tobacco

TEACH Core Course: Learn How to Treat for Tobacco Use Disorder

11 January 2017

Toronto

Canada

This online introductory course will help learners to screen, assess and treat people with tobacco dependence using evidence-base pharmacotherapies and psycho-social interventions. The TEACH Project has a primary goal of reducing the prevalence of tobacco use in Ontario, Canada by increasing identification and

7th European Conference on Tobacco or Health

22 March 2017

Porto

Portugal

The European Conference on Tobacco or Health will gather policy makers, scientists, health educators,

Teenagers under the Influence: Alcohol, Drugs and Video Games

Scientific article

30 November 2016

Researchers have carried out a study which assesses the relationship between playing video games and substance use amongst adolescents.

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).

Dying for an E-Cigarette?

Scientific article

27 November 2016

The use of e-cigarettes has increased dramatically in recent years. New research suggests that besides acting as a gateway to tobacco smoking, ‘vaping’ can also potentially damage your health in other ways. A study undertaken at the Keck...

Smoking to Cancer Death Ratio in the US

Scientific article

7 November 2016

Smoking has for a long time been known to be a significant cause of cancer. A new article published by JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that the proportion of cancer deaths caused by smoking in the United States is highest in the South of...

75% of Teens See E-Cigarettes as a Safer Alternative to Tobacco

Scientific article

7 November 2016

Almost 3 out of 4 teenagers in the United States think that e-cigarettes are less harmful or addictive than smoking tobacco, a new study has found. The researchers also found that increases in the perceived safety of what has become known...

Smoking and Depression: What's the Relationship?

Scientific article

2 November 2016

Almost 20% of American adults smoke cigarettes. Those diagnosed as having a moderate mental health problem are approximately twice as likely to smoke, whereas for those diagnosed as severely ill the risks are roughly three times greater...

Health Benefits from Stopping Smoking

News

Within as little as twenty minutes after your last cigarette your body begins to feel the effects of quitting. Health benefits from stopping smoking include, amongst other things, a decrease in heart rate and blood pressure, better...