Alcohol and Tobacco Use in a Tuberculosis Treatment Cohort during South Africa's COVID-19 Sales Bans: A Case Series.
Bronwyn MyersTara CarneyJennifer RooneySamantha MalatestaLaura F WhiteCharles D H ParryTara C BoutonElizabeth J RaganCharles Robert HorsburghRobin M WarrenKaren Rita JacobsonPublished in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2021)
From these observations, we hypothesize that policies restricting alcohol and tobacco availability seem to enable some individuals to reduce their consumption. However, these appear to have little effect on the volume of AA consumed among individuals with more harmful patterns of drinking in the absence of additional behavior change interventions.