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Maheswaran, Ravi and Green, Mark A and Strong, Mark and Brindley, Paul and Angus, Colin and Holmes, John (2018) Alcohol outlet density and alcohol related hospital admissions in England: a national small‐area level ecological study. Addiction , 13 , (11) .

Angus, Colin and Pryce, Robert and Holmes, John and de Vocht, Frank and Hickman, Matthew and Meier, Petra and Brennan, Alan and Gillespie, Duncan (2020) Assessing the contribution of alcohol‐specific causes to socio‐economic inequalities in mortality in England and Wales 2001–16. Addiction , 115 , (12) , pp. 2268-2279.

Kock, Loren and Shahab, Lion and Garnett, Claire and Oldham, Melissa and Tattan-Birch, Harry and Angus, Colin and Brose, Leonie and Brown, Jamie (2024) Brief interventions for smoking and alcohol associated with the COVID-19 pandemic: a population survey in England. BMC Public Health , 24 .

Boyd, Jennifer and Sexton, Olivia and Angus, Colin and Meier, Petra and Purshouse, Robin C and Holmes, John (2022) Causal mechanisms proposed for the alcohol harm paradox-a systematic review. Addiction , 117 , (1) , pp. 33-56.

Holmes, John and Sasso, Alessandro and Hernandez Alava, Monica and Stevely, Abigail K and Warde, Alan and Angus, Colin and Meier, Petra S (2023) Change and stability in British drinking practices and culture between 2009 and 2019: a longitudinal latent class analysis of drinking occasions. SSM - Population Health , 24 .

Ujhelyi Gomez, Katalin and McBride, Orla and Roberts, Emmert and Angus, Colin and Keyes, Katherine and Drummond, Colin and Buchan, Iain and Fleming, Kate and Gilmore, Ian and Donoghue, Kim and Bonnet, Laura and Goodwin, Laura (2023) The clustering of physical health conditions and associations with co-occurring mental health problems and problematic alcohol use: a cross-sectional study. BMC Psychiatry , 89 .

Angus, Colin and Holmes, John and Meier, Petra S (2019) Comparing alcohol taxation throughout the European Union. Addiction , 114 , (8) , pp. 1489-1494.

Dowd, Jennifer Beam and Angus, Colin and Zajacova, Anna and Tilstra, Andrea M (2023) Comparing trends in mid-life 'deaths of despair' in the USA, Canada and UK, 2001-2019: is the USA an anomaly? BMJ Open , 13 , (8) .

Brown, Jamie and West, Robert and Angus, Colin and Beard, Emma and Brennan, Alan and Drummond, Colin and Hickman, Matthew and Holmes, John and Kaner, Eileen and Michie, Susan (2016) Comparison of brief interventions in primary care on smoking and excessive alcohol consumption: a population survey in England. The British Journal of General Practice , 66 , (642) , e1-9.

Wilson, Luke B and Angus, Colin and Pryce, Robert and Holmes, John and Brennan, Alan and Gillespie, Duncan (2021) Do dual purchasers behave differently? An analysis of purchasing data for households that buy both alcohol and tobacco in the United Kingdom. Addiction , 116 , (9) , pp. 2538-2547.

Manca, Francesco and Lewsey, Jim and Mackay, Daniel and Angus, Colin and Fitzpatrick, David and Fitzgerald, Niamh (2024) The effect of a minimum price per unit of alcohol in Scotland on alcohol-related ambulance call-outs: a controlled interrupted time-series analysis. Addiction , 119 , (5) , pp. 846-854.

Oldham, Melissa and Beard, Emma and Loebenberg, Gemma and Dinu, Larisa and Angus, Colin and Burton, Robyn and Field, Matt and Greaves, Felix and Hickman, Matthew and Kaner, Eileen and Michie, Susan and Munafo, Marcus R and Pizzo, Elena and Brown, Jamie and Garnett, Claire (2024) Effectiveness of a smartphone app (Drink Less) versus usual digital care for reducing alcohol consumption among increasing-and-higher-risk adult drinkers in the UK: a two-arm, parallel-group, double-blind, randomised controlled trial. EClinicalMedicine , 70 .

Brennan, Alan and Angus, Colin and Pryce, Robert and Buykx, Penny and Henney, Madeleine and Gillespie, Duncan and Holmes, John and Meier, Petra S (2023) Effectiveness of subnational implementation of minimum unit price for alcohol: policy appraisal modelling for local authorities in England. Addiction , 118 , (5) , pp. 819-833.

