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Objectives: Secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure is associated with cardiovascular disease. This study aims to determine the association between SHS exposure estimated by questionnaire and hypertension in Korean never smokers.

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Objectives: This study aimed to develop and validate an online instrument to: (1) identify common alcohol-related social influences, norms and beliefs among adolescents; (2) clarify the process and pathways through which...

A study exploring the completion of outpatient substance use disorder treatment has highlighted racial and ethnic health disparities. 

The research team utilised a sample of 416,224 outpatient discharges in the study which found people of...

National Prevention week led by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) will take place from 13-19th May 2018.

Each day focus will fall on a different topic - starting off with the theme of "Promotion of Mental Health...

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Policy interventions such as public health mass media campaigns disseminate messages in order to improve health-related knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors at the population level. Only more recently have campaigns that...

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Aerosol composition measurements made in an indoor classroom indicate the uptake of thirdhand smoke (THS) species to indoor particles, a novel exposure route for THS to humans indoors. Chemical speciation of the organic aerosol...

La legalizzazione della cannabis per uso ricreativo (chiamata anche "uso per adulti") è una realtà in un numero crescente di stati degli Stati Uniti, nonostante il continuo divieto federale e la limitata ricerca scientifica sugli effetti...

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Background

Tobacco addiction is a complex, multicomponent phenomenon stemming from nicotine’s pharmacology and the user’s biology, psychology, sociology, and environment. After decades of public denial, the tobacco industry now...

Resumen

Los trastornos por uso de alcohol son preocupantemente altos en la población universitaria. Contar con instrumentos de tamizaje es fundamental para la medición epidemiológica y la práctica clínica. El objetivo de este trabajo es...

Astratto

Obiettivi: Studiare l'associazione tra consumo di alcol e funzione ventricolare sinistra (LV) in una popolazione con basso apporto medio di alcol.

Design, ambientazione e partecipanti: un totale di 1296 partecipanti sani, liberi...

PUNTI CHIAVE

• Il 91% dei giovani tra i 16 e i 24 anni utilizza Internet per i social network
• I social media sono stati descritti come più avvincenti delle sigarette e dell'alcol
• I tassi di ansia e depressione nei giovani sono aumentati...

ASTRATTO

Background: Il colloquio motivazionale è un intervento efficace per sostenere il cambiamento del comportamento, ma tradizionalmente dipende dal dialogo faccia a faccia con un consulente umano. Questo studio ha affrontato una sfida...

Conclusions of this study indicate that enacting a regulation to lower the nicotine content of cigarettes to minimally addictive levels in the United States would lead to a substantial reduction in tobacco-related mortality, despite...

Scotland has become the first country in the world to enforce a minimum price per unit of alcohol. As of 1 May 2018 all alcohol must cost no less than 0.5GPD or 50 pence. 

The move is the result of a long process of research and...

Astratto

Le sigarette sono state fortemente associate al successivo uso di marijuana tra gli adolescenti, ma le sigarette elettroniche (sigarette elettroniche) stanno ora rapidamente sostituendo le sigarette tradizionali tra i giovani...