Media

Analysis of Tobacco Industry Marketing and Media Communication in Response to the Menthol Cigarette Ban in the Czech Republic in 2020

Kulhánek, A., Hejlová, D. Slíž, M., & Baptistová, A. (2021). Adiktologie, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.35198/01-2021-002-0001

Publication Date

28 May 2021

BACKGROUND: Characterising flavours are an important marketing tool for the tobacco industry. Following the European Tobacco Products Directive, the sales of menthol cigarettes in all EU Member States, including the Czech Republic, were banned as of May 20, 2020.

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Women and Alcohol

Online, 16 February 2021

In the first of ASCERT's 2021 Seminar Series, Women and Alcohol will consider how the experience of alcohol is different for women, including alcohol-related harm, targeting by the alcohol industry, societal attitudes towards women’s drinking and barriers to support and recovery.

This is an online webinar event.

Date And Time

Tue, February 16, 2021

2:00 PM – 4:30 PM GMT

Reporting of Substance: A discussion on developing media guidelines

Online, 11 March 2021

Adfam, Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs and Scottish Recovery Consortium invite you to a discussion event for journalists, broadcasters, editors, press photographers and anyone with a role in developing or sharing media content.

Webinar | Media-Based Persuasive Prevention

Publication Date

26 January 2021

On 26th January, ISSUP Global supported a Webinar on the topic of the Role of Persuasion in Media-based Substance Prevention, with presentations from the Claremont Graduate University Media-Based Prevention Science Certificate Program Trainees, 2018-Present.

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Webinar | Media-Based Persuasive Prevention

California, United States, 26 January 2021

ISSUP Global invites you to attend this upcoming Webinar on the topic of the Role of Persuasion in Media-based Substance Prevention, with presentations from the Claremont Graduate University Media-Based Prevention Science Certificate Program Trainees, 2018-Present.

Moving Beyond 'People First' Language- A Glossary of Contested Terms in Substance Use

Published by

Scottish Drugs Forum

Language is powerful in shaping view and opinions about groups of people.

By changing the way we discuss substance use issues, we can start to reverse harmful stereotypes about addiction.

Drug use is heavily stigmastised. People who use drugs, and often those around them, can internalise this stigma.

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Global Drug Survey 2021

The Global Drug Survey uses an anonymous online survey to conduct the world’s biggest drug survey. The annual GDS survey runs from the middle of November each year for approximately 6 weeks. GDS partners with global media giants to act as hubs to promote their research, and then as vehicles to share their findings with the general public. Get involved today!

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National Addictions Awareness Week

National Addictions Awareness Week (NAAW) is from November 22 to 28. Change Begins with Me is the theme for this year’s National Addictions Awareness Week (NAAW). We want to present Canadians with ways they can reassess the way they think about substance use disorders and people who use drugs. Change Begins with Me builds on our 2019 NAAW campaign, Stigma Ends with Me. We want people to stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, so this