Holmes, John and Meng, Yang and Meier, Petra and Brennan, Alan and Angus, Colin and Campbell-Burton, Alexia and Guo, Yelan and Hill-McManus, Daniel and Purshouse, Robin C (2014) Effects of minimum unit pricing for alcohol on different income and socioeconomic groups: a modelling study. The Lancet , 383 , (9929) , pp. 1655-1664.

Gibbs, Naomi and Angus, Colin and Dixon, Simon and Charles, DH and Meier, Petra S and Boachie, Micheal Kofi and Verguet, Stéphane (2022) Equity impact of minimum unit pricing of alcohol on household health and finances among rich and poor drinkers in South Africa. BMJ Global Health , 7 , (1) , e007824.

Meier, Petra and Holmes, John and Angus, Colin and Ally, Abdallah and Meng, Yang and Brennan, Alan (2016) Estimated effects of different alcohol taxation and price policies on health inequalities: a mathematical modelling study. PLoS ONE , 13 , (2) .

Angus, Colin and Schöley, Jonas (2024) Estimating recent trends in UK alcohol sales from alcohol duty revenue. medRXiv , Early Online .

Manca, Francesco and Lewsey, Jim and Waterson, Ryan and Kernaghan, Sarah M and Fitzpatrick, David and Mackay, Daniel and Angus, Colin and Fitzgerald, Niamh (2021) Estimating the burden of alcohol on ambulance callouts through development and validation of an algorithm using electronic patient records. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , 18 , (12) .

Angus, Colin and Thomas, Chloe and Anderson, Peter and Meier, Petra S and Brennan, Alan (2017) Estimating the cost-effectiveness of brief interventions for heavy drinking in primary health care across Europe. European Journal of Public Health , 27 , (2) , pp. 345-351.

Morris, Damon and Angus, Colin and Gillespie, Duncan and Stevely, Abigail K and Pryce, Robert and Wilson, Luke and Henney, Madeleine and Meier, Petra S and Holmes, John and Brennan, Alan (2024) Estimating the effect of transitioning to a strength-based alcohol tax system on alcohol consumption and health outcomes: a modelling study of tax reform in England. The Lancet Public Health , 9 , (10) .

Pryce, Robert and Wilson, Luke B and Gillespie, Duncan and Angus, Colin and Morris, Damon and Brennan, Alan (2024) Estimation of integrated price elasticities for alcohol and tobacco in the United Kingdom using the living costs and food survey 2006-2017. Drug and Alcohol Review , 43 , (1) , pp. 315-324.

Oldham, Melissa and Dina, Larisa-Maria and Loebenberg, Gemma and Perski, Olga and Brown, Jamie and Angus, Colin and Beard, Emma and Burton, Robyn and Field, Matt and Greaves, Felix and Hickman, Matthew and Kaner, Eileen and Michie, Susan and Munafò, Marcus R and Pizzo, Elena and Garnett, Claire (2024) Evaluating the acceptability of the drink less app and the national health service alcohol advice web page: qualitative interview process evaluation. Journal of Medical Internet Research , 26 .

Billan, Sonam and Angus, Colin and Collins, Brendan (2025) Evaluating the impact of minimum unit alcohol pricing on purchasing behaviour by different social class and age groups in Wales: a controlled interrupted time series study. Public Health , 240 , pp. 71-79.

Angus, Colin (2022) Evidence to inform effective alcohol pricing policies in the European Union. medRXiv . (Submitted)

Case, Philippa and Angus, Colin and de Vocht, Frank and Holmes, John and Michie, Susan and Brown, Jamie (2021) Has the increased participation in the national campaign ‘Dry January’ been associated with cutting down alcohol consumption in England? Drug and Alcohol Dependence , 227 , p. 108938. (In Press)

Maharaj, Tobias and Angus, Colin and Fitzgerald, Niamh and Allen, Kathryn and Stewart, Stephen and MacHale, Siobhan and Ryan, John D (2023) Impact of minimum unit pricing on alcohol-related hospital outcomes: systematic review. BMJ Open , 13 , (2) .

Angus, Colin and Buckley, Charlotte and Tilstra, Andrea M and Dowd, Jennifer B (2023) Increases in ‘deaths of despair’ during the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA and UK. Public Health , 218 , pp. 92-96.

Angus, Colin and Holmes, John and Maheswaran, Ravi and Green, Mark A and Meier, Petra and Brennan, Alan (2017) Mapping patterns and trends in the spatial availability of alcohol using low-level geographic data: a case study in England 2003-2013. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , 14 , (4) .

