Issues Numerous studies have examined the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on alcohol
use changes in Europe, with concerns raised regarding increased use and related harms …

Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD), as highlighted in this narrative review, is a major
public health concern, increasingly impacting global disease burden and premature …

Background The coronavirus pandemic resulted in many changes which had the potential to
impact mortality related to opioid agonist therapy (OAT; methadone, buprenorphine) …

Introduction The COVID‐19 pandemic may have led to an increase in the alcohol‐specific
mortality. Against this backdrop, the aim of this report is to explore alcohol‐specific mortality …

Aim: Exploring trends in 1) alcohol-specific mortality and 2) alcohol sales in European
countries in the years before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: Complete data …

Introduction We aimed to assess:(i) trends in alcohol‐specific—that is, fully attributable—
morbidity and mortality in the German adult population aged 15–69 between 2000 and …

We conducted a large-scale survey in the Japanese population, about one year after the
initial declaration of the state of emergency, to investigate alcohol use under the prolonged …

Background: At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns arose about a possible
rise in alcohol consumption. Early surveys, however, more commonly pointed towards a …

This study investigated changes in alcohol use and its related psychosocial factors during
the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. Two online surveys were completed by participants …

Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase of heavy alcohol use has been
reported in several high-income countries. We examined changes in alcohol use during the …