SynthesisJournal of studies on alcohol and drugs. Supplement2020
The Relationship Between Exposure to Alcohol Marketing and Underage Drinking Is Causal.
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59 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Association between exposure to digital alcohol marketing and alcohol use: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet. Public health · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of food, beverage, and alcohol brand marketing on consumptive behaviors and health in children and adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Podcast advertising by online sports betting platforms and alcohol brands, 2024-2025.Health affairs scholar · 2026Article
- Alcohol policy modelling studies require realistic assumptions.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2026Article
- Young Women's Perspectives on Alcohol Environments in Urban Informal Settlements in Kampala, Uganda: An Exploratory Photovoice Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Brand Sharing and New Drinking Occasions: A Content Analysis of How Alcohol Brands in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand Promote Zero Alcohol Products.Drug and alcohol review · 2026Article
- Trends in the Range of Zero Alcohol Products Available in Supermarkets and Alcohol Stores in Australia.Drug and alcohol review · 2026Article
- A Content Analysis of Alcohol Marketing on Instagram: Examining Its Contribution to an Australian Aquatic Alcogenic Environment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Adolescents' Exposure to Zero-Alcohol Advertisements and Attitudes and Consumption Intentions Towards Alcohol: A Cross-Sectional Study.Drug and alcohol review · 2026Article
- Alcohol Marketing Exposure to Children in New Zealand: A Systematic Narrative Review.Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand · 2026Review
- Full alcohol marketing ban and adolescent drinking patterns: a repeated cross-sectional analysis comparing Lithuania with other EU countries.BMJ public health · 2026Article
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- #notforkids: alcohol, vaping, and cannabis marketing by social media influencers popular with children and adolescents on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok and policy implications.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- Are marketing bans on alcoholic beverages a quick buy?The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2025Article
- Alcohol Promotion via User-Generated Content on Instagram and TikTok: A Content Analysis.Drug and alcohol review · 2025Article
- 'Everyone's a bit buzzed, why not share that': exploring alcohol-related user-generated content among young people in Victoria, Australia.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- Associations between alcohol control law enforcement and online purchasing on regular alcohol consumption among Thai men: a nationwide cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Public health policies to prevent alcohol-related liver disease.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2025Review
- Early and risky adolescent alcohol use independently predict alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and other drug use in early adulthood in Ireland: a longitudinal analysis of a nationally representative cohort.BMC public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis article summarizes the findings of narrative and systematic literature reviews focused on the relationship between exposure to alcohol marketing and youth drinking, viewed in context of criteria for causality. We also consider the implications of this proposition for alcohol policy and public health.
methodOur descriptive synthesis of findings is from 11 narrative and systematic reviews using the nine Bradford Hill causality criteria: (a) strength of association, (b) consistency, (c) specificity of association, (d) temporality, (e) biological gradient, (f) biological plausibility, (g) coherence, (h) experimental evidence, and (i) analogy.
resultsEvidence of causality for all nine of the Bradford Hill criteria was found across the review articles commissioned for this supplement and in other previously published reviews. In some reviews, multiple Bradford Hill criteria were met. The reviews document that a substantial amount of empirical research has been conducted in a variety of countries using different but complementary research designs.
conclusionsThe research literature available today is consistent with the judgment that the association between alcohol marketing and drinking among young persons is causal.
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