Angus, Colin and Oldham, Melissa and Burton, Robyn and Dina, Larisa-Maria and Field, Matt and Hickman, Mattew and Kaner, Eileen and Loebenberg, Gemma and Munafò, Marcus and Pizzo, Elena and Brown, Jamie and Garnett, Claire (2024) Modeling potential health, health economic, and health inequality impact of a large-scale rollout of the Drink Less app in England. Value in health , 28 , (2) , pp. 215-223.

Jackson, Sarah E and Beard, Emma and Angus, Colin and Field, Matt and Brown, Jamie (2022) Moderators of changes in smoking, drinking and quitting behaviour associated with the first COVID-19 lockdown in England. Addiction , 117 , (3) , pp. 772-783.

Angus, Colin (2024) New alcohol mortality data presents a bleak picture for England. IAS Blog .

Beyer, Fiona R and Kenny, Ryan P W and Johnson, Eugenie and Caldwell, Deborah M and Garnett, Claire and Rice, Stephen and Simpson, Julija and Angus, Colin and Craig, Dawn and Hickman, Matt and Michie, Susan and Kaner, Eileen F S (2022) Practitioner and digitally delivered interventions for reducing hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption in people not seeking alcohol treatment: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Addiction , 118 , (1) , pp. 17-29.

Wilson, Luke B and Angus, Colin and Brennan, Alan and Gillespie, Duncan and Shortt, Niamh K and Tunstall, Helena and Valiente, Roberto and Pearce, Jamie (2025) Quantile regression of tobacco tax pass-through in the UK 2017-2021: how have manufacturers passed through tax changes for different tobacco products in small retailers? Analysis at the national level and by neighbourhood of deprivation. Tobacco Control , Early online .

Fitzgerald, Niamh and O'Donnell, Rachel and Uny, Isabelle and Martin, Jack G and Cook, Megan and Graham, Kathryn and Stockwell, Tim and Hughes, Karen and Wilkinson, Claire and McGill, Elizabeth and Miller, Peter G and Reynolds, Jo and Quigg, Zara and Angus, Colin (2024) Reducing alcohol harms whilst minimising impact on hospitality businesses: 'Sweetspot' policy options. International Journal of Drug Policy , 129 .

Kersbergen, Inge and Oldham, Melissa and Jones, Andrew and Field, Matt and Angus, Colin and Robinson, Eric (2018) Reducing the standard serving size of alcoholic beverages prompts reductions in alcohol consumption. Addiction , 113 , (9) .

Jackson, Sarah E and Oldham, Melissa and Angus, Colin and Garnett, Claire and Wilson, Luke and Holmes, John and Brown, Jamie (2024) Trends in alcohol expenditure among risky drinkers: a population study in England, 2014–2023. International Journal of Drug Policy , 133 .

Oldham, Melissa and Jackson, Sarah E and Brown, Jamie and Buss, Vera and Mehta, Gautam and Dowd, Jennifer Beam and Holmes, John and Angus, Colin (2025) Trends in alcohol-specific deaths in England, 2001–22: an observational study. The Lancet Psychiatry , Early online .

Opazo Breton, Magdalena and Gillespie, Duncan and Pryce, Robert and Bogdanovica, Ilze and Angus, Colin and Hernandez Alava, Monica and Brennan, Alan and Britton, John (2022) Understanding long-term trends in smoking in England, 1972-2019: an age-period-cohort approach. Addiction , 117 , (5) , pp. 1392-1403.

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Angus, Colin and Holmes, John and Pryce, Robert and Meier, Petra and Brennan, Alan (2016) Alcohol and cancer trends: intervention studies. Sheffield: University of Sheffield and Cancer Research UK.

Angus, Colin (2023) Analysis of changes in alcohol prices, taxation and affordability in the Republic of Ireland. Dublin: Alcohol Action Ireland.

Holmes, John and Angus, Colin and Boyd, Jennifer and Buykx, Penny and Brennan, Alan and Gardiner, Kevin and Hernandez Alava, Monica and Hughes, Jane and Johnston, Allan and Little, Simon and Livingston, Wulf and Mackay, Daniel and McCarthy, Trevor and McClean, Alex and Meier, Petra and Peddie, Lorna and Perkins, Andy and Sasso, Alessandro and Stevely, Abigail K and Wright, Alex and Yannoulis, Yanni (2022) Evaluating the impact of Minimum Unit Pricing in Scotland on people who are drinking at harmful levels. Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland.

Mitchell, Martin and Ilic, Nevena and O'Shea, Conor and Cossu, Elena and Schei, Thea and Angus, Colin and Fugard, Andi and Ng- Knight, Terry and Branzanti, Caterina (2025) Evaluation of the minimum price for alcohol in Wales: research with retailers and quantitative analysis. Cardiff: Welsh Government.

