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Minimum Unit Pricing of alcohol in Scotland

Format
News
Themes
Public Health
Policy

Here you can read a briefing paper put together by Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems that examines minimum unit pricing in Scotland.

The paper provides an overview of:

  • Alcohol harm in Scotland
  • What is MUP and why was it...

Singapore expands smoking ban

Format
News
Themes
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...

Use of e-cigarettes among young people in Great Britain, 2022

Format
Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster
Themes
Prevention
Public Health
Statistics
Data

Summary of key findings

The evolving youth use of e-cigarettes in Britain is monitored using the ASH Smokefree GB survey of 11-18 year olds 2013-2022 (see Appendix 2 for methodology), in the context of changes in tobacco use and the...

Alcohol & Human Rights

Publication Date
Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
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...

Mapping prevention systems in the European Neighbourhood Policy area

Format
Book
Themes
Prevention
Public Health
Partner Organisation

Between March and May 2021, the EU4Monitoring Drugs (EU4MD) project supported the mapping of national prevention systems in European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) area countries.

This briefing describes the rationale and methodology of the...

World Drug Report 2022

Publication Date
Format
Book
Themes
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.

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

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Data

Abstract

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...

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

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Data
Abstract

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...

Association of Prenatal Exposure to Maternal Drinking and Smoking With the Risk of Stillbirth

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Addiction
Populations
Women
Public Health
Abstract

Importance  Prenatal smoking is a known modifiable risk factor for stillbirth; however, the contribution of prenatal drinking or the combination of smoking and drinking is uncertain.

Objective  To examine whether prenatal...

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