All Resources for 'Research, Data & Evaluation'

Singapore expands smoking ban

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News
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Policy

Singapore’s Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE), Sentosa Development Corp. (SDC) and several statutory boards have announced that the country’s smoking ban is to be extended.

Under the new legislation, smoking will be...

Denmark advises no alcohol consumption for under-18s

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News
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Prevention
Public Health
Policy

All young people aged under 18 have been advised not to drink alcohol in new guidelines issued by the Danish Health Authority.

The advice is part of new general Danish recommendations on alcohol consumption, the health authority said in a...

Alcohol & Human Rights

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Video and audio recordings
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Policy

The Institute of Alcohol Studies presents Seminar Four in its four-part series on alcohol and sustainability. Seminar Four explored workers’ rights for alcohol industry employees in the developing world; industry practices in Africa...

World Drug Report 2022

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Populations
Women
Policy
Partner Organisation
The 2022 World Drug Report provides a global overview of the supply and demand of opiates, cocaine, cannabis, amphetamine-type stimulants and new psychoactive substances (NPS), as well as their impact on health.

Cross-sectional online survey of the impact of new tobacco health warnings in Colombia

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Data
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Objectives This study aimed to explore the impact of a new set of six pictorial warnings introduced in 2018.

Design and setting Using a cross-sectional design, we examined awareness of the new warnings among Colombian smokers...

Costs of an Alcohol Measurement Intervention in Three Latin American Countries

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Scientific article
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Public Health
Policy
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Alcohol measurement in health care settings is an effective intervention for reducing alcohol-related harm. However, in many countries, costs related to alcohol measurement have not yet been transparently assessed, which may...

Exposure to alcohol and overall survival in head and neck cancer: A regional cohort study

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Scientific article
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Data

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Background

There is a paucity of knowledge regarding the association of alcohol use with overall survival (OS) of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).

Methods

All 1033 patients treated for new HNSCC in...

New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) Webinar Series

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Video and audio recordings
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Populations
Family
Public Health
Policy

Various NPS have significantly changed the picture of drug use in different countries. They are now very prominent in the drug market. Indeed, many of these substances are intended to circumvent drug laws and are sold as ‘legal’...

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