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Is There a Link between Personality and Exposure to Second-Hand Harms from Alcohol Consumption?
‘Second-hand harm’ from alcohol use can include accidents and/or violence, interrupted sleep, destruction of property, relationship and/or financial problems.
While previous research has found that as much as 70% of undergraduate...
Parents Are a Key Influence on Teenage Drinking Habits, Study Finds
A new study that provides details of drinking habits and influential factors among Australian teenagers appears in the latest edition of the academic journal BMC Public Health.
The investigation’s findings notably include:
- Most...
E-Cigarettes Less Addictive Than Traditional Cigarettes, Study Finds
E-cigarettes are less addictive than traditional cigarettes, according to a new study published in the journal Preventative Medicine.
That said, around 75% of e-cigarette smokers still consider themselves to be dependent on their use.
...Personality-Targeted Substance Use Interventions: Do They Work?
Do high-risk pupils benefit more so from psychological interventions than standard drug education initiatives?
Much research suggests there are, in fact, a number of significantly positive effects associated with the former.
What is...
How Do We Tackle the Opioid Epidemic?
The over-prescription of opioids is a significant public health issue in the United States. For example, opioids are often prescribed for minor injuries unnecessarily. This, in turn, increases the risk of addiction.
New research...
Parental Absence in Early Childhood and Onset of Smoking and Alcohol Consumption before Adolescence
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Background: Parental absence, due to death or separation from a parent, has been associated with smoking and alcohol consumption in adolescence and adulthood. The aim of this study was to investigate whether parental absence in...
Estimating the Cost-Effectiveness of Brief Interventions for Heavy Drinking in Primary Health Care across Europe
Background
Screening and brief interventions for alcohol are an effective public health measure to tackle alcohol-related harm, however relatively few countries across the European Union (EU) have implemented them widely. This may be due...
Gender-Specific Predictors of At-Risk Adolescents’ Hazardous Alcohol Use
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Background
Previous research has found strong associations between adolescents’ hazardous alcohol use and their perception of peer behavior, as well as own spending money and a range of antisocial behaviors. However, there is...
State HCV Incidence and Policies Related to HCV Preventive and Treatment Services for Persons Who Inject Drugs — United States, 2015–2016
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
The United States has experienced a sharp increase in hepatitis C virus (HCV) incidence that can be attributed to injection drug use. Some states have used public health laws and...
Current and Binge Drinking Among High School Students — United States, 1991–2015
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What is already known about this topic?
Each year from 2006 to 2010, excessive alcohol consumption was responsible for approximately 4,300 deaths among persons aged <21 years, and, in 2010, underage drinking cost the United...
Кәдімгі қаптама темекі шегудің таралуының төмендеуін тудыра ма?
Темекі бүкіл әлемде алдын алуға болатын өлімнің бірінші себебі болып табылады. Жақында жарияланған Cochraine Review стандартталған немесе кәдімгі темекі қаптамасы темекі өнімдерін аз тартымды ете алатынын және өз кезегінде темекі шегетін...
Оңтүстік Азияда темекі шегу көрсеткіштерін төмендету үшін неғұрлым жоғары салықтар қажет
Британдық медициналық журналда жарияланған жаңа зерттеулер Оңтүстік Азияда темекі өнімдеріне салынатын салықтарды арттыру қажеттігін қолдайды, бұл мұны жасау тұтынуды кем дегенде 1/3-ке төмендетуге және өз кезегінде шамамен 35 - 45 млн...
Сұранысты азайту шараларының арқасында темекі шегудің жаһандық көрсеткіштері төмендеп барады
«Ланцет» қоғамдық денсаулық сақтау журналында жарияланған жаңа зерттеулер темекіге қарсы күрес туралы жаһандық шарт енгізілгеннен кейін темекі шегудің жаһандық көрсеткіштері 2,5%-ға төмендегенін көрсетеді. Шарт 180 елді 5 негізгі шараны...
Characteristics of Fentanyl Overdose — Massachusetts, 2014–2016
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
Fentanyl has a growing presence in the illicit drug market and is involved in an increasing proportion of opioid overdose deaths.
What is added by this report?
Approximately two...
The Growing Need to Address the Use of New Psychoactive Substances
A recent paper published in the International Journal of Drug Policy addresses the current health responses to new psychoactive substances (NPS), highlighting key issues to inform the planning and implementation of adequate responses in the...
Counselling Parents and Teens about Marijuana Use in the Era of Legalisation of Marijuana
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Many states have recently made significant changes to their legislation making recreational and/or medical marijuana use by adults legal. Although these laws, for the most part, have not targeted the adolescent population, they...
Латын Америкасындағы темекi өнiмдерiнiң айналымын шектеудiң қазiргi медициналық тәсiлiн өзгертудiң өзекті қажеттiлiгi
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Тәуелдi темекi шегушiлерде мидың функционалдық және морфологиялық ерекшелiктерiн өзгертетiн препарат никотин болып табылатын ауру ретiнде темекi шегудiң денсаулыққа тигiзетiн зардаптарын және темекi шегудiң жаңа парадигмасын...
Participation in School Sports and Marijuana Use among Male and Female Students
Tobacco and Cancer: Epidemiology and New Perspectives of Prevention and Monitoring in Mexico
Tobacco smoking is a causal risk factor of at least 16 different types of cancer. In Mexico, smoking causes 6,035 premature deaths annually of lung cancer and 5,154 from other types. Additionally, 16,408 new smoking attributable cases are...
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