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‘Second-hand harm’ from alcohol use can include accidents and/or violence, interrupted sleep, destruction of property, relationship and/or financial problems.

While previous research has found that as much as 70% of undergraduate...

Opioid misuse and addiction is an ongoing and rapidly evolving public health crisis, requiring innovative scientific solutions. In response, and because no existing medication is ideal for every patient, the National Institutes of Health...

The over-prescription of opioids is a significant public health issue in the United States. For example, opioids are often prescribed for minor injuries unnecessarily. This, in turn, increases the risk of addiction.

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Background: Parental absence, due to death or separation from a parent, has been associated with smoking and alcohol consumption in adolescence and adulthood. The aim of this study was to investigate whether parental absence in...

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Screening and brief interventions for alcohol are an effective public health measure to tackle alcohol-related harm, however relatively few countries across the European Union (EU) have implemented them widely. This may be due...

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تحقیقات قبلی ارتباط قوی بین استفاده از الکل خطرناک نوجوانان و درک آنها از رفتار همسالان، و همچنین پول هزینه های خود و طیف وسیعی از رفتارهای ضد اجتماعی پیدا کرده است. با این حال، شواهد کافی از پیش بینی کننده های خاص...

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هر سال از سال 2006 تا 2010، مصرف بیش از حد الکل مسئول حدود 4300 مرگ و میر در میان افراد <21 سال، و در سال 2010، نوشیدن مشروبی زیر سن قانونی هزینه ایالات متحده 24.3 میلیارد...

Tobacco is the number one cause of preventable death worldwide. A recently published Cochraine Review has found that standardised, or plain, tobacco packaging could make tobacco products less appealing and, in turn, lead to a reduction in...

New research published in The Lancet Public Health suggests that global smoking rates have decreased by 2.5% following the introduction of the global tobacco control treaty. The treaty obligates the 180 countries committed to it to...