tobacco

Tobacco Use in Top-Grossing Movies — United States, 2010–2016

Scientific article

7 July 2017

Summary What is already known about this topic? The Surgeon General has concluded that there is a causal relationship between depictions of smoking in the movies and the initiation of smoking among young persons. The more frequently youths...

Tobacco and the Emergence of E-Cigarettes: Addressing the Unmet Needs in Mental Health

21 June 2017

Webinar

United States

Tobacco remains the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, and disproportionately affects people with mental illness. E-cigarette use is increasing in the United States and people with mental illness are reporting use that is greater than the general population. Psychiatrists are being faced with questions about use and risks regularly or are often unsure what to recommend to patients.

Receptivity to Tobacco Ads Linked to Smoking Susceptibility Among Youth

Scientific article

30 May 2017

There is a strong link between receptivity to tobacco product advertisements and susceptibility to smoking cigarettes later in life, according to new research published in the journal Pediatrics. Put simply, the study suggests that the more...

Technology and Smoking Cessation: Are Personalised Emails Effective for Would-be Quitters?

Scientific article

30 May 2017

A new American Cancer Society study published in the journal Tobacco Control suggests that regularly receiving personalised emails with tips for quitting amongst other information could be as effective at reducing the rate of smoking as...

Current Tobacco Smoking and Desire to Quit Smoking among Students — Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2012–2015

Scientific article

26 May 2017

Summary What is already known about this topic? Smoked tobacco products, such as cigarettes and cigars, are the most common form of tobacco consumed worldwide and most tobacco smokers begin smoking during adolescence. What is added by this...

Does Plain Packaging Cause a Reduction in the Prevalence of Smoking?

Scientific article

3 May 2017

Tobacco is the number one cause of preventable death worldwide. A recently published Cochraine Review has found that standardised, or plain, tobacco packaging could make tobacco products less appealing and, in turn, lead to a reduction in...

New Publication: EMCDDA’s Prevention of Addictive Behaviours

Book

26 April 2017

An updated version of the publication Prevention of Substance Abuse by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) is now available in English. Global in scope, it provides an up-to-date review of prevention science...

Smoke-free Implementation in Colombia: Monitoring, Outside Funding and Business Support

Scientific article

1 March 2017

Objective: To analyze successful national smoke-free policy implementation in Colombia, a middle income country. Materials and methods: Key informants at the national and local levels were interviewed and news sources and government...

Does Smoking Cigarettes Increase the Chance of Relapse into Illegal Substance Use?

Scientific article

5 April 2017

Among people recovering from substance use disorders, those who smoke are more likely to relapse three years later compared to those who do not, according to new findings published in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. Treatment for...

Tweet2Quit: The Social Media Intervention Helping People to Quit Smoking

Scientific article

3 April 2017

The social media quit-smoking intervention – Tweet2Quit – sends automated daily communications to private self-help groups, encouraging high-quality peer-to-peer discussions online. It is very low cost and has a potential global reach. A...