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The Urgent Need to Change the Current Medical Approach on Tobacco Cessation in Latin America
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Despite the accumulation of scientific evidence confirming the health consequences of smoking and the new paradigm of smoking as a disease where nicotine is the drug that modifies the functional and morphological characteristics of...
Adfam’s Manifesto for Families: 5 Key Challenges for Supporting Families Affected by Drug and Alcohol Use
“You don’t have to use drugs to be affected by them.”
In 2010 Adfam identified five key challenges for families that the Government should address, identified by stakeholders across England. They were:
- Supporting families in their own...
Supporting Families Affected by Substance Use and Domestic Violence
This research report analyses how domestic violence and abuse is more likely than not to occur within intimate partner relationships where one partner has a problem with alcohol or drugs. The aims of this research project were:
- To...
Families, Drugs and Alcohol - Policy and Research since 1984
The past 30 years has seen a huge amount of change in the policy, practice and politics around both families and drug/alcohol (‘substance’) use. Laws, behaviours and public perceptions have all altered substantially. As part of Adfam’s 30th...
Challenging Stigma: Tackling the Prejudice Experienced by Families of Drug and Alcohol Users
Stigma and drug use have been associated for a long time, and in recent years they have been popular topics of debate and the focus of a growing body of research. But in the same way that families have often been absent in other drug policy...
Becoming Visible: The Somali Community and Substance Use in London
In 2006 Adfam was awarded a three year grant by the Department for Communities and Local Government to work with the Somali community around substance use and family support in London. Becoming visible gives an overview of the issues...
Systémové a individuální faktory v procesu hledání léčby buprenorfinem: kvalitativní studie
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Pozadí: Užívání opiátů je na Aljašce významným problémem. Léčba užívání opiátů, včetně buprenorfinu, snižuje abstinenční příznaky a škody spojené se zneužíváním opiátů. Pochopení procesu vyhledávání léčby u spotřebitelů je...
Healthy Nightlife Toolbox - Resources for Creating Safer Nightlife Settings
The Healthy Nightlife Toolbox (HNT) is an international initiative that focuses on the reduction of harm from alcohol and drug use among young people.
The Healthy Nightlife Toolbox collects and provides information on evidence-based...
The Public Health Burden of Alcohol and the Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Alcohol Control Policies
This review was commissioned by the Department of Health, which asked Public Health England (PHE) to provide an overview of alcohol-related harm in England and possible policy solutions. The present report offers a broad and rigorous...
Healthier Alternatives and Natural Highs: The Success of the Icelandic Model
Over the past two decades, Iceland has seen teenage smoking, drinking and drug use dramatically decrease. This is partly because of state-funded initiatives which look to promote healthier alternatives, or ‘natural highs’, such as sport, family-orientated activities and cultural provisions.
Alcohol Advertising Linked to Youth Drinking
Health researchers worldwide have provided new evidence suggesting that alcohol advertising is often aggressive, reaching children, and is linked with youth drinking.
The Australian organisation, the National Alliance for Action on Alcohol...
The Regulation of Alcohol Marketing: From Research to Public Health Policy
A series of reports in a supplement to the scientific journal Addiction presents the latest evidence on alcohol marketing and its impact on children. Key findings from the collection of peer-reviewed manuscripts include:
- Exposure to...
Key Points from EMCDDA’s 2016 European Drug Report
As we welcome in the New Year it seems an ideal time to take stock and present the key points from the 2016 European Drug Report (EDR), the European Monitoring Centre for Drug and Addiction’s (EMCDDA) annual review of the European drug...
Returning from Rehab: What Are The Challenges of Re-Integration?
Residential ‘in-patient’ treatment for substance abuse – more commonly known as ‘rehab’ - is the favoured option among those wanting to recover from addiction.
The rate of relapse within the first year following being discharged, however...
Kouří lidé stále méně?
Podle nových zjištění zveřejněných v časopise Tobacco Control přestalo v letech 2008 až 2014 kouřit více než 53 milionů lidí v 88 zemích kvůli opatřením na kontrolu tabáku.
Statisticky to znamená, že během 4letého období bylo zabráněno...
Smoking in Films: Adolescents and Unregulated Exposure
In its latest Smoke-Free Movies Report, the World Health Organisation (WHO) advised governments that films featuring tobacco use ought to be classified for their adult content. Published in the journal Tobacco Control, a new study supports...
Národní hodnocení drogových hrozeb za rok 2016
Účelem Národního hodnocení drogových hrozeb DEA z roku 2016 je poskytnout včasné a relevantní strategické zpravodajské informace týkající se drog tvůrcům politik ve Spojených státech, aby mohli formulovat protidrogovou politiku. Dále pomáhá...
Sociální média, sport a reklama na alkohol
Nová studie publikovaná v časopise Drug and Alcohol Review zkoumá přítomnost značek alkoholu na sociálních médiích, které sponzorují divácké sporty v Austrálii. Zdůrazňuje způsob, jakým tyto značky využívají sport a sociální média ve svých...
Zpráva: Míchání alkoholu s energetickými nápoji
Společnost VicHealth vydala zprávu shrnující nedávné vyšetřování australské konzumace alkoholu ve směsi s energetickými nápoji a jeho škodlivých důsledků.
Mezi hlavní zjištění patří:
- Mladí lidé v metropolitních oblastech pijí alkohol a...
Sladké ochucené tabákové výrobky mohou ovlivnit kuřácké návyky dospívajících
Mladší lidé považují ochucené varianty tabákových výrobků, například cigarety a e-cigarety , za méně škodlivé a přitažlivější, podle nedávné studie provedené výzkumníky z University of North Carolina Lineberger Cancer Centre.
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