public health

The Public Health Burden of Alcohol and the Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Alcohol Control Policies

Book

2 December 2016

This review was commissioned by the Department of Health, which asked Public Health England (PHE) to provide an overview of alcohol-related harm in England and possible policy solutions. The present report offers a broad and rigorous...

The Regulation of Alcohol Marketing: From Research to Public Health Policy

Book

10 January 2017

A series of reports in a supplement to the scientific journal Addiction presents the latest evidence on alcohol marketing and its impact on children. Key findings from the collection of peer-reviewed manuscripts include: Exposure to alcohol...

Are People Smoking Less and Less?

Scientific article

4 January 2017

According to new findings published in the journal Tobacco Control, more than 53 million people in 88 countries have stopped smoking between 2008 – 2014 because of tobacco control measures. Statistically, this means that during the 4-year...

Canadian Quits

News

The latest Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drug Survey (2015) reports a decrease in the number of smokers nationwide. Click here to view the full set of results (available in both English and French).

Specialised Drug Education Programmes Are Growing in Popularity

Scientific article

19 November 2016

Specialised programmes that look to educate and prepare a new professional workforce have increased in number

Women Are Drinking as Much as Men

Scientific article

7 November 2016

Alcohol-related disorders are traditionally seen as predominately affecting males. New research has found, however, that women now consume as much alcohol as men and, as a result, are doing increasing amounts of harm to their bodies. The...

Opioid Abuse Linked to Heroin Use

Scientific article

9 October 2016

New research published in the journal Addictive Behaviors has found the likelihood of 18- to 34-year-old nonmedical prescription opioid users having a prescription opioid use disorder has increased between 2002 – 2014. More specifically...

Student Smokers in US at All-Time Low

Scientific article

1 October 2016

Smoking, and the desire to smoke, cigarettes amongst high school students in the United States is currently at an all-time low, according to a recent article published in Preventing Chronic Disease. The study found that between 2012 – 2014...

E-Cigarettes and Passive Smoking: Is There a Risk?

Scientific article

1 October 2016

E-cigarettes are becoming more and more popular. As such, many in the field of drug prevention and treatment are eager to uncover how they affect our health. E-cigarettes do not contain tobacco. However, it has been found by researchers at...