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'Government inaction only serves to prolong the suffering of those most in need of support' Scottish Government has 'lost its way' on tackling public health harms, say campaigners heraldscotland.com/news/24685054.… Helen McArdle

Looking forward to today’s launch of the NCD Alliance Scotland 10 year vision for addressing the commercial determinants of health & achieving a healthier Scotland. We’ll be talking about how reducing availability of unhealthy commodities is key part of this vision…

New paper led by our Elena Dimova with Jamie Pearce @tomclemens Places and Health Prof Niamh Shortt & colleagues exploring perceptions of #alcohol advertising & availability policies SHAAP IAS Alcohol Focus Scotland Alcohol Change UK Alcohol Health Alliance UK

We're currently looking to recruit a Research Associate on the GALLANT project based at UBDC. The job requires expertise in data-intensive research methods and familiarity with social and/or ecological indicators. jobs.ac.uk/job/DKK242/res…

In this new paper, we take a life-course approach to see how geographical factors shape mental health in China and how these relationships are mediated by social relationships. Chunyu Zheng Find out more here: tandfonline.com/eprint/YVA7ZBI…

1/12 Our book, ‘Social Murder? Austerity and life expectancy in the UK’, by David Walsh and I, is out today. It details how mortality stopped improving in the UK and other countries as a result of austerity policies damaging the building blocks of health. Here’s a brief summary:

A fabulous 10 days in China, including Tongji University (Shanghai), Sun Yat-sen University and South China University of Technology (both Guangzhou), and a (very) fast train between the two cities. Thank you to everyone for the hospitality including many delicious meals!

The persistence of stark health inequalities is painfully clear to see, not least with Covid-19 & falling life expectancy in many places. How can we better understand the extent of health inequality, what drives it & how to address it? This new edition is a welcome start ↓

New paper in Environmental Epidemiology considers risk of dementia due to life-course exposure to air pollution using The Lothian Birth Cohorts Led by Otto J with Gergő Baranyi Simon Cox & colleagues journals.lww.com/environepidem/…

Check out our new CRESH video from our Economic and Social Research Council study on 'Lifecourse of Place: how environments throughout life can support healthy ageing' where we showcase some key project findings media.ed.ac.uk/media/Lifecour… Gergő Baranyi Catharine Ward Thompson The Lothian Birth Cohorts Simon Cox

Getting people out of their cars is possible with the right plans and policies – case study theconversation.com/getting-people… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand Earth and Environment | Te Kura Aronukurangi UC Science | Te Kaupeka Pūtaiao University of Canterbury

US U.S. Surgeon General calls for alcohol to carry cancer warnings labels and advises ‘less alcohol is better when it comes to reducing your cancer risk’. Public awareness that alcohol causes at least 7 types of cancer is low in both UK & US. We all have a #righttoknow Alcohol Focus Scotland

Media coverage today of our SPECTRUM Research Consortium work with ASH showing the decreasing profitability of tobacco products for smaller retailers alongside rising importance of vape products independent.co.uk/news/uk/univer… heraldscotland.com/news/national/… mirror.co.uk/news/business/…

New research from The University of Edinburgh shows tobacco sales in small stores are down nearly 40% compared to a decade ago, while vape sales are increasing. Here’s what this means for public health and retailers.🧵

Our new paper led by Laurence Rowley-Abel in Health & Place uses Understanding Society to look at role of loneliness in understanding the connections between neighbourhood social cohesion and multimorbidity Chunyu Zheng Alan Marshall @socscimed 👇👇👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.heal…

Great to see this work published in Health & Place today! In recent research, loneliness has emerged as a key factor associated with multimorbidity. Here, we model how the neighbourhood social environment plays into this. Some key findings below... (1/5) doi.org/10.1016/j.heal…

A project led by hester parr of UofGGES 🌍 and Hayden Lorimer of The University of Edinburgh which is helping East Dun Council library users tackle low winter moods is being hailed as a success. Read more here: gla.ac.uk/news/headline_…

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Latest News: Tax increases lead to increases in the price of factory made cigarettes and RYO across the price distribution with evidence to suggest that the TI pass-through taxes at different magnitudes depending on price by overshifting taxes at a lower rate for cheaper products

New fully funded PhD Economic and Social Research Council opportunity at The University of Edinburgh - Complex place-based factors associated with the spread of COVID-19 infection amongst populations in the UK sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/un…