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Campus Life

SPH Snapshot: Spring 2025

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All News

Where Passion Meets Purpose: Alum Bridges Civil Rights and Health Equity

alcohol tax.

health policy

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

August 1, 2024
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alcohol tax

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
alcohol industry

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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tax reform

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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Community Health Sciences

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

February 13, 2020
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Health Law, Policy & Management

Little Progress on Alcohol Policy Globally

February 4, 2020

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