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Chronic Nicotine Activates Stress/Reward-Related Brain Regions and Facilitates the Transition to Compulsive Alcohol Drinking

Journal of Neuroscience, 2015
Alcohol and nicotine are the two most co-abused drugs in the world. Previous studies have shown that nicotine can increase alcohol drinking in nondependent rats, yet it is unknown whether nicotine facilitates the transition to alcohol dependence.
R. M. Leão, F. Cruz, L. Vendruscolo, G. de Guglielmo, Marian L. Logrip, C. Planeta, B. Hope, G. Koob, O. George   +8 more
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Changes in undergraduate student alcohol consumption as they progress through university [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: Unhealthy alcohol use amongst university students is a major public health concern. Although previous studies suggest a raised level of consumption amongst the UK student population there is little consistent information available about ...
AM Roche, Andrew J Hill, B Underwood, Brendan Mulhern, Bridgette M Bewick, British Medical Association, D Newbury-Birch, DA Dawson, Department of Health, Department of Health, Department of Health, Department of Health, DJ Collier, E Webb, E Webb, EG Karam, EJ Wadsworth, EW Delk, G Edwards, G Gmel, H Wechsler, J Orford, J Rehm, J Schulenberg, JA Robertson, JS Gill, JS Tucker, K Audin, K Karam, K Kypri, K Kypri, K Kypri, Karen Trusler, KJ Sher, L Rickards, LD Johnston, LD Johnston, LS Ham, M Pickard, MB Reed, Michael Barkham, R Hingson, R Mcgee, R West, Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Psychiatrists, SE File, T Goodall, William B Stiles   +48 more
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Consumption of salted meat and its interactions with alcohol drinking and tobacco smoking on esophageal squamous‐cell carcinoma

International Journal of Cancer, 2015
Etiology of esophageal cancer has not yet been clearly documented, especially in high‐risk regions. To evaluate the association between salted meat intake and esophageal squamous‐cell carcinoma (ESCC) and to explore its joint effects with alcohol ...
Sihao Lin, Xiaorong Wang, Chengyu Huang, Xudong Liu, Jin Zhao, I. Yu, D. Christiani   +6 more
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European Code against Cancer 4th Edition: Alcohol drinking and cancer.

Cancer Epidemiology, 2015
Alcohol consumption is the third leading risk factor for disease and mortality in Europe. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Monographs provide strengthened evidence that the consumption of alcoholic beverages is causally associated ...
C. Scoccianti, M. Cecchini, A. Anderson, F. Berrino, M. Boutron‐Ruault, C. Espina, Timothy J. Key, M. Leitzmann, T. Norat, H. Powers, M. Wiseman, I. Romieu   +11 more
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Are There Differential Effects of Price and Policy on College Students' Drinking Intensity? [PDF]

This paper investigates whether college students' response to alcohol price and policies differ according to their drinking intensity. Individual level data on drinking behavior, price paid per drink, and college alcohol policies come from the student ...
Frank J. Chaloupka, Henry Wechsler, Jenny Williams   +2 more
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New Zealand culture of intoxication: Local and global influences [PDF]

, 2010
This article shows that attitudes towards and behaviours involving the consumption of alcohol in New Zealand have long been problematic. It provides an historical account of social, economic and legislative factors which have influenced the development ...
Campbell, Maxine M., McEwan, Brett James, Swain, David   +2 more
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Where's the harm? A social marketing approach to reframing 'problem' drinking cultures [PDF]

, 2009
Alcohol consumption is often linked to a broad range of social and health problems, yet alcohol also plays a fundamental role in social bonding between people.
Carrigan, M., Eadie, D., Gordon, R., Heim, D., Lindridge, Andrew, MacAskill, S.   +5 more
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The role of peers and parents in predicting alcohol consumption among Chilean youth [PDF]

, 2012
This study estimated marginal associations of parent- and peer-related measures to examine the different patterns of lifetime ever-use and frequency of alcohol consumption among adolescents in Santiago, Chile (N=918).
Delva, J.
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The AUDIT Alcohol consumption questions (AUDIT-C) : An effective brief screening test for problem drinking

, 1998
K. Bush, D. Kivlahan, M. McDonell, S. Fihn, K. Bradley   +4 more
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The Myth of the Drinker's Bonus [PDF]

Drinkers earn more than non-drinkers, even after controlling for human capital and local labor market conditions. Several mechanisms by which drinking could increase productivity have been proposed but are unconfirmed; the more obvious mechanisms predict
Bethany Peters, Philip J. Cook
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