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Is Prevalence of E-Cigarette and Nicotine Replacement Therapy Use among Smokers Associated with Average Cigarette Consumption in England?
Abstract
Objectives: Many smokers use e-cigarettes and licensed nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), often in an attempt to reduce their cigarette consumption. We estimated how far changes in prevalence of e-cigarette and NRT use while...
مقابله با الکل مربوط به رفتار ضد اجتماعی از طریق حکم مدنی و دستورات رفتار جنایی: یک فرصت از دست رفته؟
Multilevel Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study Examining School Substance-Misuse Policy and the Use of Cannabis, Mephedrone and Novel Psychoactive Substances
Abstract
Objectives: To examine whether young peoples’ risk of cannabis, mephedrone and novel psychoactive substances (NPS) use is associated with school substance-misuse policy.
Design: A cross-sectional survey of secondary school...
Exploring the Factors Affecting the Implementation of Tobacco and Substance Use Interventions within a Secondary School Setting
Abstract
Background
The aim of this mixed-methods, systematic literature review was to develop an understanding of the factors affecting the implementation of tobacco and substance use intervention programmes in the secondary school...
شکر، تنباکو و مالیات بر الکل برای رسیدن به SDGs
بیش از یک دهه پس از تصویب کنوانسیون چارچوب سازمان جهانی بهداشت در مورد کنترول دخانیات، شواهد قانع کننده ای وجود دارد که بالا بردن قابل ملاحظه قیمت دخانیات از طریق مالیات، تنها موثرترین راه برای کاهش استفاده از تنباکو و نجات جان انسان ها است...
Role of Obesity in Smoking Behaviour: Mendelian Randomisation Study in UK Biobank
Abstract
Objective: To determine whether body mass index, body fat percentage, and waist circumference influence smoking status and intensity.
Design: Mendelian randomisation study.
Setting: UK Biobank, with replication of results...
#StatusofMind: Social Media and Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing
KEY POINTS
- 91% of 16-24 year olds use the internet for social networking
- Social media has been described as more addictive than cigarettes and alcohol
- Rates of anxiety and depression in young people have risen 70% in the past 25...
Alcohol Industry Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives and Harmful Drinking: A Systematic Review
Abstract
Background: There is growing awareness of the detrimental effects of alcohol industry commercial activities, and concern about possible adverse impacts of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, on public health...
Psychological and Psychosocial Interventions for Cannabis Cessation in Adults
Abstract
Objective: Many psychological and psychosocial interventions have been developed to treat regular users of cannabis, but it is unclear which intervention(s) are the most effective. This article aims to assess the effectiveness...
The Hardest Hit: Addressing the Crisis in Alcohol Treatment Services
This research, launched at the All Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Harm on 1 May 2018, warns that the alcohol treatment sector is in crisis. These services are entering into a cycle of disinvestment, staff depletion, and reduced...
Taking a New Line on Drugs
This report, ‘Taking a New Line on Drugs’, comes at a timely moment for drugs strategy both in the UK and across the world. The special session of the United Nations General Assembly on the world drug problem, which took place in New York...
Alcohol and Mental Health: Policy and Practice in England
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Many people who misuse alcohol also have a mental health difficulty, and many people with mental health problems also misuse alcohol. Yet few get effective help from either alcohol or mental health services. National...
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Children of Alcoholics: A Manifesto For Change
Executive Summary
One in five children in the UK lives with a parent who drinks too much – that’s over 2.5 million children. They are Britain’s innocent victims of drink.
Hard-drinking parents hurt their children for life. Compared to...
E‐Cigarettes, Vaping and Performativity in the Context of Tobacco Denormalisation
Abstract
E‐cigarettes are devices through which a nicotine solution is ‘vapourised’ and inhaled by the user. Unlike cigarettes, the process involves no tobacco combustion. However, the inhalation and exhalation of vapour is reminiscent...
Alcohol Outlet Availability and Harm in Scotland
Key Findings
Across the whole of Scotland, neighbourhoods with the highest alcohol outlet availability had significantly higher rates of alcohol-related health harm and crime.
- Alcohol-related death rates in neighbourhoods with the...
ارزیابی خدمات توقف بالینی‐ سیگار کشیدن در سطح جهان: به سمت حداقل مجموعه داده ها
آبستره
سابقه و هدف
حمایت رفتاری و دارویی برای کاهش سیگار شانس موفقیت را بهبود می بخشد و نشان دهنده یک راه بسیار هزینه ‐ برای جلوگیری از بیماری مزمن و مرگ زودرس است. تعداد زیادی از خدمات توقف بالینی سیگار کشیدن ‐ سراسر جهان وجود دارد...
مصرف بیش از حد کشنده و غیر کشنده در میان کاربران مواد مخدر در ولز جنوبی
مطالعه منتشر شده در مجله بین المللی سیاست مواد مخدر، مصرف بیش از حد کشنده و غیر کشنده در میان مصرف کنندگان مواد مخدر در ولز جنوبی: یک مطالعه کمی از پاسخ همسالان، به بررسی رفتار شاهدان به مواد مخدر مصرف بیش از حد.
این تحقیق در جنوب ولز،...
The Economic Impact of Changes in Alcohol Consumption in the UK
Executive Summary
The alcohol industry (both manufacturing and sales) is important to the UK Economy as it supports thousands of jobs (IAS, 2017a; Oxford Economics, 2016). However, there are many well documented adverse effects of high...
United Kingdom Drug Situation: Focal Point Annual Report
The United Kingdom Focal Point on Drugs (UK Focal Point) 2017 report is available on the UK government's digital portal.
Based at Public Health England, the UK Focal Point is the national partner of the European Monitoring Centre for...
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