Authors: Noemi Robles, Silvia Matrai, Vanesa Carral Bielsa, Joan Colom, Antoni Gual

Europe presents the highest rates of alcohol consumption per inhabitant, with an impact exceeding 6% of the DALYs lost. However, European researchers claim that most of the research in the alcohol field is conducted outside Europe. In order to assess this claim, a review of international indexed publications on alcohol marketing and availability, two cornerstones of alcohol public health policy, was performed.

Authors: Peter Anderson, Antoni Gual and Joan Colom (PHEPA)

This trainning manual is one of the products of PHEPA (Primary Health Care European Project on Alcohol), which aims at the integration of health promotion interventions for hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption into primary health care professionals' daily clinical work.

Full title: Vested interests in addiction research and policy. Why do we not see the corporate interests of the alcohol industry as clearly as we see those of the tobacco industry?

Author: Sally Casswell

The aim of this publication is to compare the current status of global alcohol corporations with tobacco in terms of their role in global governance and to document the process by which this difference has been achieved and the consequences for alcohol control policy.

Vital Signs: Communication Between Health Professionals and Their Patients About Alcohol Use — 44 States and the District of Columbia, 2011

Authors: Lela R. McKnight-Eily, Yong Liu, Robert D. Brewer, Dafna Kanny, Hua Lu, Clark H. Denny, Lina Balluz, Janet Collins

CDC analysed data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) about patient-reported communication with a health professional about alcohol.

Authors: Paul P Glasziou, Heather Buchan , Chris Del Mar, Jenny Doust, Mark Harris, Rosemary Knight, Anthony Scott, Ian A Scott, Alexis Stockwell

Financial incentives can sometimes improve the quality of clinical practice, but they may also be an expensive distraction. This BMJ article presents a checklist, based on a review of the positive and negative effects of financial incentives, to aid those making the difficult and costly decision of whether and how to use a financial incentive and to help prevent their premature or inappropriate implementation.