Heavy use of alcohol by caregivers places children at increased risk of serious harm. This burden of alcohol-related maltreatment is similar to traffic deaths caused by others drinking.
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So-called ‘limbic capitalism’ uses social media to target the brain’s reward centres. In the process it escalates health threats to the most vulnerable consumers.
Sports sponsorship is the main way children are exposed to alcohol marketing. It increases their risk of drinking at earlier ages, drinking more once they start and drinking more hazardously.
Cross-border advertising and the metaverse are pushing governments to reassess how they manage the potential harm caused by alcohol advertising. Is New Zealand doing enough?
If all the “super consumers” reduced their drinking to the recommended two-drinks-a-day average, alcohol sales would fall by 39%.
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Associate Professor in Digital Media, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University
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Professor of Addiction Research, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Race Relations, Health and Wellbeing, Massey University
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Senior Research Fellow in the Health Environment & Infection Research Unit (HEIRU), University of Otago
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