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Smoking: The Irish Situation Factsheet

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Factsheet – Smoking: the Irish situationThe Health Research Board National Drugs Library has published a new factsheet that contains information on treatment, prevalence and mortality in Ireland.

The factsheet covers:

  • the impact of tobacco use 
  • the prevalence of smoking in Ireland
  • the number of people who attempted to quit smoking
  • information about e-cigarette and roll-your-own cigarettes
  • information on what the law says about smoking
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Infographics: European Drug Report 2019

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EMCDDA has developed a range of downloadable infographics to illustrate findings from the European Drug Report 2019.

The aim of the report is to provide reliable and detailed evidence of the drug situation in Europes so that practice and new policies can be informed by sound research.

By following trends, conclusions can be drawn and predictions made about how the drug situation might unfold in the future.

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European Drug Report (EDR) 2019: Trends and Developments

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EMCDDA

The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has published the latest European Drug Report, which provides an analysis of the latest data on the drug trends across the European Union, Norway and Turkey.

The aim of the report is to provide reliable and detailed evidence of the drug situation in Europes so that practice and new policies can be informed by sound research. By following trends, conclusions can be drawn and predictions made about how the drug situation might unfold in the future.

The publication provides information on the drug supply and the market, drug...

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Livia

Alcohol Country Fact Sheets

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The 30 country fact sheets for EU Member States, Norway and Switzerland present data on consumption, consequence, and policy implementation for the year 2016, aiming to give guidance to national decision-makers for further priority-setting in the field of alcohol and public health.
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EUSPR Awards

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The EUSPR Awards are now open!

Nominations can be made for:

  • The Sloboda Medal for sustained contribution to the development of Prevention Science in Europe and internationally
  • The Leading European Prevention Science Practitioner Honour- awarded for outstanding leadership of the adoption and implementation of evidence based prevention strategies, including support for further high-quality research evaluation.

Deadline for submission of nominations: September 1st 5pm (GMT)

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3rd International Conference on Addiction Research and Therapy

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Gender-Specific Substance Use Patterns and Associations with Individual, Family, Peer, and School Factors in 15-Year-Old Portuguese Adolescents: A Latent Class Regression Analysis

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Picoito J, Santos C, Loureiro I, Aguiar P, Nunes C. Gender-specific substance use patterns and associations with individual, family, peer, and school factors in 15-year-old Portuguese adolescents: a latent class regression analysis. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. 2019 May 10;13(1):21.

Background

Adolescence is a critical period of vulnerability to substance use. Recent research has shown that gender differences in adolescence substance use are complex and in constant flux. The present study aims to investigate gender differences in substance use and initiation patterns in male and female adolescents, and to assess individual, family, peer, and school associated factors of these patterns.

Methods

We applied latent class regression analysis to a Portuguese representative population sample of 1551 15-year-old adolescents, drawn from the 2010 ‘Health Behavior in School-Aged...

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Publication - Gender-specific substance use patterns and associations with individual, family, peer, and school factors in 15-year-old Portuguese adolescents: a latent class regression analysis

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https://capmh.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13034-019-0281-4

 

Gender-specific substance use patterns and associations with individual, family, peer, and school factors in 15-year-old Portuguese adolescents: a latent class regression analysis

Background

Adolescence is a critical period of vulnerability to substance use. Recent research has shown that gender differences in adolescence substance use are complex and in constant flux. The present study aims to investigate gender differences in substance use and initiation patterns in male and female adolescents, and to assess individual...

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Priorities for UNODC Work on Drug Prevention and Treatment in Southeastern Europe

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Experts and policy makers from Southeastern European countries together with UNODC staff
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The programme of work of UNODC in any region of the world is developed in a consultative process together with the concerned Member States. That is why UNODC organised a Regional Consultative Meeting on the Development of the Sub-Programme 3 “Drug use prevention and treatment of substance use disorders” held on 16-17 May 2019 in Skopje, North Macedonia. The workshop brought together more than 30 experts and policy makers from the countries of Southeastern Europe  who jointly worked to identify priorities for the new UNODC regional programme  2020-2023. Priorities related to the prevention of...

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Webinar: Alcohol Related Liver Damage

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Public Health England will be hosting a webinar to discuss their work to reduce alcohol harm and the latest evidence and best practice examples for improving liver health at 14:00 on 20 May.

Email AlcoholCapitalFund [at] phe [dot] gov [dot] uk if you'd...

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Gender and Alcohol Infographics

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Glasgow Caledonian University, Strathclyde University, SHAAP and Glasgow Centre for Population Health
Based on recent research, Glasgow Caledonian University, Strathclyde University, SHAAP and Glasgow Centre for Population Health, have produced infographics to tackle stereotypes about men, women and drinking in Scotland.
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Socioeconomic Inequalities in the Delivery of Brief Interventions for Smoking and Excessive Drinking: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Household Survey in England

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Angus C, Brown J, Beard E, et al Socioeconomic inequalities in the delivery of brief interventions for smoking and excessive drinking: findings from a cross-sectional household survey in England BMJ Open 2019;9:e023448. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023448

Abstract

Objectives: Brief interventions (BI) for smoking and risky drinking are effective and cost-effective policy approaches to reducing alcohol harm currently used in primary care in England; however, little is known about their contribution to health inequalities. This paper aims to investigate whether self-reported receipt of BI is associated with socioeconomic position (SEP) and whether this differs for smoking or alcohol.

Design: Population survey of 8978 smokers or risky drinkers in England aged 16+ taking part in the Alcohol and Smoking Toolkit Studies.

Measures: Survey...

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The European Union is proud to launch the AU-EU Youth Hub Call for Proposals for € 10 million!

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The European Union is proud to launch the AU-EU Youth Hub Call for Proposals for € 10 million! One step more toward implementation of innovative ideas from Youth! If you are a civil society organisation, African or European, find out how to apply here! aueuyouthhub.org
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Meeting with Country Public Affairs Officer U.S. Embassy Pakistan Mr. Chris Fitzgerald

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On April 29th 2019, at DHA Golf Club a dinner was hosted by Dr. Farhan Essa on request of PUAN Karachi Leadership for Minister for Public Affairs to Pakistan Mr. Chris Fitzgerald, visiting Karachi from Islamabad for the first time. The purpose of the meet up was to arrange a networking opportunity...
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Digital Marketing in the Spotlight

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The Digital Marketing in the Spotlight conference is organised by EUCAM, EUROCARE and the Amsterdam Centre for Health Communication (ECHC) and will take place on the 19th of September in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

The event will open up a...

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Fifth Contemporary Drug Problems Conference

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