All Resources for 'Community-Based Prevention'

Magnitude and Extent of Gambling Disorder in the Mexican Population

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Scientific article
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Populations
Men
Women
Policy

ABSTRACT
Introduction: Gambling disorder is characterized by an uncontrollable need to gamble, lack of control over gambling, prioritizing gambling over other activities, and continuing to gamble despite the negative consequences this...

Temporal Associations of Alcohol and Tobacco Consumption with Cancer Mortality

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Scientific article
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Populations
Men
Women
Public Health

Key Points

Question: Are changes in population-level alcohol and tobacco consumption associated with changes in overall cancer mortality?

Findings: In this population-based cohort study, temporal associations of alcohol and tobacco...

Trinidad y Tobago reticente a legalizar y promover la marihuana

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News
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Policy

Trinidad y Tobago reticente a legalizar y promover la marihuana

Puerto España, 14 jul (PL) El primer ministro de Trinidad y Tobago, Keith Rowley, afirmó que la despenalización de la marihuana hoy está lejos de ser prioridad gubernamental a...

A Prospective, Observational Study Investigating the Use of Carbon Monoxide Screening to Identify Maternal Smoking in a Large University Hospital in Ireland

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Scientific article
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Addiction
Populations
Women

Abstract

Objectives: This study evaluated breath carbon monoxide (BCO) testing in identifying maternal smokers as well as the difference between disclosers and non-disclosers of smoking status. We also investigated if other extrinsic...

Tobacco Advertising, Promotion and Tobacco Product Display at Points-of-Sale in Kenya

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Book
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Policy

In 2007, Kenya enacted the Tobacco Control Act, which is the principal tobacco control law in the country. The 2007 law includes prohibition of smoking in public places, ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship, and packaging...

The Closing Ceremony of Basic Counseling Training and Handover of ICAP 1 Certificates

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family

Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) has organized a five-day long Basic Counseling Training for Addiction Professionals, including doctors, counselors, managers and other staff from the country’s different drug treatment and rehabilitation centers...