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BACKGROUND:

Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) generate an aerosol by vaporising e-liquids that usually consist of propylene glycol (PG), vegetable glycerine (VG), and other ingredients (water, nicotine, and flavours). The...

BACKGROUND:

Heated tobacco products represent a new phenomenon, called novel tobacco products, and one that is not unique to the Czech market. These are electronic tobacco heating and aerosol-producing devices. Although studies on the...

The European Web Survey on Drugs1 collected data during March and May 2021 from people who use drugs, are aged 18 or older, and live in 21 EU and 9 non-EU countries including Lebanon. In this period, the populations in many European and...

Key Points

Question  Did smoking cessation–related behaviours change during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US?

Findings  This cross-sectional study among 788 008 US adult smokers found that the annual prevalence of past-year quit...

Abstract

Objective

Cannabis legalization in many jurisdictions worldwide has raised concerns that such legislation might increase the burden of transient and persistent psychotic illnesses in society. Our study aimed to address this...

Abstract

Importance  Updated data on the patterns of e-cigarette use among adults in the US are needed.

Objective  To examine recent patterns in current and daily e-cigarette use among US adults.

Design, Setting, and Participants ...

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...

Abstrak

Meskipun ganja sering digunakan di seluruh dunia, dampaknya terhadap kesehatan pernapasan ditandai dengan kontroversi.

Tujuan : Untuk mengevaluasi hubungan antara penggunaan ganja dan kunjungan ruang gawat darurat terkait...

Abstrak

 Tujuan Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengeksplorasi dampak dari serangkaian baru enam peringatan bergambar yang diperkenalkan pada tahun 2018.

Desain dan pengaturan Menggunakan desain penampang, kami memeriksa kesadaran akan...

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...

Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, online on 16th May, 2022

Presentation:

• Pattern and Socio-Demographic Correlation of Substance Use Among Patients Attending the Drug Unit...

Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, online on 15th May, 2022

Presentation:

• Prevalence of Alcohol Consumption and Factors Influencing Alcohol Abuse Among School-Attending...

Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, in-person on 13th May, 2022

Presentations:

• Keynote - Dr Nora Volkow 

Abstracts:

• Keynote - Dr Nora Volkow 

Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, in-person on 12th May, 2022

Presentations:

• Wired For Addiction - Dr. Evelyn Higgins
• Prevalence and predictors of relapse among...

Abstract

Importance  Rates of prenatal cannabis use are increasing alongside perceptions that cannabis is a harmless therapeutic for pregnancy-related ailments, while rates of prenatal use of alcohol and tobacco are decreasing. It is...

Abstrak

Pentingnya  Menthol dapat membuat asap rokok kurang permusuhan dan dapat menyebabkan remaja merokok lebih sering dan menjadi lebih tergantung pada nikotin.

Tujuan  Untuk menilai hubungan penggunaan mentol dengan frekuensi...

ABSTRACT

Cocaine and/or cannabis use during pregnancy is a growing problem of relevance for global public health. Exposed children may have a wide range of perinatal complications, but there is little knowledge on their course.

Object...

Fakta dan Angka Opioid, tercatat 3-Juni-2022. Disampaikan oleh Lauran Wirf, DO: Addiction Medicine Fellow; Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Colorado; Denver, Colorado. Dengan meningkatnya prevalensi fentanil terlarang, penting bagi penyedia...

Abstract

The opioid crisis is a major public health challenge in the United States, killing about 70,000 people in 2020 alone. Long delays and feedbacks between policy actions and their effects on drug-use behavior create dynamic...