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50 Years, Countless Champions

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Research

First-Ever Healthy Checkout Policy Shows Promise for Reducing Soda Sales, Increasing Healthy Snack Purchases

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health policy

Poll: Massachusetts Voters Support Increased Alcohol Taxes to Fund Key Programs

August 1, 2024
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Practice

Student Tackles Alcohol Safety in Activist Practicum

October 5, 2023
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Activist Lab

‘Alcohol Taxes Save Lives’

February 10, 2023
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alcohol use

Alcohol Causes 1 in 20 Deaths in Massachusetts

December 13, 2022
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Alcohol Companies Earned Billions from Underage Drinking

June 10, 2021
Gun Violence

Professor Leads Research on Gun Violence, Alcohol Policies

October 28, 2020
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COVID-19

Is It Time to Raise Alcohol Taxes?

June 15, 2020
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Community Health Sciences

‘Drink Driving,’ Not Just Drunk Driving, Can Be Fatal

March 16, 2020
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Health Law, Policy & Management

State Alcohol Laws Focus on Drunk Driving—They Could Do Much More

February 13, 2020
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alcohol tax

Little Progress on Alcohol Policy Globally

February 4, 2020

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