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Objective To examine the empirical basis for including the diagnostic category of “a single episode of harmful substance use” in the 11th revision of the International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems (ICD...
World No Tobacco Day 2018: Tobacco and Heart Disease
World No Tobacco Day: Tobacco and Heart Disease
Date: 31 May 2018
Every year, on 31 May, WHO and partners mark World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), highlighting the health and other risks associated with tobacco use, and advocating for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption.
The focus of World No Tobacco Day 2018 is "Tobacco and heart disease." The campaign will increase awareness on the:
World day without tobacco 2018: Tobacco and heart disease
World day without tobacco 2018: Tobacco and heart disease
May 31, 2018
On 31 May of each year, the who and its partners celebrated the world no tobacco day in order to highlight the risks associated with smoking, both for health and other areas, and advocate for effective policies to reduce their consumption.
The Health and Social Effects of Nonmedical Cannabis Use
Foreword Cannabis is globally the most commonly used psychoactive substance under international control. In 2013, an estimated 181.8 million people aged 15-64 years used cannabis for nonmedical purposes globally (UNODC, 2015). There is an...
Estimating Treatment Coverage for People with Substance Use Disorders: An Analysis of Data from the World Mental Health Surveys
Abstract Substance use is a major cause of disability globally. This has been recognized in the recent United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in which treatment coverage for substance use disorders is identified as one of the...
Alcohol Problems in the Criminal Justice System: An Opportunity for Intervention
Alcohol is linked with crime, especially violent crime. Many people are incarcerated because of alcohol-related crime. Alcohol is not permitted in prisons except in a very few cases, and illicit use of alcohol in prison is not a major...
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...
Policy in Action: A Tool for Measuring Alcohol Policy Implementation
ABSTRACT Europe has the highest alcohol consumption and alcohol-attributable disease burden in the world. In 2011, all 53 Member States of the WHO European Region endorsed the European action plan to reduce the harmful use of alcohol 2012...
Socioeconomic Status and Non-Communicable Disease Behavioural Risk Factors in Low-Income and Lower-Middle-Income Countries
FINDINGS Low socioeconomic groups were found to have a significantly higher prevalence of tobacco and alcohol use than did high socioeconomic groups. These groups also consumed less fruits, vegetables, fish, and fibre than those of high...
Guidelines for the Identification and Management of Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy
These guidelines contain recommendations on the identification and management of substance use and substance use disorders for health care services which assist women who are pregnant, or have recently had a child, and who use alcohol or...