcohol policies are studied, providing new scientific evidence to inform alcohol policy."

Professor Sally Casswell is Co-Director of the SHORE & Whariki Research Centre and Dr Huckle is a Team Leader at the Centre.