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Smoking Susceptibility as a Predictive Measure of Cigarette and E-Cigarette Use among Early Adolescents
Abstract
Objective: To assess the validity of a standard measure of smoking susceptibility for predicting cigarette and e-cigarette use in a sample of early adolescents in Argentina and Mexico.
Materials and methods: A school-based...
Trinidad y Tobago reticente a legalizar y promover la marihuana
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...
Tobacco Advertising, Promotion and Tobacco Product Display at Points-of-Sale in Kenya
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...
U.S. Children's Exposure to Addiction Drug Rose 215% in Three Years, Study Says
As Demand and Deaths Increase, US and China Cooperate on Opioid Addiction Treatment
This article highlights the cooperation between the governments of China and the United States in sharing each other's substance use treatment and prevention experiences and finding opportunities to collaborate.
Substance Use Prevention Important to Achieve SDG Goals
World Leaders have been committed to fulfilling the 169 targets in achieving the 17 goals of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, among these Substance Use Prevention and Treatment is one of the most important targets. Substance...
Baltimore Mayor’s Heroin Treatment & Prevention Task Force Report
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In October 2014, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake convened the Heroin Treatment and Prevention Task Force to address the critical problem of opioid addiction in Baltimore City. The goal of the Task Force was to study the...
Intervenções via Internet para redução do consumo de álcool entre universitários: uma revisão sistemática
[RESUMO]. Objetivo. Identificar as principais modalidades de intervenções via Internet para limitar o uso de álcool por estudantes universitários e descrever os efeitos dessas intervenções sobre o consumo e as consequências do uso de álcool...