Sally Casswell

Sally Casswell
Casswell in 2006
Alma mater	University of Otago
Known for	Alcohol Policy and Psychological aspects of alcohol and other drugs
Scientific career
Fields	Psychology
Institutions	Massey University
Thesis	Acute effects of cannabis intoxication.  (1974)

Sally Casswell ONZM is a New Zealand academic, and as of 2019 is a full professor at the Massey University. ^[1] She is a member of the WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Drug Dependence and Alcohol Problems and is chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Global Alcohol Policy Alliance. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand and an Officer of the Order of New Zealand. ^[1]

Academic career

After a 1974 PhD titled 'Acute effects of cannabis intoxication' at the University of Otago, Casswell moved to Massey University, rising to full professor. ^[1]

Much of Casswell's work involves the public-health psychology, including issues such as alcohol regulation, ^{[2] [3] [4]} recreational drug regulation ^{[5] [6] [7]} and sugar taxes. ^{[8] [9] [10]} She has argued in favour of a greater contribution of multinational alcohol companies to the costs of alcohol-related harms. Casswell leads the International Alcohol Control Policy Study which collects data from 40 countries on alcohol policy, alcohol use, and policy relevant behaviour aiming to benchmark the effectiveness of policy changes over time and with the aim to be comparable across countries ^[11] .

Selected works

• Beaglehole, Robert, Ruth Bonita, Richard Horton, Cary Adams, George Alleyne, Perviz Asaria, Vanessa Baugh et al. "Priority actions for the non-communicable disease crisis." The Lancet 377, no. 9775 (2011): 1438–1447.
• Moodie, Rob, David Stuckler, Carlos Monteiro, Nick Sheron, Bruce Neal, Thaksaphon Thamarangsi, Paul Lincoln, Sally Casswell, and Lancet NCD Action Group. "Profits and pandemics: prevention of harmful effects of tobacco, alcohol, and ultra-processed food and drink industries." The lancet 381, no. 9867 (2013): 670–679.
• Casswell, Sally, and Thaksaphon Thamarangsi. "Reducing harm from alcohol: call to action." The Lancet 373, no. 9682 (2009): 2247–2257.
• Connolly, Gary M., Sally Casswell, JIA‐FANG ZHANG, and Phil A. Silva. "Alcohol in the mass media and drinking by adolescents: a longitudinal study." Addiction 89, no. 10 (1994): 1255–1263.
• Casswell, Sally, Megan Pledger, and Rhonda Hooper. "Socioeconomic status and drinking patterns in young adults." Addiction 98, no. 5 (2003): 601–610.
• Casswell, Sally, Megan Pledger, and Sarah Pratap. "Trajectories of drinking from 18 to 26 years: identification and prediction." Addiction 97, no. 11 (2002): 1427–1437.

References

1. "Prof Sally Casswell - Director, SHORE & Co-Director SHORE/Whariki Research Centre - Massey University". www.massey.ac.nz (Massey University, New Zealand).
2. "Alcohol is a factor in at least a third of all homicide cases". Stuff. 20 May 2019.
3. "Health expert calls for alcohol prices and bar licence fees to increase, saying taxpayers shouldn't be footing the bill". Archived from the original on 1 February 2018 – via TVNZ.
4. "Alcohol law changes ineffective at reducing harm - study". Newshub . 10 May 2018. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019 – via www.newshub.co.nz.
5. Casswell, Sally (21 January 2019). "Sally Caswell: If we legalise cannabis we must keep business at bay" – via www.nzherald.co.nz.
6. "Experts react to the release of Government's Mental Health and Addiction Inquiry". Stuff. 4 December 2018.
7. Laxon, Andrew (21 May 2009). "Drug education in schools panned" – via www.nzherald.co.nz.
8. "Coca-Cola recruiting lobbyist to fight sugar tax, despite new research revealing such taxes can save lives". Stuff. 16 June 2018.
9. "Renewed calls for sugar, tobacco and alcohol taxes". medicalxpress.com. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
10. "Medical experts push for sugar tax". 1 April 2016 – via www.nzherald.co.nz.
11. Casswell, S.; Meier, P.; MacKintosh, A.; Brown, A.; Hastings, G.; Thamarangsi, T.; Chaiyasong, S.; Chun, S.; Huckle, T.; Wall, M.; You, R.-Q. (2012). "The International Alcohol Control (IAC) Study—Evaluating the Impact of Alcohol Policies". Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 36 (8): 1462–1467. doi:10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01738.x.

External links

• Sally Casswell publications indexed by Google Scholar