Health information, messaging and warnings on alcohol packaging: A focus group study with young adult drinkers in Scotland. Key Findings Report for Alcohol Focus Scotland

Citation

Jones D, Moodie C, Purves R, Fitzgerald N & Crockett R (2021) Health information, messaging and warnings on alcohol packaging: A focus group study with young adult drinkers in Scotland. Key Findings Report for Alcohol Focus Scotland. Alcohol Focus Scotland. Stirling. https://www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/resources/jones-et-al-2021-focus-group-labelling-research-report.pdf

Abstract
First paragraph: Globally, alcohol use is associated with substantial health, economic, and social burdens (Cukier et al., 2018; GBD 2016 Alcohol Collaborators, 2018; Ranaweera et al., 2018). Alcohol is a major contributor to disability-adjusted-life-years (Peacock et al., 2018), injuries, and mortality (Rehm et al., 2017). Alcohol misuse is a significant public health issue in the United Kingdom (UK) (Balakrishnan, Allender, Scarborough, Webster, & Rayner, 2009), placing considerable strain on both financial and medical resources (Williams et al., 2018). Scotland registered the highest rate of alcohol-specific deaths in the UK in 2018, with 20.8 deaths per 100,000 people (Office for National Statistics, 2019). Alcohol consumption accounted for 8% of the burden of disease and an estimated 3,705 deaths in Scotland in 2015, with cancer and liver disease the top causes of alcohol-related deaths (Tod et al., 2018)