All Resources for 'Policy, Governance & International Affairs'

Effect of Propylene Glycol and Vegetable Glycerine Ratio in E-Liquid on Aerosol Formation: Overview of Relevant Properties

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Scientific article
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Statistics
Data
Partner Organisation

BACKGROUND:

Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) generate an aerosol by vaporising e-liquids that usually consist of propylene glycol (PG), vegetable glycerine (VG), and other ingredients (water, nicotine, and flavours). The...

AddictologyIssue 2/2022

General Principles of Contingency Management for Smoking Cessation

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Scientific article
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Public Health
Quality Assurance
Treatment
Women
Partner Organisation

Contingency management (CM) is a psychological treatment based on operant conditioning. It consists of providing incentives in exchange for achieving a target behaviour such as abstinence or other treatmentrelated variables (e.g. session...

AddictologyIssue 2/2022

Patterns of Heated Tobacco Product Use Among Czech Adult Tobacco Users in 2020: An Online Survey

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Scientific article
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Addiction
Statistics
Data
Partner Organisation

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Heated tobacco products represent a new phenomenon, called novel tobacco products, and one that is not unique to the Czech market. These are electronic tobacco heating and aerosol-producing devices. Although studies on the...

AddictologyIssue 2/2022

War: Psychological Skills for Surviving and Coping with Traumatic Events

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Video and audio recordings
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Mental Health
Emergency Resources

ISSUP Ukraine and ITTC-Ukraine jointly held an initiative dedicated to the ongoing war and the horrific events that resulted from Russian's attack on Ukraine. Ukrainians are currently experiencing extremely traumatic events that will have a...

A new model of Couples Treatment for Addiction

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Video and audio recordings
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Family

This Webinar examines a new model of couples treatment for addiction.

The model includes new aspects in the treatment, related to relationship reparation/ forgiveness and aspects of Emotionally-focused couple therapy.

The presentation...

Fake News and Brief Counseling

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News
Themes
Populations
Family
Law Enforcement

Brazil and the world are experiencing an epidemic of fake news on various subjects, but especially on drugs. And this number of Fake News has been increasing, year by year.

And why is this so important in the case of drugs? Because the...

The environmental impact of tobacco products: Time to increase awareness and action

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Scientific article
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Policy

"There is increasing recognition of the negative environmental effects of tobacco products. However, further research, policy and public awareness are needed to address the environmental harms caused by the tobacco industry."

This...