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Health professionals should adopt a “conversational approach” and focus on building trust when discussing alcohol consumption with pregnant women, midwives have told researchers.

Health warnings printed on individual cigarettes could play a key role in reducing smoking, according to new research from the University of Stirling.

Just half of 11-19 year old drinkers recall seeing health messages or warnings on alcohol packaging – despite being an important target market for this information, according to new research.

The risk of 11 to 16-year-olds taking up smoking has reduced following the introduction of a ban on the open display of tobacco products in the UK, according to a new University of Stirling study.

Experts at the University of Stirling are part of a new £5.9 million research consortium looking at how the marketing of alcohol, tobacco and unhealthy food and drink has a detrimental impact on health.