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Self-Reported Knowledge, Correct Knowledge and Use of UK Drinking Guidelines among a Representative Sample of the English Population
Researchers from the University of Sheffield have investigated UK drinker's decision making. This research examines public knowledge and use of UK drinking guidelines exploring a representative sample of the English population.
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Development and Implementation of the Health Education and Promotion Module for Incarcerated Mothers
Abstract
To discuss the knowledge gained and future implications for incarcerated parents and community members through the development and implementation of a standardized health education and promotion module for incarcerated mothers. A...
A Study of Alcohol Use Pattern among Married Men in Rural Tamil Nadu, India - Policy Implications
Abstract
Alcohol consumption pattern in India varies remarkably from many other countries. In India, most men are abstainers (70% to 90%) while less than 2% of women use alcohol. However, the men who use alcohol tend to drink at hazardous...
Demand for Cigarettes and Tax Increases in El Salvador
Objective: Analyze short- and long-term elasticities of demand for cigarettes in El Salvador as a tool for supporting recommendations on tax increases to reduce prevalence and consumption through price increases.
Methods: Demand for...
La demanda de cigarrillos y el aumento de impuestos en El Salvador
Objetivo: Analizar las elasticidades de corto plazo y de largo plazo de la demanda de cigarrillos en El Salvador como instrumento para apoyar recomendaciones sobre aumentos de impuestos para reducir la prevalencia y el consumo vía aumento...
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and Youth Justice
Abstract
Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) among young people in youth detention in Australia. Neurodevelopmental impairments due to FASD can predispose young people to engagement with the law...
Elasticidad precio de la demanda de cigarrillos y alcohol en Ecuador con datos de hogares
RESUMEN
Objetivo: Estimar la elasticidad precio de la demanda de cigarrillos y alcohol en Ecuador mediante la utilización de datos de corte transversal de la Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de Hogares Urbanos y Rurales (ENIGHUR)...
Price Elasticity of Demand for Cigarettes and Alcohol in Ecuador
ABSTRACT
Objective: Estimate price elasticity of demand for cigarettes and alcohol in Ecuador using cross-sectional data from the National Survey of Urban and Rural Household Income and Expenditures (ENIGHUR, Spanish acronym) 2011-2012.
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منشیات کی پالیسی اور عوام کی بھلائی
منشیات کا استعمال بیماری، معذوری اور معاشرتی مسائل کے ذریعے عوامی صحت پر اہم اثر ڈالتا ہے، اور فیصلہ ساز ثبوت پر مبنی منشیات کی پالیسیوں کو تیار کرنے میں تیزی سے دلچسپی رکھتے ہیں. منشیات پر انحصار اور منشیات کی پالیسی کی سائنس کے درمیان...
Generating Revenue by Raising Tobacco Taxes in Latin America and the Caribbean
Abstract
Objective: The objective of this study was to determine if raising tobacco taxes in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region will generate extra tax revenue, even at outer edges of the sensitivity analysis, with relatively...
سب سے زیادہ پڑھی جانے والی معلومات 2017 کے مضامین شیئر کریں
منشیات کے تصور کا عالمی مسئلہ: منشیات استعمال کرنے والے لوگوں کے بارے میں تعصبات کا مقابلہ کرنا
یہ نئی رپورٹ اس بات پر توجہ مرکوز کرتی ہے کہ کس طرح منشیات اور ان کا استعمال کرنے والے لوگوں کے بارے میں موجودہ تصورات منشیات کی پالیسی کے لئے عملی اور ثبوت پر مبنی نقطہ نظر کے بجائے غیر حقیقی اور بدنامی کا باعث بنے ہیں۔
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تاثیر بینک گرم موضوع: شراب سے متعلق نقصان کی پیمائش: سیاست اور سائنس
قومی سطح پر شراب سے متعلق نقصانات اور خاص طور پر نقصان بمقابلہ فوائد کی خالص لاگت پھسلن والے تصورات ہیں۔ لچک اور پالیسی کی اہمیت مل کر تخمینے کو متنازعہ علاقہ بناتے ہیں، جسے ایک طرف شراب کے ٹیکسوں میں کمی اور دوسری طرف قیمتوں میں بہت زیادہ...
Agenda Nacional de Investigación para la Lucha contra las Drogas 2016-2021
La Agenda Nacional de Investigación para la Lucha contra las Drogas 2016 - 2021 define líneas estratégicas y temáticas prioritarias de investigación que abarquen los diferentes aspectos y complejidades de la problemática de las drogas en el...
Tobacco and Its Environmental Impact: An Overview
Overview
This overview assembles existing evidence on the ways in which tobacco affects human well-being from an environmental perspective – i.e. the indirect social and economic damage caused by the cultivation, production, distribution...
Alcohol Marketing Regulation: From Research to Public Policy
Introduction
Alcohol marketing, promotion and sponsorship are widespread in most of the world today. Alcohol marketing is evolving constantly and utilizes multiple channels, including youth-oriented radio, television, sports events and...
"Effects of Drugs on Socio-Economic Conditions of Union Council Shoghore District Chitral, Pakistan"
Summary, Conclusion and Recommendations
Drug addiction is a pathological or abnormal condition which arises due to frequent or abnormal use of substances which affects human senses and decreased...
Alcohol Taxation Policy in Kyrgyzstan (2017)
Increasing the price of alcohol is one of the most effective policy measures to reduce overall consumption in a country, and hence to reduce the level of alcohol-related harm. Taxation is a common way to control the price of alcoholic...
Measuring Improvement in Knowledge of Drug Policy Reforms Following a Police Education Program in Tijuana, Mexico
Abstract
Background
Mexico’s 2009 “narcomenudeo reform” decriminalized small amounts of drugs, shifting some drug law enforcement to the states and mandating drug treatment diversion instead of incarceration. Data from Tijuana suggested...
The President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis
The Drug Addiction and Opioid Crisis
The primary goal of the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis is to develop an effective set of recommendations for the President to combat the opioid crisis and drug...
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