Stockwell, Tim and Sherk, Adam and Sorge, Justin and Norstrom, Thor and Angus, Colin and Chikritzhs, Tanya and Churchill, Sam and Holmes, John and Meier, Petra and Naimi, Timothy and Ramstedt, Mats and Simpura, Jussi (2019) Finnish alcohol policy at the crossroads: The health, safety and economic consequences of alternative systems to manage the retail sale of alcohol. British Columbia: Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, University of Victoria.

Fitzgerald, Niamh and Angus, Colin (2015) Four nations: How evidence-based are alcohol policies and programmes across the UK? London: Alliance for Useful Evidence and Alcohol Health Alliance.

Nicholls, James and Fitzgerald, Niamh and Maclean, Jordan and Valiente, Roberto and Cook, Megan and Shortt, Niamh K and Burton, Robyn and Wilson, Luke and Morris, Damon and Clemens, Tom and Angus, Colin and Pearce, Jamie and Angus, Kathryn and Holmes, John (2024) Independent review of the liquor licensing system in Northern Ireland including the surrender principle. Stirling: University of Stirling.

Angus, Colin (2023) Model-based appraisal of Minimum Unit Pricing and promotion restrictions for alcohol in Northern Ireland: an adaptation of the Sheffield alcohol policy model version 4.1. Sheffield: University of Sheffield.

Angus, Colin and Meng, Yang and Ally, Abdallah and Holmes, John and Brennan, Alan (2014) Model-based appraisal of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Northern Ireland. ScHARR, University of Sheffield.

Angus, Colin and Meng, Yang and Ally, Abdallah and Holmes, John and Brennan, Alan (2014) Model-based appraisal of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in the Republic of Ireland. Sheffield: ScHARR, University of Sheffield.

Angus, Colin and Holmes, John and Pryce, Robert and Meier, Petra and Brennan, Alan (2016) Model-based appraisal of the comparative impact of minimum unit pricing and taxation policies in Scotland. An adaptation of the Sheffield alcohol policy model version 3. Sheffield: ScHARR, University of Sheffield.

Angus, Colin and Holmes, John and Brennan, A and Meier, Petra, eds. (2018) Model-based appraisal of the comparative impact of Minimum Unit Pricing and taxation policies in Wales: final report. Cardiff: Welsh Government.

Angus, Colin and Holmes, John and Brennan, Alan and Meier, Petra (2017) Model-based appraisal of the comparative impact of Minimum Unit Pricing and taxation policies in Wales: Interim report An update to the 50p MUP example. Cardiff: Welsh Government.

Gillespie, Duncan and Morris, Damon and Angus, Colin and Wilson, Luke and Chen, Ryan and Leeming, Grace and Holmes, John and Brennan, Alan (2024) Model-based appraisal of the potential effects of minimum pricing for tobacco in Scotland. Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland.

Angus, Colin and Henney, Madeleine and Pryce, Robert (2022) Modeling the impact of changes in alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic on future alcohol-related harm in England. Sheffield: University of Sheffield.

Angus, Colin and Henney, Maddy (2019) Modelling the impact of alcohol duty policies since 2012 in England & Scotland. ScHARR, University of Sheffield.

Angus, Colin and Henney, Maddy and Pryce, Robert (2022) Modelling the impact of changes in alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic on future alcohol-related harm in England. Sheffield: ScHARR, University of Sheffield.

Holmes, John and Angus, Colin and Buykx, Penny and Ally, Abdallah and Stone, Tony and Meier, Petra and Brennan, Alan (2016) Mortality and morbidity risks from alcohol consumption in the UK: Analyses using the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model (v.2.7) to inform the UK Chief Medical Officers’ review of the UK lower risk drinking guidelines. Final report. Sheffield: ScHARR, University of Sheffield.

Angus, Colin and Morris, Damon and Leeming, Grace and Kai Le Chen, Ryan and Wilson, Luke and Stevely, Abigail K and Holmes, John and Brennan, Alan and Gillespie, Duncan (2023) New modelling of alcohol pricing policies, alcohol consumption and harm in Scotland. An adaptation of the Sheffield Tobacco and Alcohol Policy Model. University of Sheffield.

Holmes, John and Angus, Colin and Kersbergen, Inge and Pryce, Robert and Stevely, Abigail and Wilson, Luke (2024) No- and low-alcohol drinks in Great Britain: monitoring report. Sheffield: University of Sheffield.