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The Impact of Alcohol Availability Interventions
Interventions that restrict the availability of alcohol reduce the risk of harm. However, until now it has been unclear why this is the case.
In this research, the views of public health teams, police, local authority licensing teams and...
UK Drug Strategy
The International Journal of Drug Policy has published a special collection of articles focusing on UK drug strategy.
The collection includes:
- Introduction to special section on UK drug strategy
- Words matter: A commentary on the new...
La matrice del rischio: decessi correlati alla droga nelle carceri in Inghilterra e Galles, 2015-2020
Impact of Minimum Unit Pricing on Alcohol Purchases in Scotland and Wales
In an attempt to reduce consumption of alcohol and the harm it causes, Scotland and Wales introduced minimum unit pricing (MUP) on alcohol purchases.
Minimum unit price (MUP) is a pricing policy that sets a strength-based threshold...
A Rapid Systematic Review of What We Know about Alcohol Use Disorders and Brief Interventions in the Criminal Justice System
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Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to review the evidence of alcohol use disorders within the different stages of the criminal justice system in the UK. Furthermore it reviewed the worldwide evidence of alcohol brief interventions...
Neighbourhood Tobacco Supply and Individual Maternal Smoking during Pregnancy
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Background: Tobacco policy is increasingly focusing on the ‘tobacco endgame’ which commits to eradicating tobacco use (prevalence below 5%) within the next two decades. Strategies for achieving the endgame are likely to include...
Tobacco Industry Strategies Undermine Government Tax Policy: Evidence from Commercial Data
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Objective: Taxation equitably reduces smoking, the leading cause of health inequalities. The tobacco industry (TI) can, however, undermine the public health gains realised from tobacco taxation through its pricing strategies...
Multilevel Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study Examining School Substance-Misuse Policy and the Use of Cannabis, Mephedrone and Novel Psychoactive Substances
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Objectives: To examine whether young peoples’ risk of cannabis, mephedrone and novel psychoactive substances (NPS) use is associated with school substance-misuse policy.
Design: A cross-sectional survey of secondary school...
Sugar, Tobacco, and Alcohol Taxes to Achieve the SDGs
More than a decade after the adoption of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, there is compelling evidence that raising tobacco prices substantially through taxation is the single most effective way to reduce tobacco use and...
Iniziative di responsabilità sociale d'impresa dell'industria dell'alcol e bere dannoso: una revisione sistematica
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Contesto: Vi è una crescente consapevolezza degli effetti dannosi delle attività commerciali dell'industria dell'alcol e preoccupazione per i possibili impatti negativi delle sue iniziative di responsabilità sociale d'impresa...
Risk Assessment Tools in Criminal Justice and Forensic Psychiatry: The Need for Better Data
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Violence risk assessment tools are increasingly used within criminal justice and forensic psychiatry, however there is little relevant, reliable and unbiased data regarding their predictive accuracy. We argue that such data are...
Self-Reported Knowledge, Correct Knowledge and Use of UK Drinking Guidelines among a Representative Sample of the English Population
Researchers from the University of Sheffield have investigated UK drinker's decision making. This research examines public knowledge and use of UK drinking guidelines exploring a representative sample of the English population.
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Come possiamo dimostrare il valore pubblico dell'elaborazione di politiche basate sull'evidenza quando i ministri del governo dichiarano che la gente "ne ha abbastanza di esperti"?
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Le recenti campagne politiche su entrambe le sponde dell'Atlantico hanno portato alcuni a sostenere che viviamo nell'era della politica "post-fattuale" o "post-verità", suggerendo che le prove hanno un ruolo limitato nel...
Le strategie dell'industria del tabacco minano la politica fiscale del governo: prove dai dati commerciali
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Obiettivo: Tassare equamente il fumo, principale causa di disuguaglianze sanitarie. L'industria del tabacco (TI) può, tuttavia, minare i guadagni per la salute pubblica realizzati dalla tassazione del tabacco attraverso le sue...
Awareness of Standardised Tobacco Packaging among Adults and Young People during the Final Phase of Policy Implementation in Great Britain
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Background: In May 2016, along with the latest European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), standardised packaging legislation was implemented in the UK. During the following 12-month transition period, both new and old types of...
Online Drinking Interventions Shown to be Effective for Armed Service Personnel
Almost two thirds of men in the UK Armed Forces are considered to drink harmful amounts of alcohol.
This is compared with around one third of the average population.
According to a new study published in the Journal of the Royal Army...
Effectiveness Bank Analysis: Mandatory Assessment for Arrestees Does Not Cut Crime
Further evidence from England that the ‘Tough Choices’ schemes which force people arrested for certain offences to be tested for heroin or cocaine use and if positive to be assessed for treatment do not pay back in terms of treatment...
I video musicali potrebbero incoraggiare il binge drinking
Una recente recensione condotta dai ricercatori del Uk Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies dell'Università di Nottingham suggerisce che i popolari video musicali di YouTube che includono riferimenti urali e / o visivi all'alcol spesso...
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